Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1648-7-19

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Simonds D’Ewes, Westminster

Simonds D'Ewes - Johannes Smetius - 1648-7-19

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ	16675
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Ms Harley 377, ff. 183-4, at 184v = photo 2082
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Simonds D’Ewes
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Johannes Smetius
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	July 19, 1648
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Westminster 51° 30' 1.58" N, 0° 7' 35.54" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Domenico Passignano, Nicolaas Heinsius
LiteratureReference to literature.
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ	Cabinet Acquisitions , Collection Price , Exchange , Duplicates
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

-Letter of 19 July 1648 (from Westminster to Nijmegen): "Si aurea illa Numismata quae iam Noviomagi venalia praestant coemere in animo habeas procul absit ut Tibi eripiam, sin minus pretium pro eis conditum libentissime deponerem. De Thesauro autem Florentino mihi videor in tenebris versari. dum enim Heinsius ille filius ita moras nugatoris instar licitando vertit, non dumtaxat pretium inde augeri, sed fortasse praedam manibus suis eripi, serius paenitabit. Utinam mihi per illum liceret in illa penu Numaria adquirenda, novo uti parario, aut si ipse Belgium repetat, et inde in Britanniam nostram trajecturus sit, gratissimus erit mihi illius adventus, quando Flavissas meas dulce per otium lustrare, et de aureis illius Numis, si quod habeat, redundantibus mihi iusto et aequo pretio communicandis libere colloquamur." (If you were intending to buy those gold coins which are on sale in Nijmegen, then it must be avoided that I should take them away from you, and I would very willingly put them aside unless a lower price was agreed for them. As for the Florence collection, I seem to be kept in the dark. For while Heinsius the son is giving the impression of an idiot in spending so much time in fighting delays, it will be a matter of great regret not only that the price will thereby be increased, but the prize may perhaps escape his hands. I hope that it will be possible for me to acquire the collection of coins through him by using a new agent, or if he himself should come back to Belgium, and cross from there into my Britain, his arrival would be very welcome to me, and we could pleasantly look through my collection and we could talk at our leisure about any duplicate gold coins he may have which could be passed to me at a just and fair price) (British Library, MS Harley 377, ff. 183-4, at 184v).