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- 040-002087885
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- 032-002087874
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Miscellaneous Works. Vol. III. Contents:-
1. "Remarques critiques sur un passage de Plaute," see above, 34,880, art. 2 c; another copy, not autograph. Fr. f. 1.
2. Letter to -, on the Government of Berne, probably circ. 1758 (printed, vol. ii. p. 1). Fr. f. 4.
3. "Doutes Historiques sur la Vie et le Regne du Roi Richard III, par M. Horace Walpole, 1768"; not autograph. Written for the Mémoires Britanniques in 1768, and reprinted in Misc. Works, vol. iii. p. 33 1. Fr. f. 11.
4. "Index Expurgatorius"; written circ. 1768-9 (with two exceptions, in vol. v. p. 548). f. 27.
5. Brief note of a conversation on immortality between G[ibbon and H[olroyd ?]. f. 49.
6. "L'étude de la Litterature", notes, not autograph, of additions apparently intended for a new edition. Fr. f. 51.
7. Lists of authorities cited and places mentioned in the History five separate note-books, in three of which the names and references have been taken down in order as they occur in the volumes, while the other two contain the names alphabetically arranged but without references. f. 60.
8. Small memoranda for the History as published aud for additions and corrections which the author never completed. f. 160.
9. "Hints," written on cards (vol. v. p. 536), followed by a few other similar notes, commonplaces, and memoranda. f. 187.
10. Autobiographical memoranda: three cards (ff. 253-255), the first containing notes for "sect. iv." and "sect. v.," probably of memoir C (see above, 34,874), and the other two notes of journeys to and from Switzerland, etc., and (f 256) a paper containing "reasons for and against accepting" a diplomatic post at Paris.
11. A printed sheet (LL) of the Miscellaneous Works (ed. 1814). f. 257.
12. A narrative of the war in Switzerland in 1476 from P. Matthieu's Histoire de Louis X.I. Not in Gibbon's hand. Fr. f. 265. Paper; ff. 273. Folio.
includes:
- f. 1 Titus Maccius Plautus: Note on a passage of the Poenulus, by E. Gibbon: 18th cent.: Two copies.
- f. 11 Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 1791: Remarks by E. Gibbin on his " Historic Doubts": 18th cent.: Fr.
- f. 11 Richard III of England: Remarks by E. Gibbon on H. Walpole's Historic Doubts on the Life, etc.: 18th cent.
- f. 253 Edward Gibbon, historian: Autobiographical memoranda: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087874
036-002087882
040-002087885 - Is part of:
- Add MS 34874-34887 : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY, journals, essays and correspondence of Edward Gibbon the historian (1737-1794); with additional…
Add MS 34880-34882 : GIBBON PAPERS. Vols. VII.-IX. Miscellaneous Works and Commonplace Books of Edward Gibbon, mostly printed in the…
Add MS 34882 : Miscellaneous Works. Vol. III. Contents:- 1. "Remarques critiques sur un passage de Plaute," see above, 34,880, art. 2 c;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002087874[0004]/036-002087882[0003]/040-002087885
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Gibbon, Edward, historian, 1737-1794
Plautus, Titus Maccius, Roman playwright, c 254-184 BC
Richard III, King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1452-1485,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122766347
Walpole, Horatio, 4th Earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, 1717-1797,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054064246