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- Record Id:
- 040-002109706
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x0001c7
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BIRCH'S SLOANE COLLECTIONS
'Memoirs relating to the Life of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. formerly President of the Royal Society', by Thomas Birch, with miscellaneous biographical notes; 1753. Also included in the volume are: (a) a similar memoir in French taken from the above. ff. 26-35;-(b) 'Éloge de M. Sloane' by Jean Paul Grandjean de Fouchy, Secretary of the French Academy of Science, from the Histoire de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, 1753. Printed, with an autograph note 'Pour Monsieur Birch, sécretaire, de la part de son très humble serviteur De Fouchy', and Birch's acknowledgment of the gift, 9 Nov. 1758. ff. 38-46b. Paper; ff. 46. Quarto. A.D. 1753.
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Collections of T. Birch rel. to his life: circ. 1753.
Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Biographical works and memoranda by: circ. 1730-1760, n.d.: Partly autogr.
includes:
- f. 38 Jean Paul Grandjean de Fouchy, French scientist: Signature: 1758.
- ff. 39-46b Jean Paul Grandjean de Fouchy, French scientist: Obituary of Sir H. Sloane by: 1753.: Printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
040-002109706 - Is part of:
- Add MS 4101-4478 : Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was…
Add MS 4241 : BIRCH'S SLOANE COLLECTIONS 'Memoirs relating to the Life of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. formerly President of the Royal… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0081]/040-002109706
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1753
- End Date:
- 1753
- Date Range:
- 1753
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Birch, Thomas, DD, FRS, d 1766
Grandjean de Fouchy, Jean Paul, French scientist
Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959