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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 compiler by J. Rivington, jun., 1782.

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  • Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.
  • Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766.
  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts.
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Multi-title collection including 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. .. and 1 other(s). 99125083633506421
Description
2 v.
Series Statement
Manuscripta, microfilms of rare and out-of-print books, list 25, no. 1
Subject
Manuscripts > Great Britain > Catalogs
Genre/Form
Catalogs.
Note
  • Microfilm copy, made in 1961, of the original in Vatican. Biblioteca vaticana. Positive.
  • Negative film in Vatican. Biblioteca vaticana.
  • "Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the compiler."--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, 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.
OCLC
  • ocm18364941
  • SCSB-14067648
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library