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- 040-002109712
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- 032-002109547
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x0001cd
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS, as follows:-
(1) Key to the works of Jean Louis Guez de Balzac (d. 1654), being annotations of passages in his works; 18th cent. French. ff. 1-7.
(2) Life of John Selden; 18th cent. French. The notes in the margin are by Pierre Des Maizeaux. ff. 8-12. Followed by copies in Birch's autograph of letters of John Selden to (a) Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland; 29 June 1642. f. 13;-and (b) William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford; June, n.y. ff. 14, 14b.
(3) 'La Vie du Père Jacques Sirmond, jesuite', by Paul Colomiès, with revisions by Pierre Des Maizeaux; 18th cent. Cf. La Bibliothèque Choisie de M. Colomiès, Paris, 1731, pp. 295-314. ff. 15-19. Paper; ff. 20. Folio. XVIII cent.
includes:
- ff. 1-7 Jean Louis Guez, Seigneur de Balzac: Annotations of passages in his 'Oeuvres Diverses': 18th cent.: Fr.
- ff. 8-12 John Selden, d 1654 jurist: Life of: 18th cent.: Fr.
- ff. 8-12, 15-19 Pierre Des Maizeaux, d 1745 F R S; author: Marginal notes in lives of J Selden, and J. Sirmond: 18th cent.: Fr.
- f. 13 John Selden, d 1654 jurist: Letter to Lord Falkland: 1642.: Copy.
- f. 13 Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland: Letter to, from J. Selden: 1642.: Copy.
- f. 14 Sir William Seymour, 1st Marquess of Hertford 1641 and (1660) 2nd Duke of Somerset: Letter to, from J. Selden: 1642.: Copy.
- f. 14 John Selden, d 1654 jurist: Letter to Lord Hertford: 1642.: Copy.
- ff. 15-19 Jacques Simond, d 1651 SJ; French scholar: Life of, by P. Colomiès: 18th cent.: Fr.
- ff. 15-19 Paul Colomiès, d 1692 French Protestant scholar: Life of J. Sirmond: 18th cent.: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
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- 032-002109547
040-002109712 - 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 4247 : BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS, as follows:- (1) Key to the works of Jean Louis Guez de Balzac (d. 1654), being… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0087]/040-002109712
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 4101-4478
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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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:
- Balzac, Jean Louis, Seigneur de Balzac, essayist, 1597-1654
Cary, Lucius, 2nd Viscount Falkland, author and politician, c 1610-1643
Colomiès, Paul, French Protestant scholar, d 1692
Maizeaux, Pierre, journalist and biographer, ?1672-1745
Selden, John, lawyer and historical and linguistic scholar, 1584-1654,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109004698
Seymour, William, 1st Marquess of Hertford 1641 and (1660) 2nd Duke of Somerset
Simond, Jacques, SJ; French scholar, d 1651