Edmund Gibson - Ralph Thoresby - 1709-11-03

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Edmund Gibson, Lambeth

Edmund Gibson - Ralph Thoresby - 1709-11-03
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16320
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Edmund Gibson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . November 3, 1709
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Lambeth 51° 29' 42.76" N, 0° 6' 58.81" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Obadiah Walker, William Camden
LiteratureReference to literature. Camden 17221, Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 200-12, Burnett 2020b, p. 8663
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  New Edition
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://archive.org/details/lettersofeminent02thor/page/200/mode/2up
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'I know you have examined the coins in Camden with great nicety, and can tell at one view, what we have and what we want. The favour, then, that I desire is, that you will review Mr. Walkers coins and notes; and add by themselves a table or two, (according as the number shall rise) of such as he omitted or have been since discovered, with your own annotations upon them, in order to be added in the new edition. This, I know, you can do with greater ease, advantage, and exactness, than any man in England; and therefore, to be plain, it is a request wherein I will not be denied; to which (now my hand is in) I will take the liberty to add another, that you will be so kind to do what you judge convenient upon this head, as soon as your other affairs will permit, because the revisal of Camden, in order to the press, is well nigh finished.' (Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 200-1; Burnett 2020b, p. 866)

References

  1. ^  Camden, William (ed. Edmund Gibson)(1722) Britannia, London.
  2. ^  Hunter, J. (ed.)(1832) Letters of Eminent Men addressed to Ralph Thoresby, FRS, London.
  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.