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- 1682 (Creation)
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1 volume containing 67 leaves
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GB 0096 MS 47 1682 Collection (fonds) 1 volume containing 67 leaves Unknown
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Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
Manuscript volume containing a translation from the Flemish of an account of the travels of Mr S van Döelvelt in Asia during 1674, including details of the government, religion and customs of the area. The manuscript is dated 4 Dec 1682.
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Small manuscript quarto. Bound in quarter-roan.
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Possibly printed as La republique des philosophes, ou histoire des Ajasiens, ouvrage posthume de M. de Fontenelle (Geneva, 1768).
Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997). Jul 2000 Asia Doelvelt , S , van , fl 1674-1682 , Flemish writer on travel x van Doelvelt , S Travel Travel abroad
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Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
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Manuscript volume containing a translation from the Flemish of an account of the travels of Mr S van Döelvelt in Asia during 1674, including details of the government, religion and customs of the area. The manuscript is dated 4 Dec 1682.
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Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
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Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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- English
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- Latin
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French
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ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).
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- English