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1. Add MS 34874-34887

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, journals, essays and correspondence of Edward Gibbon the historian (1737-1794); with additional correspondence and papers of his friend and executor John Baker Holroyd, 1st Baron Sheffield (1781) and Earl of Sheffield (1816), from whose grandson, the 3rd Earl, the collection was purchased
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[For other Gibbon Papers, see above, 34,715, 34,716.] Fourteen volumes.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
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14 items

2. Add MS 34875

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GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. II. "Journal de mon [Edward Gibbon's] voyage dans quelques endroits de la Suisse," at the age of eighteen; 1755. In French. Partly autograph, partly (ff. 18-22) a copy. The first five pages are both in the original and, appended at the end (f. 23), in the copy. The tour laste...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1755
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1 item

3. Add MS 34876

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Journal. Vol. I. (f. 64), 17 Aug. 1762-Mar. 1763, entitled "Ephemerides or Journal of my actions, studies and opinions. Volume the second." The first part, which is in English, is a regular diary of the last few months of Gibbon's militia service, etc., ending 28 Jan. 1763, when he reached Paris...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1762-Mar 1763
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1 item

4. Add MS 34876-34879

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GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. III.-VI. Journals of Edward Gibbon; 17 Aug. 1762-Dec. 1764. Written partly in French, partly in English. Autograph. Four volumes. There were originally five, beginning with 24 Aug. 1761, but the first volume is now lost. Excerpts were printed by Lord Sheffield in two portions of his edition of Gibbon's Works, viz. biographical particulars in the notes to the memoir (vol. i. of each edition), and literary and historical memoranda separately (vol. ii. ed. 1796, vol. v. ed....
Scope & Content:
Edward Gibbon, historian: Journals: 1755-1764.: Eng. and Fr.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
4 items

5. Add MS 34877

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Journal. Vol. II. (f. 97), 17 Aug.-30 Nov. 1763 (part of his second visit to Lausanne), entitled "Ephemerides ou Journal de ma Vie de mes Etudes et de mes Sentimens, vol. iii." In French. The volume is particularly full of literary and historical notes.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1763-30 Nov 1763
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1 item

6. Add MS 34878

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Journal. Vol. III. (ff. 99), 1 Dec. 1763-15 June 1764, completing the period of his stay at Lausanne, and including the first part of his Italian tour. French. Italy: Tour in, by E. Gibbon: 1764.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1763-15 Jun 1764
Extent:
1 item

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Journal. Vol. IV. (ff 83), 15 June-Dec. 1764, containing a further portion of the tour in Italy. The diary, in French as before, continues, with some omissions, to the arrival at Rome, 2 Oct. The notes on Rome, written in December, are in English and arranged by subjects or places. Italy: Tour ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1764-Dec 1764
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1 item

8. Add MS 34880

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Miscellaneous Works. Vol. I. 1. Early commonplace book, begun at Lausanne, 19 Mar. 1755, and probably all Written before 1758. Chiefly French, but some of the earlier extracts are translated into very defective English. Excerpts are printed in the Misc. Works (ed. 1814), vol. v., pp. 487-522. f....
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1755-1758
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 34880-34882

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GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. VII.-IX. Miscellaneous Works and Commonplace Books of Edward Gibbon, mostly printed in the Miscellaneous Works. Three Volumes. Holograph, except where otherwise noted.
Scope & Content:
Edward Gibbon, historian: Miscellaneous Works and Commonplace Books: 18th cent.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items

10. Add MS 34881

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Miscellancous Works. Vol. II. Contents:- 1. "Principes des Poids, des Monnayes et des Mesures des Anciens, avec des tables construites sur ces principes unfinished drafts of two treatises (the second including medieval Europe) written in 1759, printed in vol. v. p. 66. At the end are additiona...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1759-c 1770
Extent:
1 item