Add MS 34881

Miscellancous Works. Vol. II. Contents:-

1. "Principes des Poids, des Monnayes et des Mesures des Anciens, avec des tables construites sur ces principes unfinished drafts of two treatises (the second including medieval Europe) written in 1759, printed in vol. v. p. 66. At the end are additional drafts of some portions. Some notes belonging to f. 1 will be found at f 64 b. French. f. 1.

2. "Remarques critiques sur le nombre des habitans dans la cité des Sybarites"; written between 1758 and 1763 (vol. iii. p. 178). Fr. f. 62.

3. "Du Gouvernement Féodal, surtout en France"; probably about the same date (ibid. p. 183). Fr. f. 65.

4. "Mémoire sur la Monarchie des Mèdes pour servir de supplement aux dissertations de MM. Fréret et de Bougainville written about the same date (ibid. p. 56). Fr. f. 76.

5. "Nomina Gentesque Antiquae Italiae"; written 1763-1764 (vol. iv. p. 157). Fr. f. 121 b.

6. "Introduction à l'Histoire Générale de la République des Suisse,s"; written in 1767 (see the Memoirs and letter from Hume, with a supplementary note on the Tell legend by - von Haller, son of Gottlieb Emmanuel von Haller, who began the attack on its authenticity (vol. iii. p. 239). Fr. f. 169 b.

7. "Relation des Noces de Charles, Duc de Bourgogne, avec la Princesse Marguerite, sœur d'Edward IV., Roi d'Angleterre"; probably written circ. 1770 (ibid. p. 202). Fr. f. 215.

8. Critical abstract of Blackstone's Commentaries, bk. i.; written about l770. A few excerpts are printed, vol. v. p. 545. f. 216 b.

9. Another copy (not autograph) of the "Digression on the Character of Brutus" (see above, 34,880, f. 264). f. 242. At the end are some notes on the Antiquities of the House of Brunswick (f. 249) and on the English Universities (f. 250), a printed speech to the electors of Petersfield, 1761 (f. 251), and two official returns concerning the population, etc., of France, viz.: (a) "État des sépultures par ordonnances de Police, des supplices, et des Bannissemens hors du Royaume survenus dans les Généralités cy-après débignées (année commune de 1773 à 1775 inclusivement)" and (b) Statistics of births in French cities (similar annual average, 1770-1774), with an estimate of population derived from these data. ff. 252-253. Paper; ff. 253. Folio.

includes:

• f. 62 Sybaris, Italy: Note by E. Gibbon, on the ancient population,: 18th cent: Fr.
• f. 65 France General: Du gouvernement féodal, surtout en France, by E. Gibbon: 18th cent.: Fr.
• f. 121 b Geography: Nomina gentesque antiquae Italiae, by E. Gibbon: 18th cent.: Fr.
• f. 169 b Switzerland: Introduction à l'Histoire Générale de la République des Suisses, by E. Gibbon: 18th cent.: Fr.
• f. 215 Edward IV of England: Relation of the marriage of the Duke of Burgundy with Margaret, sister of, (1468), by E. Gibbon: 18th cent.
• f. 215 Charles the Bold; Duke of Burgundy: Relation des Noces de [1468], avec la Princesse Marguerite, by E. Gibbon: 18th cent.
• f. 216 b Sir William Blackstone, Justice of Common Pleas: Critical abstract of his Commentaries by Edw. Gibbon: 18th cent.
• f. 242 Lucius Junius Brutus: Digression on his character, by Edw. Gibbon: 18th cent.: Two copies.
• f. 249 Brunswick family: "Antiquities of the House of Brunswick," by E. Gibbon, with notes: 18th cent.
• f. 251 Edward Gibbon, historian: Speech to the electors of Petersfield: 1761.: Printed.
• f. 252 France General: Population returns: 1770-1775.