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John Evelyn - Robert Plot - 1693-08-27

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John Evelyn - Robert Plot - 1693-08-27
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16140
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. John Evelyn
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Robert Plot
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . August 27, 1693
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Evelyn 16971, Chambers - Galbraith 2014, p. 1006, letter 689 (699)2, Burnett 2020b, p. 7183
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Book Production
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'[I] renew my Request to you, for the Assistance you promisd me, by imparting to me what you had of this kind, which might contribute to what I am preparing [viz. his Numismata].' (Chambers - Galbraith 2014, p. 1006, letter 689 (699); Burnett 2020b, p. 718)

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Chambers, D.D.C, and Galbraith, D.I. (2014), The Letter Books of John Evelyn, Toronto, University of Toronto Press
  3. ^  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.