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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4223
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Scope & Content:: Vol. III (ff. 283). M-S. includes: ff.1-5 Thomas Madox, d 1727 Historiographer Royal: Biographical notice: 18th cent. ff. 6-12 Sir John Marsham, 1st Baronet d 1685: Biographical notice: 18th cent.: Fr. ff. 13,16 John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Biographical notice: 18th cent. ff. 17-33...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1730-c 1766
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4291
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Scope & Content:: Miscellaneous letters, originals and copies, collected by Thomas Birch. The names of the writers will be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. The contents include:- (1) Charles Davenant, Inspector-General of Imports, etc., to his son Henry Davenant, Resident at Frankfurt; London, 13 Ap...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4456
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Scope & Content:: Vol. I (ff. 215). (1) Verses, etc., almost entirely by Birch, or addressed to him, some of them apparently written as exercises. They are:— (a) 'Jam tibi perfectum jactare, Britannia, carmen': a version (100 lines) of the Rev. John Nixon's poem on Sir R. Blackmore's Creation, 1712; 1725; follo...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4457
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Scope & Content:: Vol. II. (ff. 231). (1) 'Ere You Read this now You'll Suppose'; song (8 x 5 lines). f. 1. (2) Epitaph on Mrs. Mary Wynn, beg. 'Stay, reader, and with deep concern'. Two versions. ff. 2-3. (3) The Epilogue to Don Carlos, by T. Otway; 1676. f. 4. (4) 'These smiles bestow'd, these genrous H...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1595-18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4806
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Scope & Content:: Vol. III, ff. 230 includes: ff. 1, 25, 93, 193, 197 Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst: Letters to J. Swift: 1730-1737. ff. 5-82 passim John Gay, poet: Letters to J. Swift: 1714-1732. ff. 6, 12b, 22b, 32, 68b, 73b, 89, 97, 101, 107, 109, 115 Catherine Douglas, wife of Charles, 3rd Duke of Queen...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1711-1740
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4807
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Scope & Content:: Vol. I (ff. 291). The 'Iliad'. Contains the Preface (ff. 2-14b), and the following books: I (ff. 17-28b), II (ff. 29-44), V (ff. 55-74b), VI (ff. 76-93), VII (ff. 94-104b), VIII (ff. 106-123b), IX (ff. 125-139b), X (ff. 141-154b), XI (ff. 156-182b), XII (ff. 184-190b, 201-207b), XIII (ff. 209-24...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1707-1722
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4807-4809
Title:: POPE'S HOMER
Scope & Content:: Translation of Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey" by Alexander Pope; circa 1708-1726. Partially incomplete autograph draft of the works published by Bernard Lintot (The Iliad, 6 vols., 1715-1720; The Odyssey, 5 vols., 1725-1726). Three volumes. Quarto. Paper. Other material includes pages from a fair...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1708-1726
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4808
Title:: Vol. II. (ff. 233). Alexander Pope, The 'Iliad'. Contains the following books: XVI (ff. 1-35b), including (ff. 19-23) further copy from Poetical Miscellanies, 1709 (see 4707), XVII (ff. 37-55b), XVIII (ff. 57-73b), XIX (ff. 75-85b), XX (ff. 87-97b), XXI (ff. 99-121b), XXII (ff. 123-144b), XXIII (ff. 146-177), XXIV (ff. 179-205).
Scope & Content:: Followed by drafts of (a) the Poetical Index. ff. 207-214b;- (b) Index of Arts and Sciences. ff.215-222;- (c) an index of antiquities, not published. ff. 223-232. Also included are (a) Plans for a house, perhaps one that Pope proposed to build in London, circ. 1717-1718. f. 30b;- (b) Plans for...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1712-1724
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4809
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. III (ff. 239). The 'Odyssey'. Contains the following books: I (ff. 1-1lb), III (ff. 13-27), IV (ff. 28-38b), V (ff. 40-53), VII (ff. 55-69), IX (ff. 71-89), X (part; ff. 92-lllb), XIII (ff. 112-123), XIV (ff. 125-143), XV (part; ff. 145-152b), XVII (ff. 155-176), XX (ff. 178- 186b), XXI (ff...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1712-1730
Extent:: 1 item

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