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Add MS 28276

Record Id:

032-002019626

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032-002019626

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Add MS 28276

Title:

PAPERS of Jacob Tonson, the bookseller, with miscellaneous pieces in prose and verse, including:-

1. Diary, by Jacob Tonson, relating to his estate at Ledbury, household affairs, etc.; 1720-1723, f. 1.

2. "Letter of the Fr[ench] King to the C[oun]t D'Estrades from St. Germain en Laye;" 27 Aug. 1722. Translation. f. 75.

3. "The Vision," a satire in verse. Imperf. f. 87.

4. "Some Fables of Æsop Putt into English Verse" by J. Herbert; followed by a few Latin poems in the same hand, f. 92.

5. "An ode of Vida imitated by Mr. [Thomas] Tristram of Pemb[roke] Coll., Oxon.;" 2 Dec. s.a., f. 171.

6. "Art of Poetry," by Basil Kennett, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, f. 173.

7. Portions of a translation of Plutarch's Lives, with corrections; partly in the hand of Laurence Echard, f. 182. Paper; xviiith cent, Folio,

Scope & Content:

Poetry: Collections of English political and miscellaneous pieces: 17th and 18th centt.

includes:

f. 1 Ledbury, Herefordshire: J. Tonson's diary relating to his estate at: 1720-1723.
f. 1 Jacob Tonson, Publisher: Diary: 1720-1723.
ff. 1-74 Diaries and Memoranda: Jacob Tonson, Bookseller: 1720-1723.
f. 75 Louis XV of France: Letter to the Comte d'Estrades: 1722.: Translation.
f. 87 Poetry: The vision of poets: 18th cent.
f. 92 J- Herbert: Æsop's fables, in verse: 18th cent.
f. 92 Fables: Æsop's fables in verse, by J. Herbert: 18th cent.
f. 92 Aesop: Metrical version of the Fables, by J. Herbert: 18th cent.
f. 171 Marco Girolamo Vida, Italian humanist; Bishop of Alba: An ode of Vida, imitated by T. Tristram: 18th cent.
ff. 171, 172 Thomas Tristram, of Pembroke College, Oxford: Imitation of an ode of Vida, and letter to J. Tonson: 18th cent.
f. 173 Basil Kennett, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford: Art of Poetry, from Horace: 18th cent.
f. 182 Plutarch: Translation of his Lives, partly by L. Echard: 18th cent.
f. 182 Laurence Echard, Archdeacon of Stow 1712: Corrections to a translation of Plutarch's Lives: 18th cent.: Autogr.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

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Material Type:

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Legal Status:

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Names:

Aesop, 6th century BC,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120317310,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/64013451
Echard, Laurence, clergyman and historian, c 1670-1730
Herbert, J-, of Add MS 28276
Kennett, Basil, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Louis XV, of France, 1710-1774
Mestrius Plutarchus, Lucius, c 46-after 120,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000449227580
Tonson, Jacob, Publisher; of Add MS 21110
Tristram, Thomas, of Pembroke College, Oxford
Vida, Marco Girolamo, Italian humanist, Bishop of Alba, ? 1485-1566,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000119533737

Places:

Ledbury, Herefordshire