Treatises by Pieter Burman the younger

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MS. Lat. class. e. 45

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Treatises by Pieter Burman the younger on: (fols. 1-107) 'De utilitate ac necessitate eloquentiae'; (fols. 108-302) 'Historiae literariae studium', in the form of a chronological survey of Greek and Latin authors from Homer to the 14th century AD, with (fols. 304-308) an index; in the hand of an amanuensis, 18th century.

Dates

Creation: 18th century

Extent

311 Leaves

Language of Materials

Latin

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Lat. class. e. 45, fols. 1-2].

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Shelfmark:

MS. Lat. class. e. 45

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 9216

Additional Description

Abstract

Treatises by Pieter Burman the younger, 18th century.

Biographical / Historical

Pieter Burman the younger (1713–1778) was a Dutch philologist.

Other Finding Aids

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 47818.

Custodial History

S. & J. Luchtmans (Bibliotheca Burmanniana), 27 Sept. 1779, part of lot 2544; owned by John Mitford, 1805; Sotheby's, 9 July 1860 (Mitford sale), lot 6.