Thomas Hearne - Ralph Thoresby - 1708-12-27

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Thomas Hearne - Ralph Thoresby - 1708-12-27
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16348
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AuthorAuthor of the document. Thomas Hearne
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . December 27, 1708
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Oxford 51° 45' 7.25" N, 1° 15' 28.26" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Adolf Occo, Andreas Morell, Jean Masson, William Camden
LiteratureReference to literature. Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 135-91, Burnett 2020b, pp. 872, 9842
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Coin Collection , New Edition , Roman , Greek
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://archive.org/details/letterseminentm00thorgoog/page/134/mode/2up
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'I am glad you are continually adding to your collection of coins. ... I wish others were of the same curious disposition with yourself, that we might, by that means, have not only a noble addition to Camden, but a perfect collection of the Roman coins, in a new edition of Occo, carrying on by a friend and an acquaintance of mine [John Masson]. as he told me about four years since; in which, I believe, he will likewise take care to add as complete a collection as he can of the Greek coins. I wish he may be able to procure a sight of the collections of Morell, which are prodigious, he being a oan of a natural genius to this sort of learning, and of a most indefatigable industry' (Hunter 1832, vol. 2, pp. 135-9; Burnett 2020b, pp. 872, 984)

References

  1. ^  Hunter, J. (ed.)(1832) Letters of Eminent Men addressed to Ralph Thoresby, FRS, London.
  2. ^  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.