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A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British museum hitherto undescribed: consisting of five thousand volumes; including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D.

Title: A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British museum hitherto undescribed: consisting of five thousand volumes; including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. By Samuel Ayscough, clerk.
Author: Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804.
Publication: London, Printed for the complier by J. Rivington, jun., 1782.

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Description

2 v.; 30 cm.

Subject

Manuscripts > Great Britain > Catalogs

Note

"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the complier."--Dict. nat. biog.
Bookplate of Hen. Thos. Payne, M.A.

Contents

I. Theology. Ecclesiastical history. History. Commerce. Arts. Mathematics. Astronomy. Philosophy. Chemistry.--II. Medicine. Natural history. Voyages. Grammars, &c. Literary history. Biography. Letters. Poetry. Judicial astrology. Magic. Miscellaneous. Mss. in Icelandic, and Oriental languages. Index I: of the numbers of the volumes [i.e. the numbers of the manuscripts] Index II: of the names which occur in the catalogue.

Call Number

*GXB (British Museum. Manuscripts, Dept. of. Catalogue of the manuscripts)

LCCN

17028153

OCLC

4459325

Author

Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804. Compiler

Title

A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British museum hitherto undescribed: consisting of five thousand volumes; including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. By Samuel Ayscough, clerk.

Imprint

London, Printed for the complier by J. Rivington, jun., 1782.

Local Note

Cogswell.

Added Author

Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.

Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766.

British Museum. Department of Manuscripts.

Research Call Number

*GXB (British Museum. Manuscripts, Dept. of. Catalogue of the manuscripts)

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