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William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1699

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William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1699
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16374
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . 1699
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. Nicolson 16991, Thoresby 1912, pp. 77-82, Burnett 2020b, p. 904 n. 1743
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Book Complimentary Copy
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://archive.org/details/thoresby005/page/76/mode/2up
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'As I remember I promis’d ... that you should speedily have a copy of my third book. I am ashamed to tell you that I have it still in my possession, and (what is worse) ’tis onley one of the ordinary paper, my stationer having besttow’d all his better sort on my friends above. This afternoon I send a coule of ’em....' (Thoresby 1912, pp. 77-8; Burnett 2020b, p. 904 n. 174)

References

  1. ^  Nicolson, William (1699) The English Historical Library, Vol. 3, London.
  2. ^  Thoresby, Ralph (1912), Letters adressed to Ralph Thoresby, Thoresby Society Publ. 21, Leeds.
  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.