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1. Add Ch 75475

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DEED OF GIFT by George II of the Royal Library to the British Museum; 6 Aug. 1757. Transferred from the Director's Office, British Museum. Great Seal.
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British Museum: Gift of Royal Library to,: 1757: Great Seal. George II of England: Gift of Royal Library to British Museum: 1757: Great Seal.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1757
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1 item

2. Add MS 4272

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Vol. V (ff. 128). Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Birch, including literary memoranda, summonses to meetings, lists of books, receipts for literary work, printing estimates, binding bills, etc.; 1637-1765. Latin, French, English and German. includes: f. 7 Hannah Morton: Signature: 1720.f. 25 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1637-1765
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4302

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Vol. III (ff. 299). C. includes: ff. 1-21 passim Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan: Letters to T. Birch: 1752-1761. ff. 12-15 British Museum: Observations of Lord Cadogan on the plan for the showing of: 1756.: Signed. f. 22 Caesar: Letter to T. Birch: 1728. f. 24 Edmund Calamy, d 1755 nonconf...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1728-1764
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4323

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Vol. XXIV (ff. 67). Misc. includes: ff. 3, 39 Bocca, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Turin: Letters to the Royal Society: 1754.: Fr. f. 5 Count Francesco Algarotti,; Italian scholar: Letters to T. Birch: 1756, 1759.: Ital. f. 7 Sir Thomas Clarke, FRS; Master of the Rolls: Letters...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1651-1765
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4449-4451

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Add MS 4449-4451
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PAPERS RELATING TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM 4449-4451. Papers relating to the foundation and establishment of the British Museum collected, and for the most part written, by Thomas Birch, one of the first Trustees; 1753-1760. Three volumes. Paper. Folio. The contents are:-
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British Museum: Draft minutes, reports of Trustees meetings, statutes, etc.: 1753-1760. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Papers rel. to the British Museum by, or collected by, as Trustee: 1753-1760.: Mainly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1760
Extent:
3 items

6. Add MS 4477

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Vol. II (ff. 329). (1) Appointment of Birch as chaplain to Princess Amelia; 1761. Copy. f. 4. (2) Testimonial for Carlo Alfonso Guadagni of Florence, M.D., for the Royal Society, circ. 1760; signed Antonio Niccolini, Saverio Manetti (of Florence, Professor of Botany), and Gasparo Cerati (of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 4478 A

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Add MS 4478 A
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CATALOGUE OF BIRCH'S MSS. Catalogue of Birch's MSS. bequeathed by him in 1766 to the British Museum, compiled by the Rev. Westley Hall in 1771, by order of the Trustees. It is preceded by an account of the bequest, etc., in the hand of Sir Frederic Madden (ff. i, iii); and four leaves (ff. iv-v...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1771
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 18555

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Add MS 18555
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VOL. VI. Notes relating to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, ff. 1, 17; the Marine Society, f. 2; the Philosophical Club, f. 3; the topography of London, f. 8; the British Museum, f. 10. etc. [Add. 18,555.] includes: ff. 1, 2, 17 Societies: Notes on the Society for Promoting Chris...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century- Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 20754-20757

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Add MS 20754-20757
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NOTES and sketches of arms found in manuscripts in the British Museum, the Bodleian Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, the National Library at Paris, etc.; by John Holmes, F.S.A. In four volumes. Vol. I., contains French coats; Vol. II. Italian; Vol. III. English, Spanish, German, and Flemish; and Vol. IV. unidentified and uncertain arms. Paper; XIXth cent. Small Quarto.
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John Holmes, Assistant Keeper at the British Museum: Arms from MSS.: 19th cent. Heraldry: Notes and sketches of arms from MSS. in various libraries, by J. Holmes: 19th cent. Cambridge; Fitzwilliam Museum: Notes and sketches of arms in: 19th cent. British Museum: Notes and sketches of arms in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
4 items

10. Add MS 20758

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Add MS 20758
Title:
A LIST Of Venetian Ducali [1367-1794] in the British Museum, the National Library at Paris, and various private collections, with sketches of arms, descriptions of medals of Doges, etc.; by John Holmes, F.S.A., with later additions in the handwriting of Sir Frederic Madden. Paper; XIXth cent. Folio.
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Venice; Ducali: Catalogue of Ducali, 1367-1794, in various libraries, by J. Holmes: 19th cent. City of Paris: List of Venetian Ducali in the Bibliothèque Nationale, by J. Holmes: 19th cent. John Holmes, Assistant Keeper at the British Museum: Catalogue of Venetian Ducali: 19th cent. British M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

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