Guard-book of letters and papers

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MS. French d. 18

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Guard-book of letters and papers, including:

(fols. 1-32, 79-80) letters of Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke, 1712-1725
(fol. 39) drawing of Hotel des Invalides, 1747
(fols. 60-73) letters from Georges Lefebvre to J. M. Thompson, 1932-51
(fols. 82-143) letters concerning the death of Cardinal Fleury, 1743

Dates

Creation: 13th-20th century

Extent

203 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. French d. 18, fol. 1-2].

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Shelfmark:

MS. French d. 18

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 7320, 9219, 10768, 16492, 16493

Additional Description

Abstract

Guard-book of letters and papers, 13th-20th century.

Biographical / Historical

Henry St John, Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751) was a British politician, diplomatist, and author.

Georges Lefebvre (1874-1959) was a French professor of history at the Sorbonne (Paris) and a specialist of the French Revolution.