Thomas Hearne - Ralph Thoresby - 1708-10-24

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Thomas Hearne - Ralph Thoresby - 1708-10-24

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16350
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Thomas Hearne
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	October 24, 1708
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Oxford ^{51° 45' 7.25" N, 1° 15' 28.26" W}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Adolf Occo, Francesco Mezzabarba Birago, Jean Masson, William Raye
LiteratureReference to literature.	Mezzabarba Birago 16831, Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 120-22, Burnett 2020b, pp. 872 n. 173, 9843
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Local Finds , Yorkshire , University Collection , Oxford , Bodleian Library , Greek
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ	https://archive.org/details/letterseminentm00thorgoog/page/120/mode/2up

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'I lately saw in the Transactions a letter of your's concerning some coins lately dug up in Yorkshire. I only just looked on it in the bookseller's shop, but shall take occasion to consider it. I remember one of them you have given us a draught of, because you could not find it in Occo, which method I like very well, and wish others would imitate it, taking care always to give us exact descriptions of such coins which have not been accounted for by other authors. I wish, however, you had the best edition of Occo by Mediobarbus. I am persuaded the very coin you have represented to us is there; but I will not be positive. We expect a new edition of Occo from Mr. Masson, a French gentleman, who is now travelling with two sons of Bishop Burnet. I saw him about a quarter of a year since in Oxon, and he told me he had made great collections in order to this design, and hoped to publish it, if he could meet with suitable encouragement, and was not taken off by other business. About six years since, he looked over all our's in the Bodleian Library, and took notice of several not mentioned in Occo. Our collection has been since very much increased, and especially in Greek ones, by the gift of Consul Ray and others; and it was to look over this addition, that Mr. Masson called the last time at Oxon.' (Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 120-2; Burnett 2020b, pp. 872 n. 173, 984)

References

^ Mezzabarba Birago, Francesco (1683). Imperatorum romanorum numismata a Pompeio magno ad Heraclium ab Adolfo Occo ne olim congesta, nunc augustorum iconibus, perpetuis historico / Chronologicis notis, plubribusque additamentis illustrata, et aucta. Mediolani: Ex Typographia Ludovici Montiae.
^ Hunter, J. (ed.)(1832) Letters of Eminent Men addressed to Ralph Thoresby, FRS, London.
^ 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.