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040-002109721

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Vol. II, ff. 291, XVIII cent.

includes:

f. 1 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters to Lord Bolingbroke: 1740-1749.: Copies.
f. 1Ob Saul Levi Mortera, d 1660 rabbi, of Amsterdam: Notice of him and of his 'Providentia divina': 18th cent.
f. 3 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letter to Lord -: circ. 1745.: Extr.
f. 4 (copy) Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letters to D. Mallet: 1745, 1749.
f. 5 David Mallet, formerly Malloch; author: Denial of W.Warburton's charge against him: circ. 1745.: Copy.
f. 5 William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester 1759: Charge against D. Mallet: circ. 1745.: Copy.
ff. 6-7 London, England: Proposal by T. Carte for a library at the Mansion House: circ. 1743.
ff.6-7 Thomas Carte, historian: Proposal to purchase the Harley MSS. and found a library at the Mansion House: circ. 1743.
f. 7b Richard Rawlinson, FRS: Note by: 1743.: Autogr.
f. 10 Isaac formerly Baltasar Orobio de Castro, Spanish mathematician: Note rel. to: 18th cent.
ff. 10-11 Jews: Account of some rare MSS. on the Jewish faith: 18th cent.
f. 11 Isaac ben Abraham, d 1594 rabbi: Notice of his 'Fortification de la Fè', translated in 1621: 18th cent.
ff.15-18 Antony van Dale, MD; Dutch antiquary and philosopher: Preface to a translation of his work, 'De Oraculis Ethnicorum': 1683.
ff. 19-68 Elizabeth Carter, author: Review and proof sheets, with autogr. corrections, of 'Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy explain'd for the use of Ladies', translated by: 1739.
f. 69 Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork and Ross; Bishop of Clogher 1745: Review by T. Birch of 'A Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai . . . ', translated by: 1753.
ff. 73-77 William Shakespeare: Notes to the article on, in 'Biographia Britannica': 18th cent.
f. 98 Joseph Mead, d 1638 alias Mede; biblical scholar: Memoranda conc. publication of his works in 1669: 18th cent.
ff. 99-103 Comte Henri de Boulainvilliers,; historian and philosopher: Notice of his 'Mémoires': 18th cent.: Fr.
f.105 Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin; author: Biographical notes: 18th cent.
f. 106 Thomas Fuller: 'Objectiones contra Josephum Historicum': 1723.
f. 107 Edmund Dunch, merchant, in Turkey: Extract from his account of travels in Turkey: circa 1679 - circa 1688.
f. 108 Ralph Cudworth, d 1688 DD; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge: Dedication intended for his 'True Intellectual System of the Universe': 1742.: Draft.
ff. 112-113 Samuel Johnson, LLD; lexicographer: Notice of his 'Plays of W. Shakespeare': 1765.
f. 114 Bible. Textual Criticism: Libri Job Græco carmine redditi Examinatio: 18th cent.
f. 116 Thomas Worrall, bookseller and publisher, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 John Wilcox, bookseller, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 James Crokatt, bookseller and publisher, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.
f. 116 John Gray, bookseller: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 Timothy Hatchett, bookseller, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 Charles Corbett, bookseller and publisher, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 John Clarke, bookseller, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 Edward Cave, printer, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 John Brindley, bookseller, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 James Bettenham, printer, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 John Peter Bernard, d 1750 FRS; biographer: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.
f. 116 Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.
f. 116 Jeremiah Batley, bookseller: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 Andrew Millar, bookseller and publisher, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 Caesar Ward, bookseller, of York: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 Thomas Osborne, Bookseller, Gray's Inn: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 Henry Van der Esch: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 George Strahan, bookseller, of London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 John Shuckburgh, bookseller, London: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.: Signed.
f. 116 John Lockman, writer and translator: Agreement for compilation of the 'General Dictionary': 1734.
f. 121 (copy) Henry Hyde, Viscount Cornbury; son of Henry, 4th Earl of Clarendon: Letter to D. Mallet: 1752.
f. 124b David Mallet, formerly Malloch; author: Letter to H. Hyde: 1752.: Copy.
f. 126 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Letter to G. Lyttelton: 1749.: Copy.
ff. 128-144 Commonplace Books: T. Birch: 1754.
f. 145 Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Letter to S. Clarke: 1728.: Copy.
f. 146 Bible ENGLISH: Scheme for translation, with names of translators: 1604: Copy, 17th cent.
ff. 147-150 Bible. Textual Criticism: Collations by J. J. Wetstein from the Codex Alexandrinus: 18th cent.: Lat. and Gr.
ff. 147-150 Johann Jacob Wetstein, FRS; Professor of Philosophy at Amsterdam; great-grandson of J R Wetstein (1): Collations from the Codex Alexandrinus: bef. 1754.: Lat. and Gr.
ff. 151-152 John Pine, engraver: Dedication for his 'Vergil': 1757.: Lat.
f. 153 Thomas Allen, Rector of Kettering: Letter to J. Jones: 1749.
ff. 155-166 Daniel Tilenus, d 1633 French Protestant theologian: Criticism of a work by: 18th cent.
ff. 167, 169-180 John Reynolds, d 1727 dissenting minister: Controversy conc. the validity of his ordination: early 18th cent.: Partly autogr.
f. 181 Peter Templeman, MD: Remarks on an essay by Bp. Atterbury on Virgil's 'Iapis': bef. 1769.: Autogr.
f. 181 Publius Virgilius Maro: Remarks on the identification of 'lapis', Aen. Xll. 391: 18th cent.
f. 181 Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester: Remarks of P. Templeman on his essay on Virgil's Iapis: 18th cent.
ff. 184-226, 240 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury d 1713: Life, by T. Birch, and biographical notes: circ. 1734.
ff. 227-229 Reverend George Whitefield, Methodist preacher: Remarks on his essay 'The Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists compared': 1749.
ff. 230-232 John Ward, d 1758 LLD, FRS; Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College: Account of his 'Lives of the Professors of Gresham College', by T. Birch: circ - 1740.
f. 239 Dr Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor: Note of a sermon by: 18th cent.
ff. 242-245 Philosophy: Notes on metaphysics: 18th cent.
f. 254 Sir Thomas Roe, diplomatist: Biographical notes: 18th cent.
f. 255 Sir John Suckling, poet; MP for Bramber: Biographical notes: 18th cent.
ff. 256-261 Jan Amos Komensky, d 1670 alias Comenius; writer on education: Epitaph and notes on his 'Pansophia': circ. 1700.: Lat.
f. 262 Eccard Leichner, German naturalist: Note on his letter to the Royal Society: 1663.
f. 263 William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester 1759: Notice of his 'Julian': 1750.
f. 273 Louis Moréri: Remarks upon his 'Dictionnaire historique': 18th cent.: Fr.
ff. 273-286 Pierre Des Maizeaux, d 1745 F R S; author: Remarks upon Moreri's Dictionary: 18th cent.: Fr.: Autogr.
f. 287 Pierre Bayle, d 1706 French philosopher: Letters to V. Minutoli: 1676 circ. 1700.: Fr. and Lat.
f. 287 Vincenzo Minutoli, Professor of Greek and History at Geneva: Letters to, from P. Bayle: 1671-1702.: Fr. and Lat.

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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 4253-4257 : BIRCH LITERARY PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE ADD. MSS. 4253-4257.
Add MS 4253-4255 : Literary papers and correspondence of Thomas Birch, connected with his work as joint-editor of the revised edition of…

Add MS 4254 : Vol. II, ff. 291, XVIII cent. includes: f. 1 George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton: Letters to Lord Bolingbroke: 1740-1749.: Copies.…

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Languages:

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French
Greek, Modern
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1700

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1799

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18th century

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Names:

Allen, Thomas, Rector of Kettering
Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator, 1663-1732
Batley, Jeremiah, bookseller and publisher, d 1837
Bayle, Pierre, French philosopher, 1647-1706
Bernard, John Peter, FRS; biographer, d 1750
Bettenham, James, printer, of London
Birch, Thomas, DD, FRS, d 1766
Boulainvilliers, Henri, Comte, historian and philosopher
Brindley, John, bookseller, of London
Carte, Thomas, historian
Carter, Elizabeth, author
Cave, Edward, printer, of London
Clarke, John, bookseller, of London
Clayton, Robert, Bishop of Cork and Ross; Bishop of Clogher 1745
Cooper, Anthony Ashley, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, philosopher and author, 1671-1713
Corbett, Charles, bookseller and publisher, of London
Crokatt, James, bookseller and publisher, of London
Cudworth, Ralph, DD; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, d 1688
Dale, Antony, MD; Dutch antiquary and philosopher
Dunch, Edmund, merchant and traveller in Turkey, fl 1679-1688
Fuller, Thomas, of Add MS 4254
Gray, John, bookseller and correspondent of Thomas Birch, fl 1734-1742
Hatchett, Timothy, bookseller, of London
Hyde, Henry, 4th Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Cornbury, son of Henry
Isaac ben Abraham, rabbi, d 1594
Johnson, Samuel, author and lexicographer, 1709-1784
Komensky, Jan Amos, alias Comenius; writer on education, d 1670
Leichner, Eccard, German naturalist
Lockman, John, writer and translator
Lyttelton, George, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Maizeaux, Pierre, journalist and biographer, ?1672-1745
Mallet, David, formerly Malloch; author
Mead, Joseph, alias Mede; biblical scholar, 1586-1638
Millar, Andrew, bookseller and publisher, of London
Minutoli, Vincenzo, Professor of Greek and History at Geneva
Morant, Philip, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex
Mortera, Saul Levi, Rabbi, of Amsterdam, c 1596-1660
Moréri, Louis
Orobio de Castro, Isaac formerly Baltasar, Spanish mathematician
Osborne, Thomas, Bookseller, Gray's Inn
Pine, John, engraver
Rawlinson, Richard, FRS
Reynolds, John, dissenting minister, d 1727
Roe, Thomas, Knight, diplomat, 1581-1644
Shakespeare, William, of Add MS 4225
Shuckburgh, John, bookseller, London
St John, Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Strahan, George, bookseller, of London
Suckling, John, Knight, poet, MP for Bramber, 1609-1642
Swift, Jonathan, Dean of St Patrick's Dublin, author, 1667-1745
Taylor, Jeremy, writer and Bishop of Down and Connor, 1613-1667
Templeman, Peter, MD
Tilenus, Daniel, Protestant theologian, 1563-1633,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000061474550
Van der Esch, Henry, of Add MS 4254
Vergilius Maro, Publius, 70 BC-19 BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000430695667
Warburton, William, writer, critic and Bishop of Gloucester, 1698-1779
Ward, Caesar, bookseller, of York
Ward, John, LLD, FRS; Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, d 1758
Wetstein, Johann Jacob, FRS; Professor of Philosophy at Amsterdam; great-grandson of J R Wetstein (1)
Whitefield, George, Reverend; Methodist preacher
Wilcox, John, bookseller, of London
Worrall, Thomas, bookseller and publisher, of London

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