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Memoirs of [eighteen] celebrated professors of the belles Letters in the Academy of Inscriptions etc. at Paris

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MS. Add. A. 372
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'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]

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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.

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

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