Thomas Dawes - Charles Lyttelton - 1761-03-01

Thomas Dawes

Thomas Dawes - Charles Lyttelton - 1761-03-01

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15824
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Stowe MS 754, ff.84-6
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Thomas Dawes
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Charles Lyttelton
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	March 1, 1761
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Van Den Boogert 2007, p. 1181, Burnett 2020b, pp. 641, 5702
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Silver , Bronze
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'I have lately, by way of variety, been dabbling in y^e study of Medals, but am prevented from making any great progress, for want of proper books, tho’ it is very probable, if I had them, I should \soon/ grow tired, for it is a confounded dry piece of work: at present its novelty recommends it; one advantage I shall reap from it, will be to be able to form a tolerable judgement of y^e value of what is offered to me; Indeed this country is pretty well drained of its curiosities of ancient stamp, as almost every European had a Commission to pick up what he can find; Medals there are in abundance, mostly copper, a few silver, but few of any great value; almost all that are found are either very much defaced, or so common as not to be worth y^e purchase; however, I have picked up a few good ones, & I hope \in time/ to find others, that may be worth y^e attention of y^e curious.'

(London, British Library, Stowe MS 754, ff.84-6; Van Den Boogert 2007, p. 118; Burnett 2020b, pp. 641)

References

^ Van Den Boogert, M.H. (2007) 'Freemasonry in Eighteenth-Century Izmir? A critical analysis of Alexander Drummond’s travels (1754)' in M.H. Van Den Boogert (ed.) Ottoman Izmir. Studies in Honour of Alexander H. de Groot, Istanbul, pp. 103-21.
^ 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.