A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed: consisting of five thousand volumes; including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D / By Samuel Ayscough, clerk.

  • Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804.
Date:
1782
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

London : Printed for the complier by J. Rivington, jun., for the author, 1782.

Physical description

2 volumes ; (4to)

Notes

"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the complier"--Dict. nat. biog

Contents

I. Theology. Ecclesiastical history. History. Commerce. Arts. Mathematics. Astronomy. Philosophy. Chemistry.--II. Medicine. Natural history. Voyages. Grammars, &c. Literary history. Biography. Letters. Poetry. Judicial astrology. Magic. Miscellaneous. Mss. in Icelandic, and Oriental languages. Index I: of the numbers of the volumes [i.e. the numbers of the manuscripts] Index II: of the names which occur in the catalogue.

References note

ESTC T160586

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Languages

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