Edmund Chishull - William Sherard - 1726-12-13
Edmund Chishull
Edmund Chishull - William Sherard - 1726-12-13
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 15931 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | London, Royal Society |
| InventoryInventory number. | MS 253/188 |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Edmund Chishull |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | William Sherard |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | December 13, 1726 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | Charles Patin, Ezechiel Spanheim, Richard Mead, William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire, Nicola Francesco Haym |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Spanheim 1664Spanheim 1664, Haym 1720 vol. 2Haym 1720 vol. 2, Burnett 2020b, p. 609Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Teos , Numismatic Literature , Greek , Prusias , Knossos , Books |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'At the same time I beg the favour of yr lending him [Mr. Sturt] Patins Numismatat to copy from thence pag. 94 the figure of Apollo Didymeus out of a middle brass coyn of Caligula. which coyn in Patin I beg you would look out in ye book & show to him for fear of mistake. He will show you how and where I design it.
I want likewise to be copyed by him a small coyn of K. Prusias out of Spanheim de prest. numism. 1st Vol. fol. imag. 5/4. if it be not too much trouble for you to send him likewise that Book, which he will return ye same day you send it.
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I beg my humble service to Dr Mead: from whom I am promisd this favour of these coyns you brought home now placd in ye cabinet of the Duke of Devon, viz. ΚΝΩΣΙΩΝ ΠΟΛΧΟΣ Haym 2d. Part pag. 117. [retrograde script] pag. 144. ΣΑΞΙΩΝ pag. 147. But if I cannot see them in time I shall be contented with copying them from Mr Haym.
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But I now principally want a good coyn or two ΤΗΙΩΝ with ye reverse a Bacchus cum cantharo, older than the times of ye Roman Emperors if it may be had, and about the procuring of this I beg you would confer with Dr Mead, and use your joint endeavours to favour me with it.'
(Royal Society, MS 253/188; Burnett 2020b, p. 609)
