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 about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times (v.2)
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Type of record: Book
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. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times (v.2)
Classmark: YAS 1333
Creator(s): Ayscough, Samuel (1745-1804)
Additional creator(s): Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753) (Other); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766) (Other); British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (Other)
Related people: Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753; Birch, Thomas, 1671 or 1672-
Publisher: Printed for the compiler, by John Rivington, Jun
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1782
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/499658
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010756599705181
Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society
Description
"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the compiler." -- Dict. nat. biog.
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.
Additional description
Spine lettered: 'Ayscough's Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum. Vol.II'
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