Miscellany: French, 19th-20th centuries

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1801-1943

177 items

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, December 1927 (acc.67371 and 67372), March 1928 (acc.67374 and 67375), October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), November 1929 (acc.67384), February 1930 (acc.55099), April 1931 (acc.64715 and 64716), October 1931 (acc.64700), April 1932 (acc.65157), August 1932 (acc.65656), November 1934 (acc. 67129), 1935 (acc.68515), at an unknown date before 1936 (acc.69220) and April 1936 (acc.69426); V. Degrange, Paris, October 1928 (acc.56987); Stevens, London, March 1930 (acc.56583); Desgranges, Paris, July 1930 (acc.63453), October 1930 (acc.63459), February 1931 (acc.64689), May 1931 (acc.64702), July 1932 (acc.65635), September 1932 (acc.65659) and July 1935 (acc.69116); an unknown vendor in Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Duhem, Montpellier, August 1930 (acc.63928) and March 1931 (acc.64030); R. Bonnet, Viroflay, November 1930 (acc.63439); either from Desgranges, Paris, January 1936 or Glendining, London, circa 1932 (acc.69292); Sotheby's, London, November 1933 (acc.67469). Presented by Boulangé, January 1928 (acc.67389). Accession details of nos.59, 60, 83, 105, 118, 139, 140 and 177 not known; no.166 from the French Collection of books and manuscripts transferred from the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum to the Library in 1964, whose earlier provenance is not recorded (acc.311223).

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts