William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1697/8-03-17

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William Nicolson

William Nicolson - Ralph Thoresby - 1697/8-03-17
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16338
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InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Ralph Thoresby
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . March 17, 1698
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. John Evelyn, William Camden, John Speed
LiteratureReference to literature. Evelyn 16971, Hunter 1832, vol. 1, pp. 316-172, Burnett 2020b, pp. 869, 897, 904 n. 1703
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Numismatic Literature , English
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://archive.org/details/lettersofeminent01thor/page/316/mode/2up
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'Upon perusal of Mr. Evelyn’s Numismata, I resolved to conclude with a chapter about our English Coins, from the Conquest to the end of Queen Elizabeth. I have several in my own possession which are not taken notice of either in Speed or Camden; and I doubt not but you have abundantly more. Let me request an account of those which you think most remarkable, with their inscriptions, that I may compare them with my own, and see how far I can encourage our English historians (in future times) to hope for a complete collection of them.' (Evelyn 1697; Hunter 1832, vol. 1, pp. 316-17; Burnett 2020b, p. 869, 897, 904 n. 170)

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Hunter, J. (ed.)(1832) Letters of Eminent Men addressed to Ralph Thoresby, FRS, London.
  3. ^  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.