Ralph Thoresby - 1701-06
Ralph Thoresby, June 1701
Ralph Thoresby - 1701-06
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 14155 |
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| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Ralph Thoresby |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | William Stonestreet, Ezechiel Spanheim, Thomas Gale, John Evelyn |
| Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year . | June 1701 |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Collection , Coin Collection |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Hunter 1830, vol. 1 p. 343Hunter 1830, Burnett 2020b, p. 1226Burnett 2020b |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'That noble Lord, Baron Spanhemius, Envoy from the King of Prussia, and author of that learaed book, De praestantia et usu Numismat. Antiq. desired to borrow the manuscript catalogue of my coins, and told me upon perusal, that he wondered how a private gentleman could attain such a treasure. Disuse had made me very unfit to hold a continued discourse in Latin, so that when Dean Gale was not with us, we had a sad broken mixture of Latin, Dutch, and English. ... The famous Mr. Evelyn, who has published a great number of very rare books, was above measure civil and courteous, in showing me many drawings and paintings of his own and his lady's doing ; one especially of enamel was surprisingly fine, and this ingenious lady told me the manner how she wrought it, but I was uneasy at his too great civility in leaving an untold heap of gold medals before me, &c. ... The very courteous Parson Stonestreet has a good collection of Roman coins, and a most surprising one of shells, a thousand several sorts from all parts of the world, curious for their form, size, colour, &c.'
