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Bernard, Jan Frederik (d1752)
Catalogue reference: MS.1143
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MS.1143
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Title (The name of the record)
- Bernard, Jan Frederik (d1752)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1738
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Description (What the record is about)
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A Relation of Grand Tartary, drawn up from the Original Memoirs of the Suedes, who were Prisoners in Siberia, during the War between Sueden and Russia. Translated from the French, printed at Amsterdam 1737. [By William Farrington.]
Translator's holograph and unpublished MS.
Title within red and black rules.
This MS. is a translation of the 'Relation de la Grande Tartarie dressée sur les mémoires originales des Suédois prisonniers en Sibérie'. This was published by J. F. Bernard, a learned bookseller of Amsterdam, as part of his 'Recueil de voyages au Nord' 10 vols. 1715-1738.
According to the entry in Hoeffer's 'Nouvelle Biographie Générale', Vol. V, 1866, Bernard was himself the author.
Farrington's translation is apparently unrecorded.
Armorial engraved book-plate of John Grubb.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Wellcome Library
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <persname>Bernard, Jan Frederik, d 1752, bookseller and publisher, Amsterdam</persname>
- <persname>Farrington, William, fl 1738, translator</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 ll.462 pp.+4 bl.ll.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Purchased 1935. (68425)
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 4to. 18½x14½cm. Original calf binding.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/59e78e23-13c6-420a-bce4-3e715d91e3e6/
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Bernard, Jan Frederik (d1752)