Transcripts by George Harbin of William Camden's 'copies of his own Latin letters
Transcripts by George Harbin of William Camden's 'copies of his own Latin letters, written in his own hand, in the library of John Anstis ... 1716, never yet printed'.
Many of the letters are also copied in Bodl., MS. Smith 74 (SC 15680), pp. 1-63.
74 pages, 49-71 blank.
Dates
- Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Extent
74 pages
Language of Materials
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Lat. misc. e. 88, pp. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Lat. misc. e. 88
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16909
Abstract
Transcripts by George Harbin of William Camden's 'copies of his own Latin letters.
Biographical / Historical
George Harbin (c.1665-1744) nonjuror and historical writer.
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. 47993.
Custodial History
Bought with other Harbin manuscripts from Sir Alexander Malet by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1831; Phillipps MS. 4863; Sotheby's, 10 June 1896, lot 168.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Chaucer Head Bookshop, cat. 677 (1937), 96.
Physical Facet
notebook with engraving on upper wrapper
- Title
- Transcripts by George Harbin of William Camden's 'copies of his own Latin letters
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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