Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville

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Title

Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville

Shelfmark

MSS. D'Orville 1-618

Summary

Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville (1696-1751), classical scholar.

Date

9th-18th cent.

Language

Dutch

German

Latin

English

Italian

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

French

Physical extent

67.98 Linear metres

618 boxes

Custodial history

D'Orville's only surviving son Jean was born in 1734, and to him the whole collection passed at his father's death in 1751. Eventually it was trasferred to London, passed to a grandson also named Jean, and was sold to J. Cleaver Banks.

Acquisition

The collection was purchased almost intact from J.Cleaver Banks for £1025, a sum raised by subsidiary items to about £1095, in 1804.

Subject

14th century

x - 9th century

17th century

Classical literature

18th century

x - 15th century

x - 10th century

13th century

x - 12th century

16th century

x - 11th century

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