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421. Add MS 4460

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RALPH THORESBY TRANSCRIPTS Transcripts in the autograph of Ralph Thoresby, antiquary (d. 1725). Purchased at the sale of his museum, 7 March 1764, by Thomas Birch (see note in Birch's autograph on f. lb). For other Thoresby MSS. purchased by Birch see Add. MSS. 4212 ,4214, 4274-4277, 4385. Viz....
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
c 1707
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1 item

422. Add MS 4462

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CONTRIBUTIONS to 'The Philosopher', etc. Viz:- (1) 'The Philosopher' (nos. 13. 17, 19-21, 31, 36), with corrections in Birch's autograph. ff. 1-44. They include (a) an article by Jean(?) Le Clerc vindicating John Selden from an attack made on him in Samuel Drake's edition, 1729, of Archbishop P...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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18th century
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1 item

423. Add MS 4463

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THE WORKS OF WILLIAM LANE, a farmer's boy, in the form of letters transcribed under the supervision of R. Whatley, in whose house he resided when he first came to London in 1723, viz.-.- (1) Letters to R. Whatley on (a) his upbringing and education; 1724. ff.3-17b;- (b) 'Concerning Providence'; ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

424. Add MS 4464

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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS COLLECTED BY THOMAS BIRCH, viz.:- (1) Extracts from the commonplace book of Robert Sidney, 2nd Earl of Leicester. The events referred to occurred during the period 1625-1651. In an early 18th cent. hand, with numerous corrections. ff. 1-33. (2) 'Sur la Maxime de M. de Ro...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

425. Add MS 4465

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TOLAND PAPERS Collection of letters and papers of John Toland, deist, d. 1722. For other papers relating to Toland see Add. MS. 4295. The principal contents are as follows: (1) Drafts of letters and memorials by Toland; 1703-1727 and n.d. ff. 2-64 passim. (2) Letters to Toland from (a) Gottfri...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
1690-1722
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1 item

426. Add MS 4466

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BOYLE AND CAREW PAPERS Writings by John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery, and Sir George Carew, viz:- (1) Short writings by, and chiefly in the autograph of, John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork and Orrery (d. 1762), viz:-(a) An English translation of Cicero's Epistle to Lucceius. ff. 1-6;-(b) 'Tho...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

427. Add MS 4467

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COMMONPLACE-BOOK, etc., 17th- 18th cent.; as follows:- (1) Commonplace book, consisting of illustrations, drawn chiefly from the times of the Greeks and Romans, of the meanings of various abstract nouns, anonymous; 17th cent. With an index (f. 1b). ff. 1b-51, 52b-59b (rev.) and 131 b- 133b (re...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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17th century-18th century
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1 item

428. Add MS 4468

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EXTRACTS FROM THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON, as edited by Isaac Gruter, Francisci Baconi Scripta in naturali et universali philosophia . . ., Amsterdam, 1653. The title-page and pages 62-74 of the printed edition (containing Gruter's translation of Sir Thomas Bodley's letter (1607) to...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1653-1799
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1 item

429. Add MS 4469

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'SOME OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON FIRE, in order to discover Its Nature, and Laws of Motion', by William Hillary, M.D. Printed in 1760, with alterations and additions, as The Nature, Properties, and Laws of Motion of Fire. Paper; ff. 28. Small quarto. XVIII cent. William Hillary, MD: 'Some ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

430. Add MS 4470

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ST. ÉVREMOND COLLECTIONS Copies, in the autograph of Pierre Des Maizeaux, of letters and portions of longer works, etc., by Charles Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de Saint Évremond, 1701-1703, being evidently taken chiefly from the author's own MSS. shortly before his death in 1703, when De...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1701-1703
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1 item