An edition of A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed
(1782)
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. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times
by Samuel Ayscough
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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. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times
1782, Printed for the compiler, by John Rivington, Jun. ...
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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.
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"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the compiler."--Dict. nat. biog.
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