Miscellaneous papers
MS. Douce 385
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Miscellaneous papers
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 385
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. iv.) 'Three lectures ... on ... Poisons, read at the College of Physicians on the 24th, 25th & 26th of August, 1749. By William Heberden, M.D...', wanting a leaf or two at the end: not autograph.
(fol. 75) Two letters from J. Milles to lord Fairfax (Thomas Fairfax, d. 1782 ?) on travelling in France, of about 1740 (?): partly torn.
(fol. 81). Two letters from David Laing to Douce, Apr. 21 and Oct. 4, 1831, with a list of contents of an Auchinleck MS. of ballads, and a letter from William H. Miller of Britwell to Douce, Nov. 8, 1831.
(fol. 94). Parts of the customs of Oléron, a copy of fols. 1-14 of MS. Douce 227.
Date
written in the 18th and 19th cent.
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
114 Leaves
Custodial history
The three lectures at least were bought by Douce at the Gough sale in 1810, where they were lot 4279.
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Collection contents
Miscellaneous papers
