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Name Martyn, John, FRS; botanist, 1699-1768

1. Add MS 4256

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Literary papers and memoranda, with a few original letters, relating chiefly to Birch's literary undertakings, particularly to his work on the revised edition of Bayle's A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical; 18th cent. Names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

2. Add MS 4313

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Vol. XIV (ff. 311). M. includes: ff. 1-50 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Correspondence with T. Birch: 1752-1763.: Partly copies. f. 51 William Mace, FRS 1745; Gresham Professor of Civil Law: Letter to J. Ward: 1757. f. 52 Benjamin Mackerell, antiquary; Librarian, Norwich Public Libr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1728-1766
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1 item

3. Add MS 4432

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 392). (1) 'Dr [William] Croon's account of the weight of a Carp'; 1663. f. 1. (2) 'Remarks on the Journal of [Thomas] Batts and [Robert] Fallam, in their Discovery of the Western Parts of Virginia in 1671', by John Mitchell, M.D., F.R.S.; aft. 1755. The jour...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1755
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4435

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 285). (1) 'Defectus solis observatus e specula Bononiensis scientiarum instituti ... referente Eustachio Manfredio', 15 Aug. 1738. Printed. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 94. ff. 1-2b. (2) Account of electrical experiments by Jean Théophile Desaguliers; 1738, 173...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1739
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1 item

5. Add MS 4437

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 285). (1) François de Brémond, M.D., to Dr. C. Mortimer concerning a file rendered magnetical by lightning; Paris, 4 June 1740. English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, 614. ff. 1-2b. (2) 'Some Reflexions on Generation and on Monsters', by Daniel de Super...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1740-1742
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 5289

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‘Miscellaneous Drawings of various Plants, Flowers, and Fruits in Indian-Ink, and colours, by different hands’, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane
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Album of drawings of plants by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The first 99 drawings in this album are those of Philippine plants sent by the Jesuit Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706) to James Petiver (1665-1718), many of which were used as the basis for the engravings in Pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume