Letter from Edward Lhuyd (or Lhwyd) to John Ray of Black Notley, Essex, dated Oxford
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 7284, fol. 61
Held at the Weston Library
Discusses an unusual fire lasting for months on the sea coasts of Caernarvonshire. Anthony Wood has annotated the letter to say that he has not published Lhuyd's "divers letters" to Ray about the fire because there is an account of Mr Lhuyd's in Phil. Transact. nrs 208, 213, "but this l[ette]r having some of Mr Lhuyd's thoughts about it, not there published, I thought it convenient to entertain the reader with it".
Dates
- 27 May 1694
Extent
1.0 leaf
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 7284, fol. 61
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 6100
Abstract
Letter from Edward Lhuyd (or Lhwyd) to John Ray of Black Notley, Essex, dated Oxford, 27 May 1694
Biographical / Historical
Edward Lhuyd [Lhwyd; formerly Lloyd] (1659/60?–1709), was a naturalist and philologist, and Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum 1691-1709. John Ray (1627–1705), was a naturalist and theologian. For further details on both men see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Bonhams Sale 28 March 2006, lot 187.
- Title
- Letter from Edward Lhuyd (or Lhwyd) to John Ray of Black Notley, Essex, dated Oxford, 27 May 1694
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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