Letters to Lowth, with drafts of some letters from him
MS. Eng. lett. c. 574
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letters to Lowth, with drafts of some letters from him
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. lett. c. 574
Summary
Letters to Lowth, with drafts of some letters from him, including:
(fols. 44-6) letters from Daniel Prince, 1776-7, with estimates for printing the second and third editions of Lowth's Life of William of Wykeham
(fols. 97-112) drafts of letters to unidentified correspondents, n.d.
(fols. 113-16) lists of persons receiving complimentary copies of works by Lowth, n.d.
(fols. 117-23) letters from Christopher Pitt to Joseph Spence, including several pages of verse translations, 1726-7
(fols. 124-39) commentary by Samuel Speed, 1766, on proposed reforms at Winchester College (enclosed with Speed's letter at fols. 74-5).
Date
1729-1785, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
139 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of Robert Lowth, Bishop of London
Letters to Lowth, with drafts of some letters from him
