John Evelyn - Charles Spencer - 1694-07-06

John Evelyn

John Evelyn - Charles Spencer - 1694-07-06

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16248
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	John Evelyn
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Charles Spencer
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	July 6, 1694
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Obadiah Walker, Benjamin Tooke
LiteratureReference to literature.	Walker 16921, Evelyn 16972, Chambers - Galbraith 2014, p. 10292, letter 711 (708)3, Burnett 2020b, p. 827 n. 694
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Book
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'It is true, that about four yeares since (and in this very Recesse) I had blotted some paper upon the subject of Medals, but which (upon Mr Walker’s Booke, coming forth) I had quite lay’d-by; had not some who had seen the copy (and considered how much was ~~printed~~ publish’d in other countries, and the popular language, and how very little in ours) prevaild with me to bestow it upon one [Tooke] to whom I owed ... a kindnesse, that I would let \suffer/ it be printed: How it will Succeede in an Age so critical, knowing and polite, I have reason to apprehend.' (Chambers - Galbraith 2014, p. 10292, letter 711 (708); Burnett 2020b, p. 827 n. 69)

References

^ Walker, Obadiah (1692), The Greek and Roman history illustrated by Coins & Medals [...], printed by G. Croom, for William Miller and Christopher Wilkinson, London.
^ Evelyn, John. 1697. Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. Together with Some Account of Heads and Effigies of Illustrious, and Famous Persons, of Whom We Have no Medals Extant and of the Use to Be Derived from Them. To Which is Added a Digression concerning Physiognomy. London: for Benjamin Tooke.
^ Chambers, D.D.C, and Galbraith, D.I. (2014), The Letter Books of John Evelyn, Toronto, University of Toronto Press
^ 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.