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 /

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, clerk.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Ayscough, Samuel, 1745-1804.
Contributors: Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.
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Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : Printed for the compiler, by John Rivington, Jun. ..., 1782.
Subjects:
Manuscripts > Great Britain > Catalogs > Early works to 1800.
British Museum > Manuscripts > General Collections.
Notes:"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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Physical description: 2 v. ; 30 cm. (fol.)

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