MS. D'Orville 44
Summary Catalogue no.: 16922
Contents
The first part, ending in the entry for the word 'Hus' and comprising rather more than half the work
Physical Description
Hand(s)
In several hands.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
See J. C. Arens, 'Uit oude woordenboeken', Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde 98 (1982)
The library of the House of Orange-Nassau: recorded in the 1686 catalogue and included in the 1749 auction at The Hague (see A. D. Renting, A. S. Korteweg, et al., The seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau library: the catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 auction catalogue, and other contemporary sources (Utrecht, 1993), p. 146 no. 253); bought by:
Pieter de Hondt (1696–1764), printer, publisher, and bookseller of The Hague.
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)
Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent
Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent
Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-02-28: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1897)