Humfrey Wanley - Arthur Charlett 1697-08-22
Humfrey Wanley
Humfrey Wanley - Arthur Charlett 1697-08-22
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14009 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | |
| InventoryInventory number. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Humfrey Wanley |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | Arthur Charlett |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | August 22, 1697 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | William Courten, Abednego Seller, Francesco Mezzabarba Birago, Abraham van Goorle, Filippo Paruta, Leonardo Agostini |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Agostini 1649Agostini 1649, Mezzabarba Birago 1683Mezzabarba Birago 1683, Goorle 1601Goorle 1601, Wanley 1989, pp. 71-5 Letter 38Wanley 1989, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1218, 1224Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Coin Collection , Collection Price , Greek , English Collectors , Numismatic Literature |
| 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".
Two extracts from the same letter:
'I remember, Sir, that last year you wrote to me about the Collection of Mr Seller which you said consisted of 1000 Coins, whereof one third part were Greek, & the whole valued at £300. ’Tis a great rate, & the coins had need be good, but Mr Charlton has’s the most noble Collection in England, for a private Gentleman, & ’tis worth while even to look upon them.' (Burnett 2020b, p. 1218)
'[Wanley gave advice on a catalogue of books which had presumably been offered to Charlett. Nearly all the 15 or so titles, on which Wanley commented, were numismatic books. He went on to add that] the List is not at all perfect, for you ought to buy Mediobarbus his Roman Coins, a folio of about 40s price in the first place. And Gorlaeus his Dactyliotheca, with Leonardo Augustino, 2, 4tos of Gronovius Edition should be had. Paruta’s Sicilian coins printed at Rome with the Additions of Leonardo Augostino, is a very rare & scarce book…' (Burnett 2020b, p. 1224)
