Add MS 4275 - Thoresby Papers, Vol. II

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1625
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1831)
Title
Thoresby Papers, Vol. II
Shelfmark
Add MS 4275
Creation Date
ca. 1584 - 1722
Repository
Contents Note

From the Collections of Ralph Thoresby. Letters, etc., of English divines and learned men, placed in rough alphabetical order. Add MS 4275 comprises the letters A-H. The 'Creation Date' is taken from the Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (see 'Source of Data' below).

Material Features

ff. 331. Folio. 18th century half-morocco gilt.

Acquisition

Purchased at the sale of Ralph Thoresby's museum in 1764 by Thomas Birch.

Source of Data

The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts 1756-1782: Additional Manuscripts 4101-5017 (London: British Museum Publications, 1977), p. 83; CELM; Hannah Yip.

Other Note

'This & the subsequent Volume [i.e. Add MS 4276] contain two alphabets; the first of the Conformist, the second of the Nonconformist Divines.' (See flyleaf, British Library, Add MS 4275.)

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
March 21, 2024
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024