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Pierre Dupuy - William Camden - 1618-11-16

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Pierre Dupuy - William Camden - 1618-11-16
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15252
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Pierre Dupuy
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. William Camden
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . November 16, 1618
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Paris 48° 51' 32.00" N, 2° 19' 12.15" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Robert Bruce Cotton
LiteratureReference to literature. Smith 1691, p. 263, letter 2051, Burnett 2020b, pp. 150, 1173 n. 1152
KeywordNumismatic Keywords 
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Numos antiquos Anglo-Saxonum & Regum vestrorum sigilla accepi lubens, eoque nomine & tibi & nobilissimo D. Cottono grates habes gratissimas: opus sane accuratum & vobis dignum. ... Aveo videre Historiam Anglicam, cum illis nummis & sigillis tam eleganter & curiose delineatis: sed vereor ne Anglice scripta nullo usui mihi esse possit: vestram enim linguam penitus ignoro.' (Smith 1691, p. 263, letter 205; Burnett 2020b, pp. 150, 1173 n. 115)

['I have received with pleasure the ancient coins of the Anglo-Saxons and the seals of your Kings, and on that account I am extremely grateful to you and the most noble Mr Cotton: it is a really accurate work, one worthy of you ... I yearn to see the English History, with those coins and seals so elegantly and carefully drawn: but I am afraid that as it is written in English it can be no use to me: for I am completely ignorant of your language' (translation from Burnett 2020b, p. 150, n. 24)].

References

  1. ^  Smith, T. (ed.)(1691) V. Cl. Gulielmi Camdeni, et illustrium virorum ad G. Camdenum epistolæ, London.
  2. ^  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.