Nares, Edward (1763-1841)

  • Nares, Edward, 1763-1841
Date:
1791-1805
Reference:
MS.3660
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About this work

Description

Common place book No. 1.

Compiler's holograph MS.

The latest entry is dated 1805 (fol. 7v), but most of them seem to be dated 1791-93: they are mainly in English, but some in Latin and French.

Many are on scientific or medical subjects.

Signature 'E. Nares Mert. Coll,' on fly-leaf.

Publication/Creation

1791-1805

Physical description

1 volume 1 l. + 113 ff. + 2 ll. 4to. 20 × 16 cm. Original vellum binding. Mainly written on the rectos only.

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Acquisition note

Purchased at Sotheby's 17/3/1961, Lot 451 (part).

Biographical note

The compiler was a miscellaneous writer, and was Regius professor of modern history at Oxford, 1813-1841 [see the Dictionary of National Biography].

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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Accession number

  • 38427