Miscellaneous papers of William Stukeley
Single Item
MS. Top. gen. b. 73
Held at the Weston Library
Includes:
- (fol. 1) proof of the dedication to Stukeley in Herman Moll, Geographia antiqua: or thirty two new and accurate maps of the geography of the ancients (London, 1721)
- (fols. 2-53) printed county maps from Herman Moll, Set of fifty new and correct maps of England and Wales (London, 1724), several annotated by Stukeley
- (fols. 54-65) similar maps by Robert Morden and (fol. 65) Richard Blome, n.d.
- (fols. 147-157) letters of Stukeley in Latin, 1708, 1732, n.d.
- (fol. 158) account of an attack of gout, 1726
- (fols. 159-163) scheme for drainage of the burial ground of St. George-the-Martyr, London, with plans, 1755
- (fols. 165-170) calculations of the solid content of the Earth, n.d.
Also includes (fols. 68-144) drawings and engravings of antiquities by Stukeley, 1722-1758, n.d., including:
- (fol. 68) 'ground plot of the Roman bath and hypocaust found at Bath', 1755
- (fol. 76) 'the stones lying in the Roman road at Clatford near Marlborough', n.d.
- (fol. 79) a plan of Roman Dover, 1722
- (fol. 83) plan of 'Caesar’s camp on Greenfield Common', n.d.
- (fol. 92) plan and elevation of the Druid temple at Medgley’s Fold, Shropshire, 1754
- (fol. 97) 'the ground plot of the British temple at Little Salkeld', Cumbria, 1725
- (fols. 118-120) views of the 'Mosaic Temple', 1736
- (fols. 123-129) plans of 'Heber the patriarch’s house', 1738
Dates
- Creation: c.1709-1758
Extent
176 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Top. gen. b. 73
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 22382
Abstract
Miscellaneous papers of William Stukeley
Biographical / Historical
William Stukeley (1687-1765) was an antiquary and natural philosopher. For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Stanley Crowe, cat. 89 (1979) item 434.
- Title
- Miscellaneous papers of William Stukeley
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2023 by C. McIlwaine
- Date
- EAD version 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk