George Berkeley - John Perceval - 1720-07-09

George Berkeley, Florence

George Berkeley - John Perceval - 1720-07-09

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16504
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Ass MS 47029, pp. 73-5
AuthorAuthor of the document.	George Berkeley
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	John Perceval
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	July 9, 1720
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Florence ^{43° 46' 11.54" N, 11° 15' 20.07" E}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Luce - Jessop 1964, vol. 8, pp. 114-15, letter 721, Burnett 2020b, p. 10502
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Bronze , Roman , Roman Imperial
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ	https://archive.org/details/worksofgeorgeber0008berk/page/114/mode/2up

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'I have at length the pleasure to let you know I have procured for you what they call a serie mezana of brass medalls from Julius Caesar down to Galienus which they tell me is the perjiod of good work. They are fifty odd heads fair, about a dozen copies. I have never studied medals so was obliged to follow the judgment of others. I hoped to have been able to have sent you this advice long ago since, haveing employed an English Gentleman who passed this way to Rome (for my friend who’ I left there was return’d to England); that Gentleman after a long delay wrote me word he cou’d get a series at a reasonable rate, but the heads wou’d be very blind and the sizes unequall. This put me upon trying what may be done here, & employing persons to pick up what originals may be had in Florence and making copies of the rest: but you know how tedious it is to deal with Italians. I never knew people so ready to promise & so slow to perform. [continues about paintings and busts; acquiring marbles.]' (London, British Library, Ass MS 47029, pp. 73-5; Luce - Jessop 1964, vol. 8, pp. 114-15, letter 72; Burnett 2020b, p. 1050)

References

^ Luce, A. A. & T. E. Jessop (eds.)(1964) The Works of George Berkeley Bishop of Cloyne, 9 vols., London, Thomas Nelson & Sons.
^ 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.