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A draught, in English, of a prospectus of a 'Bibliotheca Britannica, sive Scriptorum qui in Angliâ, Scotiâ, et Hiberniâ vel nati fuere vel munera aliqua obierunt ab ultimâ Antiquitate usque ad sæculum xvii. Notitia', Written in about 1708-1730 (?) by T. Tanner

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A draught, in English, of a prospectus of a 'Bibliotheca Britannica, sive Scriptorum qui in Angliâ, Scotiâ, et Hiberniâ vel nati fuere vel munera aliqua obierunt ab ultimâ Antiquitate usque ad sæculum xvii. Notitia' (about 1708?): followed (fol. 3) by a chronological list of the authors proposed to be included, and the first section of the work including all authors before the Roman occupation, with a historical preface to the section.

The first author is Samothes Gigas, son or grandson of Japhet (d. B.C. 2014). The connexion, in form, with the Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica (1748) is slight, but the volume is interesting as showing Tanner's first conception of the work, and as being perhaps the basis of chapter 1 of Wilkins's preface to the Bibliotheca.

(fols. 6-7 are torn)

Dates

  • Creation: Written in about 1708-1730 (?) by T. Tanner

Extent

22 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. Tanner 469*

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. VI, no. 32580

Physical Facet

On paper

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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