Jakob Gronovius - Jabez Cay - 1698-10-20

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Jakob Gronovius, Leiden

Jakob Gronovius - Jabez Cay - 1698-10-20
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16160
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Add MS 4277, f.80
AuthorAuthor of the document. Jakob Gronovius
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Jabez Cay
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . October 20, 1698
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Leiden 52° 9' 34.11" N, 4° 29' 27.18" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 7321
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Local Finds
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Utinam in regionibus agerem, unde aliquid quotidie etiam effoderetur, quod ad tuum gustum esset! Qua cura conarer implere ac satiare desideria tua! Nunc inter paludes positus ea mitto, quae potui stylo qualicunque effodere, forsan graviora alias missurus.' (BL, Add MS 4277, f.80; Burnett 2020b, p. 732 n. 245)

['Would that something would be dug up where I live which would be to your taste. What efforts I have made to fulfil and satisfy your desires! Situated amongst the marshes I send you the things I have been able to dig out with any old stick; perhaps on another occasion I will send more weighty things.' (translation from Burnett 2020b, p. 732)]

References

  1. ^  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.