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Record Id:
032-002033807
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002033807
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Add MS 21416
Title:

LETTERS to M. [Joseph] de Guignes, member of the Académie des Inscriptions, etc., upon the supposed connection between the modern Chinese and the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphical characters and inscriptions, as exemplified by a bust of Isis in the Turin Museum, viz.: 1. Letters from R. Sanchez ; Belleville, 24 July [1761]. Fr. f. 2.

2. John Turberville Needham (5 letters); Rome, 8 July-4 Nov. 1761. Fr. f. 3.

3. Paper signed by [Augustus Henry, Duke of] Grafton, F[rancis, Marquis of] Tavistock, [John, Duke of] Roxburghe, and others; Rome, 25 March, 1762. Fr. f. 14.

4. The Bailly de Breteuil to the Comte de Caylus (3 letters); Rome, 24 March, 10, 28 May, 1762. Fr. f. 18.

5. Paper signed by Joseph Simon Assemani, Librarian of the Vatican; from the Vatican, prid. cal. Decembris [30 Nov.], 1762. Lat. f. 25.

6. Letters from Giuseppe Bartoli [Antiquary Royal to the King of Sardinia]; Turin, 29 May, 1761, 27 Apr., 28 Aug, 27 Oct. 1762, Ital. f. 27.

7. Charles Morton [M.D., Principal Librarian of the British Museum]; British Museum, 12 July, 1763; with French translation; 27 Sept. 1764, 13 June, 1766, f. 34.

8. [The Abbé Jean André] Mignot; 26 Oct. 1761. Fr. f. 49.

9. Copies by the same of two letters from Giuseppe Bartoli to Edward Wortley Montagu, M.P., F.R.S.; Turin, 14, 24 Apr. 1762. Fr. f. 52.

10. "Extrait de la lettre de M. Yong, Missionaire en Chine; datée de Canton, 29 Dec. 1767," f. 72.

11. [Michel Ange André le Roux] Deshautesrayes; Paris, 12 May, 1759. Fr. f. 73.

12. [Le Père] Amiot, de la Compie, de Jesus. Fr. f. 75.

13. Pen-and-ink drawings of Chinese vases and implements, f. 95 b.

14. Drawings and tables of Chinese characters and inscriptions, f. 99. [See "Philosophical Transactions," vol. xii. P. 685; and "Turburvillus Needham de Inscriptione quâdam Ægyptiaca," etc.; Rome, 1761.] Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Hieroglyphics Egyptian: Letters to Prof. de Guignes relating to: 1759-1767.

Antiquities: Engraving of the bust of Isis in the Turin Museum: circ. 1760.

Language and Literature of China: Letters, papers, and drawings relating to: 1759-1767.

Joseph de Guignes, orientalist: Letters to, on Egyptian hieroglyphics and modern Chinese: 1759-1767.

includes:

  • f. 2 R- Sanchez: Letter to Prof. J. de Guignes: 1761.: Fr.
  • f. 3 John Turberville Needham ., FRS; RC priest: Letters to J. de Guignes: 1761.: Fr.
  • f. 16 Francis Russell, Marquis of Tavistock: Certificate: 1762.
  • f. 16 Augustus Henry Fitz Roy, 3rd Duke of Grafton: Certificate: 1762.
  • f. 16 John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe: Certificate: 1762.
  • ff. 18-24 Breteuil, France: Letters from the Bailly to Comte de Caylus: 1762.: Fr.
  • f. 25 Joseph Simon Assemani, Orientalist and Librarian to the Vatican: Certificate on an extract from a Chinese vocabulary in the Vatican: 1762.: Lat.
  • ff. 27-33, 52 Giuseppe Bartoli, Antiquary Royal to the King of Sardinia: Letters to Prof. de Guignes and E. W. Montagu: 1761-1762.: Ital.
  • ff. 34-48 Charles Morton, MD; FRS; Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1776: Letters to Prof. de Guignes: 1763-1766.: Engl. and Fr.
  • f. 49 Jean André Mignot, Abbé: Letter to Prof. de Guignes: 1761.: Fr.
  • ff. 52, 60 Edward Wortley Montagu, MP: Letters to, from G. Bartoli: 1762.: Copies.
  • f. 72 Yong, Missionary in China: Letter to M. de Guignes: 1767.: Fr.
  • f. 73 Michel Ange André Le Roux Deshautesrayes: Letter to Prof. de Guignes: 1759.
  • f. 75 Amiot, Jesuit: Letter to Prof. de Guignes: n.d.
  • f. 95 b China: Drawings of Chinese vases, implements, and inscriptions: 1762.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
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Additional Manuscripts
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Languages:
English
French
Italian
Latin
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1759
End Date:
1764
Date Range:
1759-1764
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Names:
Amiot, Jesuit
Assemani, Joseph Simon, orientalist and Librarian to the Vatican, 1687-1768
Bartoli, Giuseppe, Antiquary Royal to the King of Sardinia, 1717-1788
Fitz Roy, Augustus Henry, 3rd Duke of Grafton, prime minister, 1735-1811
Guignes, Joseph, orientalist, sinologist and Turkologist, 1721-1800
Ker, John, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, Book collector, 1740-1804
Le Roux Deshautesrayes, Michel Ange André
Mignot, Jean André, Abbé
Morton, Charles, MD, FRS, Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1776
Needham ., John Turberville, FRS; RC priest
Russell, Francis, Marquis of Tavistock, of Add MS 21416
Sanchez, R-
Wortley Montagu, Edward, MP
Yong, Missionary in China
Places:
Breteuil, France
China, Asia