Essays, c. 1740-1764

File

MS. Eng. misc. d. 456

Held at the Weston Library

Essays on:

(fols. 1-11) the origin of playing cards, 1760
(fols. 12-23) Roman antiquities, c.1750
(fols. 26-48) the origin of architecture, c.1750
(fols. 49-65) a Roman coin in his possession, 1729
(fols. 67-75) an inscription dug up at Chichester, 1740
(fols. 76-82) 'Brittish Panegyres', 1750
(fols. 88-92) the Deluge, c.1760
(fols. 94-100) 'Divi Britannici', n.d.
(fols. 102-13) the cause of Ovid's banishment, 1762
(fols. 114-73) coins, 1764, n.d.

Dates

173 Leaves

MS. Eng. misc. d. 456

Keiller MS. 52

In 20th-cent. half red morocco box

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