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Egerton MS 1981

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032-001982904

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032-001982904

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Egerton MS 1981

Title:

ORIGINAL correspondence of John Strange, LL.D., F.R.S., English Resident at Venice, on scientific and literary subjects; 1752-1787. See Eg. 2,001, 2,002, and Add. MSS. 23,729, 23,730. The writers are:-

John Strange; Pisa, etc, 15 Mar. 1752-15 Mar. 1764, and n.d. Lat. and Fr. Drafts. ff. 1, 4 b, 10, 12, 13,16,18, 24, 26, 27. B[arthelemy] Mesny [physician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany]; Florence, 8 Feb. 1762. Fr. f. 3. Claude Alstroemer; Florence, 28 June, 1762. Fr. f. 4. Emmanuele Dum, Professor of Law at Rome; Rome, 13 Nov. 1762. Lat. f. 6. Thomas Jenkins, English consul at Rome, 4 Dec. 1762, f. 8. Francis Montignani; Bologna, 21 Dec. 1762, 17 May, 1763, ff. 9, 15. - de Bossart; Cologne, 10 May, 1763. Fr. f. 11. [L'Abate] Sebastiano Donati; Moriano, 15 July, 1763. Ital. With Latin inscriptions, and drawingsof equestrian monuments at Worms. f. 17. [François Boissier] de Sauvages [de la Croix], Professeur en médecine; Montpellier, 1 May, 1765. Fr. With seal. f. 28. Robert Rutherfurd, English consul at Leghorn; Leghorn, 10 May, 1765, f. 30. [Jean François] Séguier, Director of the Academy of Nimes; Nimes, 16 May, 1768-31 Jan. 1772. Fr. ff. 33, 37, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47. [Antoine] Gouan, Professor of Botany; Montpellier, 1, 12 June, 28 Sept. 1768. Fr. ff. 35, 38, 39. [Johann] Herrmann, Professor of Natural History at Strasburg; Strasburg, 7 Apr. 1774. Fr. f. 50. I1 Conte [ Bartolomeo] Benineasa; 22 Apr. 1780. Fr. f. 54. T[homas] Pennant; 5 May, 1787, f. 55. [Jean Baptiste Gaspard] D'Ansse de Villoison; Venice, [circa 1780]. Fr. f. 56. Francesco Piranesi; n.d. Ital. f. 57.

A few papers are interspersed, including a catalogue of geological specimens from the Enganean Hills, near Padua; Padua, 4 Feb. 1772, f. 49; and a Latin epigram on William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, by Andreas Patritius Rensi; [circa] 1777, f. 53. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Veniee: Correspondence and papers of J. Strange, English Resident: 1752-1787.

John Strange, British Resident at Venice (1773-1778): Correspondence: 1752-1787.

includes:

ff. 1, 6, 10 Emmanuele Duni, Professor of Law at Rome: Correspondence with J. Strange: 1762, 1763.: Lat. and Ital.
f. 3 Bartolomeo Mesny, Medico di Corte di Firenze: Letters to J. Strange: [1781].: Ital.
ff. 4, 4 b Claude Alstromer, Swedish Botanist: Correspondence with J. Strange: 1762.: Fr.
f. 8 Thomas Jenkins, Consul at Row: Letters to J. Strange: 1762-1784.
ff. 9, 15 Francesco Montignani: Letters to J. Strange: 1763.
f. 11 de Bossart: Letter to J. Strange: 1763.: Fr.
ff. 13, 16 Count Francesco Algarotti,; Italian scholar: Correspondence with J. Strange: 1763.: Ital.
ff. 17, 18, 24 Sebastiano Donato, Abate: Correspondence with J. Strange: 1763, 1768, 1784.: Ital.
ff. 17-23 City of Worms: Inscriptions and drawings of equestrian monuments at: 1763.: Lat.
f. 28 François Boissier des Sauvages de la Croix, Regius Professor of Medicine and Botany at Montpellier: Letter to J. Strange: 1765.: Fr.
f. 30 Robert Rutherford, Consul at Leghorn: Letter to J. Strange: 1765.
ff. 33, 37, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47 Jean François Seguier, Director of the Academy of Nîmes: Letters to J. Strange: 1768-1772.: Fr.
ff. 35, 38, 39 Antoine Goüan, Professor of Botany at Montpellier: Letters to J. Strange: 1768-1775.: Fr.
f. 49 Padua, Italy: Catalogue of minerals, etc., in the museum, by J. Strange: 1772.
f. 49 Geology: Catalogue of specimens from the Euganean Hills, near Padua, by J. Strange: 1772.
f. 49 Euganean Hills, Padua: Catalogue of fossils and minerals from: 1772.
f. 50 Herrmann, Professor of Natural History at Strassburg: Letter to J. Strange: 1774.: Fr.
f. 53 Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of; 3rd son of Frederick, Prince of Wales: Epigram on, by A. P. Rensi: 1777.: Lat.
f. 53 Andreas Patritius Rensi: Epigram on theDukeof Gloucester: circ. 1777.: Lat.
f. 54 Comte Barthelemi Benincasa: Letters to J. Strange: 1779-1780.: Fr.
f. 55 Thomas Pennant, FRS; naturalist: Letters to J. Strange: 1769-1778.
f. 56 Jean Baptiste Gaspard d' Ansse de Villoison, d 1805 French classical scholar: Letters to J. Strange: circ. 1780, 1781-1783.: Fr.
f. 57 Francesco Piranesi, engraver and publisher: Letters to J. Strange: 1783.: Ital.
f. 62 Dynamics: Essay on, by J. d'Alembert: 1761.: Fr.
f. 65 John Johnstone: Collation of editions of his " Carmina": 18th cent.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

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Languages:

English
French
Italian
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1752

End Date:

1787

Date Range:

1752-1787

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Names:

Algarotti, Francesco, Count, Italian scholar
Alstromer, Claude, Swedish Botanist
Ansse de Villoison, Jean Baptiste Gaspard, French classical scholar, d 1805
Benincasa, Barthelemi, Comte
Boissier des Sauvages de la Croix, François, Regius Professor of Medicine and Botany at Montpellier
Bossart
Donati, Sebastiano, historian, abbot and scholar, 1711-1787
Duni, Emmanuele, jurist, philosopher and academic, 1714-1781
Gloucester, William Henry, Duke of; 3rd son of Frederick, Prince of Wales
Goüan, Antoine, of Montpellier, naturalist, 1733-1821
Herrmann, Professor of Natural History at Strassburg
Jenkins, Thomas, Consul at Row
Johnstone, John, of Egerton MS 1981
Mesny, Bartolomeo, Medico di Corte di Firenze
Montignani, Francesco
Pennant, Thomas, FRS, naturalist
Piranesi, Francesco, engraver and publisher
Rensi, Andreas Patritius
Rutherford, Robert, Consul at Leghorn
Seguier, Jean François, Director of the Academy of Nîmes
Strange, John, British Resident at Venice (1773-1778)

Places:

Euganean Hills, Padua
Padua, Italy
Venice, Italy
Worms, the Rhineland