'Essays or Conjectural Discourses by the Earl Winchilsea concerning some of his Athenian Medals...'
'Essays or Conjectural Discourses by the Earl Winchilsea concerning some of his Athenian Medals [i.e. coins], with an Appendix relating to a few of other [Greek] Places and Persons ... Anno 1719', in his own hand. These are a corrected form of the descriptions and commentaries which he contributed to Haym's Tesoro Britannico (Lond. 1719, vol. i), with preface and additions extending to 1725.
The brass or copper Athenian coins occupy pp. 10-73, the silver pp. 73-95: there is another title at p. vii dated 1702, and there are many drawings of coins at pp. 143-193, 201.
Dates
- Creation: Written chiefly in A.D. 1719 by the earl of Winchilsea
Extent
232 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. Arch. Num. xi. 9, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
Arch. Num. xi. 9
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20080
Abstract
'Essays or Conjectural Discourses by the Earl Winchilsea concerning some of his Athenian Medals...'
Biographical / Historical
Earl Winchilsea (fl. 1719).
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. V, no. 30319
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by The Bodleian Library in 1890.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
14 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- 'Essays or Conjectural Discourses by the Earl Winchilsea concerning some of his Athenian Medals...'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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