Letter from Thomas Browne, Norwich, to William Dugdale [manuscript] : signed manuscript, 1658 December 11.
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Letter from Thomas Browne, Norwich, to William Dugdale [manuscript] : signed manuscript, 1658 December 11.
Variant title
Text begins: S[i]r Your conjecture is very probable
Auction house title: Letter signed ("Tho Browne"), to Sir William Dugdale
Auction house title: Letter signed ("Tho Browne"), to Sir William Dugdale
Produced
Norwich, England, 1658 December 11.
Description
1 item ; 31 x 20 cm (bifolium) + 1 contemporary letter and 2 modern letters
Associated name
Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682, sender.
Dugdale, William, 1605-1686, addressee.
Moschcowitz, Eli, 1879- former owner.
Monro, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1865- associated name.
Francis, William Willoughby, 1878- associated name.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Dugdale, William, 1605-1686, addressee.
Moschcowitz, Eli, 1879- former owner.
Monro, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1865- associated name.
Francis, William Willoughby, 1878- associated name.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Summary
Sir Thomas Browne writes about the history of embanking and draining, noting practices by the Britons, Romans, Netherlanders, Greeks, Egyptians, Babylonians, and others. While discussing the practices of the Spaniards in Mexico, Browne uses the term "America" (i.e., South America). The letter features marginal annotations, including some underlining done in red.
Language Note
Text primarily written in English interspersed with Latin.
Note
Title devised by Folger cataloger.
Date and place of production from item (X.c.222(1)): "Dec XI norwich 1658."
Accompanying material: 1 autograph letter from Thomas Browne to William Dugdale regarding the Duke of Holstein's draining and recovering lands in Holsatia (i.e., Holstein) in 1610 written c. January-February 1659 based on Dugdale's acknowledged receipt of this correspondence in another letter dated 1659 February 24 (X.c.222(2)); 1 letter dated 1925 January 22 from Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro to Dr. Eli Moschcowitz asking about how Moschcowitz obtained the Sir Thomas Browne letter he "transcribed and published" in the 1924 Annals of Medical History (X.c.222(3)); 1 letter dated 1927 October 26 from W. W. Francis to Dr. Eli Moschcowitz stating that he is including Moschcowitz's published translation of the Sir Thomas Browne letter in the Browne collection of William Osler, whose catalogue Francis is editing, and offering emendations to Moschcowitz's translation (X.c.222(4)).
Blue cloth slipcase stamped "Bound by James Macdonald Co., New York City" removed to manuscript housing storage area 2019-01-11. Spine title: Sir Thomas Browne - A.L.S. to Sir Wm. Dugdale 12 Dec. 1658. Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie. Handwritten pencil notes above bookplate: Sotheby's, 1 March '65 from the collection of Dr. Eli Moschcowitz, lot 475-K-MLO, lot 476-Q-MEL.
Date and place of production from item (X.c.222(1)): "Dec XI norwich 1658."
Accompanying material: 1 autograph letter from Thomas Browne to William Dugdale regarding the Duke of Holstein's draining and recovering lands in Holsatia (i.e., Holstein) in 1610 written c. January-February 1659 based on Dugdale's acknowledged receipt of this correspondence in another letter dated 1659 February 24 (X.c.222(2)); 1 letter dated 1925 January 22 from Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro to Dr. Eli Moschcowitz asking about how Moschcowitz obtained the Sir Thomas Browne letter he "transcribed and published" in the 1924 Annals of Medical History (X.c.222(3)); 1 letter dated 1927 October 26 from W. W. Francis to Dr. Eli Moschcowitz stating that he is including Moschcowitz's published translation of the Sir Thomas Browne letter in the Browne collection of William Osler, whose catalogue Francis is editing, and offering emendations to Moschcowitz's translation (X.c.222(4)).
Blue cloth slipcase stamped "Bound by James Macdonald Co., New York City" removed to manuscript housing storage area 2019-01-11. Spine title: Sir Thomas Browne - A.L.S. to Sir Wm. Dugdale 12 Dec. 1658. Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie. Handwritten pencil notes above bookplate: Sotheby's, 1 March '65 from the collection of Dr. Eli Moschcowitz, lot 475-K-MLO, lot 476-Q-MEL.
Provenance
Previously owned by Dr. Eli Moschcowitz; acquired by Robert S. Pirie from Sotheby's sale (lots 474 and 475), 1965-03-02; acquired by Christopher Edwards from Sotheby's (Robert S. Pirie sale, lot 121), 2015-12-2-4. Acquired from Christopher Edwards (List 69:6), 2016-04-15.
Cited/described in
Keynes, G. Works of Sir Thomas Browne, v. 4, pages 312-316
Genre/form
Correspondence.
Manuscripts (documents)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Norwich, -- production place.
Item Details
Call number
X.c.222 (1-4)
Folger accession
270708