John Evelyn - Ralph Thoresby - 1696-12-21

John Evelyn, London (Berkeley Street)

John Evelyn - Ralph Thoresby - 1696-12-21

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16246
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Add MS 78683, f.66
AuthorAuthor of the document.	John Evelyn
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	December 21, 1696
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	London (Berkeley Street) ^{51° 30' 28.37" N, 0° 8' 34.48" W}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Thomas Howard
LiteratureReference to literature.	Evelyn 16971, Hunter 1832, vol. 1, pp. 344-72, Dykes 2018a, p. 1253, Burnett 2020b, pp. 826, 8704
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Coin Collection , Book Sending
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'I take the first opportunity of writing to my friends again, among whom, give me leave to honour myself with the acquisition of one so obliging as Mr. Thoresby, to overlook and pass by the many defects of my rambling book; which that you may no longer borrow from others, I would present you with a copy of, could I think it worth your acceptance. The medals which I speak of in miniature, were long since painted by a German virtuoso of Frankendale, and sent me to Paris by one who formerly kept the famous cabinet of the great Earl of Arundel, whom I mention. I have put them in frames, and covered them with glasses before them, and left them in my closet in the country, with all that I have of medals and valuables besides; but both which, either for number or consideration, come far short of what I find you are the possessor of.' (Hunter 1830, vol. 1, pp. 344-7; Dykes 2018a, p. 125; Burnett 2020b, pp. 826, 870)

References

^ Evelyn, John. 1697. Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. Together with Some Account of Heads and Effigies of Illustrious, and Famous Persons, of Whom We Have no Medals Extant and of the Use to Be Derived from Them. To Which is Added a Digression concerning Physiognomy. London: for Benjamin Tooke.
^ Hunter, J. (ed.)(1832) Letters of Eminent Men addressed to Ralph Thoresby, FRS, London.
^ Dykes, D.W. (2018) 'John Evelyn and his Numismata', British Numismatic Journal 88, pp. 113-138
^ Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.