Miscellany: French, 18th century

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1723-1826

35 items

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, August 1928 (acc.48653), October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700), May 1930 (acc.55098), April 1933 (acc.66028), October 1933 (acc.66364), November 1934 (acc. 67129) and April 1936 (acc.69426); Sotheby's, London, November 1928 (acc.56133); an unknown vendor, Paris, April 1930 (acc.67391); Desgranges, Paris, July 1930 (acc.63453), September 1932 (acc.65659) and January 1933 (acc.66032 and 66034); Gonelli, Florence, April 1931 (acc.64817). Probably purchased from Desgranges or Charavay, Paris, circa October 1933 (acc.66365). Accession details of nos.10, 25, 26 and 34-35 not recorded.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts