Memoirs of [eighteen] celebrated professors of the belles Letters in the Academy of Inscriptions etc. at Paris
'Memoirs of [eighteen] celebrated professors of the belles Letters in the Academy of Inscriptions etc. at Paris, translated and abridg'd from their Elogia in the Transactions of the Society. Cambridge 1757', in the handwriting of Richard Gough: with an index.
Dates
- Creation: written in A.D. 1757 by R. Gough
Extent
148 pages
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Add. A. 372, pp. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Add. A. 372
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20005
Abstract
Memoirs of [eighteen] celebrated professors of the belles Letters in the Academy of Inscriptions etc. at Paris, written in A.D. 1757 by R. Gough.
Biographical / Historical
Richard Gough (1735–1809) was an antiquary.
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. 29623.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This was lot 250 in the J. Carnaby sale at messrs. Puttick's on Nov. 25, 1886, and there bought for the Library for 7s.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
8 × 6 5/8 in.
Genre / Form
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Memoirs of [eighteen] celebrated professors of the belles Letters in the Academy of Inscriptions etc. at Paris
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk