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Add MS 4249
- Record Id:
- 040-002109714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002109547
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000394.0x0001cf
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- Add MS 4249
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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS; 18th cent. Four articles, artt. 3 & 4 being bound separately. Artt.1 and 2. Forbes papers: notes by Patrick Forbes, Scottish historian; 18th cent. For other Forbes papers see Add. MSS. 4126, 4133-4146, 4215A, B, 4248, 35833.
(1) List of selected articles from various Cotton MSS. of which a list is given (f. 1b). ff. 2-50.
(2) Similar lists and notes from Cotton MSS. etc., many of them being in shorthand (Ridpath's system). ff. 51-173. Paper; ff. 173. Quarto. XVIII cent.
Art. 3. Memorandum-book of Pierre Des Maizeaux; 18th cent. French. Containing (a) Private memoranda. f. 2;-(b) 'Livres prétes [sic]'. f. 3;- (c)'Catalogue de mes Livres le - juillet 1716'. ff. 5-26;-and at the end, reversing the volume, private personal memoranda, notes of books lent or missing, etc.
Paper; ff. 39. Duodecimo. XVIII cent.
Art. 4. Memoir of manuscripts held by Jean Aymon at The Hague; circa 1700. French. Incomplete. This article is now bound up in Add. MS. 4254 at f. 291.
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- ff. 1-173 Patrick Forbes, d 1743 (?) MD; Scottish historian: Lists of state papers in various libraries by: 18th cent.: Partly shorthand.
- art. 2 Shorthand: Transcripts and notes in G. Ridpath's system: 17th-18th centt.
- art. 2 George Ridpath, Whig journalist: Transcripts and notes in his system of shorthand: 17th-18th centt.
- art. 3 Pierre Des Maizeaux, d 1745 F R S; author: Private memoranda and catalogue of his books: 18th cent.: Fr.: Autogr.
- art. 3 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: Books of P. Desmaizeaux: early 18th cent.: Fr.
- art. 4 Catalogues of Libraries, etc: MSS. of J. Aymon: circ. 1700.: Fr.: Imperf.
- art. 4 Jean Aymon, French theological writer: Memoir of manuscripts in the possession of: circ. 1700.: Fr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002109547
040-002109714 - 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 4249 : MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS; 18th cent. Four articles, artt. 3 & 4 being bound separately. Artt.1 and 2. Forbes papers: notes… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002109547[0089]/040-002109714
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- 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:
- Aymon, Jean, priest and writer, 1661-1734
Forbes, Patrick, historian and physician, d 1743
Maizeaux, Pierre, journalist and biographer, ?1672-1745
Ridpath, George, Whig journalist