Thomas Smith - Thomas Hearne - 1706-11-02

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Thomas Smith - Thomas Hearne - 1706-11-02
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  15523
InstitutionName of Institution. Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number. MS Smith 127 f.149 (= MS Smith 62 f.211 zzz)
AuthorAuthor of the document. Thomas Smith
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Thomas Hearne
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . November 2, 1706
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Andreas Morell, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
LiteratureReference to literature. Hearne 1885, vol. 1, p. 3011, Burnett 2020b, pp. 438 n. 471, 443 n. 5212
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Bodleian Library , Oxford , University Collection , Catalogue , Impressions , Coin Gift
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://tinyurl.com/y7gxh95t
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'Wishes that some one would publish a commentary &c. on coins in Bodley. "Monsr Leibnits, in his last letter to mee, writes that the late Andreas Morellus, a Swisse of Berne, a man famous for this sort of study, had before hee dyed, collected in ichthyococea or such like usual matter the icons of above 24,000 medalls, wch hee had lookt over in France, Holland, & Germany : a good part of wch are now engraving by the noble munificence of the Count of Schwarzenburg, who entertained him in his Court as Keeper of his Rarities.' Sends a list of 20-30 copper coins which he is willing to present to Bodley.' (summary and quotation from Hearne 1885, vol. 1, p. 301)

References

  1. ^  Hearne, Thomas (1885-1921) Remarks and Collections, Vols. I-XI, Oxford, Oxford Historical Society.
  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.