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Add MS 34874-34887
- Record Id:
- 032-002087874
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087874
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x0003c7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 34874-34887
- Title:
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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
- Scope & Content:
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[For other Gibbon Papers, see above, 34,715, 34,716.] Fourteen volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002087874", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 34874-34887: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, journals, essays and correspondence of Edward Gibbon the historian (1737-1794); with additional correspondence…" },{ "id" : "040-002087875", "parent" : "032-002087874", "text" : "Add MS 34874: GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. I. Six autobiographical sketches by Edward Gibbon, all holograph, being the materials from which Lord Sheffield…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087876", "parent" : "032-002087874", "text" : "Add MS 34875: GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. II. 'Journal de mon [Edward Gibbon's] voyage dans quelques endroits de la Suisse,' at the age of eighteen; 1755.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002087877", "parent" : "032-002087874", "text" : "Add MS 34876-34879: GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. III.-VI. Journals of Edward Gibbon; 17 Aug. 1762-Dec. 1764. Written partly in French, partly in English.…" },{ "id" : "040-002087878", "parent" : "036-002087877", "text" : "Add MS 34876: Journal. Vol. I. (f. 64), 17 Aug. 1762-Mar. 1763, entitled 'Ephemerides or Journal of my actions, studies and opinions. Volume the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087879", "parent" : "036-002087877", "text" : "Add MS 34877: 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…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087880", "parent" : "036-002087877", "text" : "Add MS 34878: 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…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087881", "parent" : "036-002087877", "text" : "Add MS 34879: Journal. Vol. IV. (ff 83), 15 June-Dec. 1764, containing a further portion of the tour in Italy. The diary, in French as before,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002087882", "parent" : "032-002087874", "text" : "Add MS 34880-34882: GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. VII.-IX. Miscellaneous Works and Commonplace Books of Edward Gibbon, mostly printed in the Miscellaneous…" },{ "id" : "040-002087883", "parent" : "036-002087882", "text" : "Add MS 34880: Miscellaneous Works. Vol. I. 1. Early commonplace book, begun at Lausanne, 19 Mar. 1755, and probably all Written before 1758. Chiefly…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087884", "parent" : "036-002087882", "text" : "Add MS 34881: Miscellancous Works. Vol. II. Contents:- 1. 'Principes des Poids, des Monnayes et des Mesures des Anciens, avec des tables construites…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087885", "parent" : "036-002087882", "text" : "Add MS 34882: Miscellaneous Works. Vol. III. Contents:- 1. 'Remarques critiques sur un passage de Plaute,' see above, 34,880, art. 2 c; another…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002087886", "parent" : "032-002087874", "text" : "Add MS 34883-34885: GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. X.-XII. Original Letters (a few are drafts) of Edward Gibbon; 1750-1794. The great majority are addressed…" },{ "id" : "040-002087887", "parent" : "036-002087886", "text" : "Add MS 34883: Vol. I. (ff. 372), 1750-1774." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087888", "parent" : "036-002087886", "text" : "Add MS 34884: Vol. II. (ff. 329), 1775-17 Sept. 1783 (when Gibbon left England for Lausanne)." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087889", "parent" : "036-002087886", "text" : "Add MS 34885: Vol. III. (IE 236), 18 Sept. 1783-1794." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087890", "parent" : "032-002087874", "text" : "Add MS 34886: GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Original letters addressed to Edward Gibbon; 1755-1794. The names of the writers will be found in the index.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002087891", "parent" : "032-002087874", "text" : "Add MS 34887: GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. XIV. Miscellaneous Papers and Letters relating to Gibbon and his family or to his friend and executor Lord…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087874
- Is part of:
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- Contains:
- Add MS 34874 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. I. Six autobiographical sketches by Edward Gibbon, all holograph, being the materials from which Lord…
Add MS 34875 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. II. "Journal de mon [Edward Gibbon's] voyage dans quelques endroits de la Suisse," at the age of…
Add MS 34876-34879 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. III.-VI. Journals of Edward Gibbon; 17 Aug. 1762-Dec. 1764. Written partly in French, partly in…
Add MS 34880-34882 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. VII.-IX. Miscellaneous Works and Commonplace Books of Edward Gibbon, mostly printed in the…
Add MS 34883-34885 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. X.-XII. Original Letters (a few are drafts) of Edward Gibbon; 1750-1794. The great majority are…
Add MS 34886 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Original letters addressed to Edward Gibbon; 1755-1794. The names of the writers will be found in the…
Add MS 34887 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vol. XIV. Miscellaneous Papers and Letters relating to Gibbon and his family or to his friend and executor…
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 14 items
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- Languages:
- English
French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Era:
- CE
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