A few papers relating to the old Radcliffe library at Oxford

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MS. Top. Oxon b. 43

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A few papers relating to the old Radcliffe library at Oxford, printed and manuscript: among the latter are:

Fol. 5. Some notes about dr. John Radcliffe (d. 1714)
Fol. 7. Draft of a letter to John Cleland from James Fraser (about 1740?), relating to the Oriental MSS. of the latter now in the Bodleian
Fol. 8. Papers relating to a search for some of the Fraser MSS. in 1823 by August Wilhelm von Schlegel, including a notice of two of them by Schlegel, written at Oxford on Nov. 9 in that year

Additions: Fols. 19-26, three letters describing the opening of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford in 1749, of which the first two have been printed in the Bodleian Quarterly Record, i, pp. 165-72:

Dates

Creation: Partly written about 1740-1823

Extent

19 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon b. 43, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Top. Oxon b. 43

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 19523

Additional Description

Abstract

A few papers relating to the old Radcliffe library at Oxford

Biographical / Historical

John Radcliffe (1650-1714) was a physician.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 33160

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by H. D. Acland, esq., on Dec. 13, 1901, see letter of that date at fol. 1 and additions bought from messrs. Stevens, son, and Stiles, London booksellers, July 9, 1915.