Original letters to D'Orville, etc., Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
File
MS. D'Orville 485
In perturbed order, includes:
- (fol. 17) some are from Petrus Burmannus the elder, 1733-38
- (fol. 36) fol. 36 are some copies of letters from Claudius Salmasius, 1620-37, in Latin and French
- (fols. 45-124) Italian
- (fols. 127-161) are drafts or original letters from D'Orville, 1736-44, in Latin and Dutch
- (fols. 126, 129) are the documents conferring on D'Orville the membership of the Etrusca Accademia, 15 May 1728, and the honorary membership of the Societas Latina at Jena, 1751
- (fols. 63-261) chiefly English letters to D'Orville, 1725-48, among which are some from Alex. Cuningham, 1726-9; Joseph Wasse, 1725-38; Jeremiah Markland (one, 1 Aug. 1732, cf. no. 17360, three in 1737)
- (fols. 264-97) some letters to Jean D'Orville the son from Tho. Tyrwhitt, 1775-8; Jonathan Toup, 1755-70, and others.
Dates
- Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Extent
308 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
- French
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 485
Former reference:
Auct. X. 2. inf. 1. 18
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 17363
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
10 1/8 × 8 1/2
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk