Metadata : Collections relating to the Jews, by Emanuel Mendes da Costa
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- British Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- British Library
- Postal address:
- 96 Euston RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomNW1 2DB
- Web address:
- http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/manuscr/index.html
- Email:
- Email: mss@bl.uk
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- British Library
- Holding institution (official language):
- British Library
- Postal address:
- 96 Euston RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomNW1 2DB
- Web address:
- http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/bldept/manuscr/index.html
- Email:
- Email: mss@bl.uk
- Reference number:
- Add MS 29868
- Title:
- Collections relating to the Jews, by Emanuel Mendes da Costa
- Title (official language):
- Collections relating to the Jews, by Emanuel Mendes da Costa
- Creator/accumulator:
- Da Costa, Emanuel Mendez, 1717-1791, botanist and naturalist
- Date(s):
- 1658/1760
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Portuguese
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Scope and content:
- Emanuel Mendes da Costa, FRS; naturalist: Collections relating to the Jews: 18th cent. includes:f. 1 Fernao Mendes: Letter to J. Mendes da Costa: 1663.: Portug.f. 2 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Letter from the Jews of London to Jews in W. Africa: 1760.: Hebrew.: Copy.f. 2 China: Letter to the Jews of, from the Jews of London: 1760.: Hebr.: Copy.f. 7 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: List of Jews in London: circ. 1658-1660.f. 19 Mendes da Costa family: Pedigree: 18th cent.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Emanuel Mendez Da Costa (June 5, 1717 – May 31, 1791) was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati.He was one of the first Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London, and became its librarian. He was also a fellow of the Antiquarian Society of London; a member of the Botanic Society in Florence, the Aurelian Society, and the Gentleman's Society at Spalding.His publications included A Natural History of Fossils 1757, Elements of Conchology, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells 1776, British Conchology 1778, and several important papers in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other scientific publications.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Mendes da Costa, Emanuel
- Mendes, Fernao
- Subject terms:
- Correspondence
- Access, restrictions:
- You need to be a registered Reader in order to request items to a Reading Room.
- Finding aids:
-
Online catalogue.
There is a Guide to Hebrew Collections on the British Library's website.
- Reference number:
- Add MS 29868
- Title:
- Collections relating to the Jews, by Emanuel Mendes da Costa
- Title (official language):
- Collections relating to the Jews, by Emanuel Mendes da Costa
- Creator/accumulator:
- Da Costa, Emanuel Mendez, 1717-1791, botanist and naturalist
- Date(s):
- 1658/1760
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Portuguese
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Scope and content:
- Emanuel Mendes da Costa, FRS; naturalist: Collections relating to the Jews: 18th cent. includes:f. 1 Fernao Mendes: Letter to J. Mendes da Costa: 1663.: Portug.f. 2 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Letter from the Jews of London to Jews in W. Africa: 1760.: Hebrew.: Copy.f. 2 China: Letter to the Jews of, from the Jews of London: 1760.: Hebr.: Copy.f. 7 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: List of Jews in London: circ. 1658-1660.f. 19 Mendes da Costa family: Pedigree: 18th cent.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Emanuel Mendez Da Costa (June 5, 1717 – May 31, 1791) was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati.He was one of the first Jewish Fellows of the Royal Society of London, and became its librarian. He was also a fellow of the Antiquarian Society of London; a member of the Botanic Society in Florence, the Aurelian Society, and the Gentleman's Society at Spalding.His publications included A Natural History of Fossils 1757, Elements of Conchology, or An Introduction to the Knowledge of Shells 1776, British Conchology 1778, and several important papers in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and other scientific publications.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Mendes da Costa, Emanuel
- Mendes, Fernao
- Subject terms:
- Correspondence
- Access, restrictions:
- You need to be a registered Reader in order to request items to a Reading Room.
- Finding aids:
-
Online catalogue.
There is a Guide to Hebrew Collections on the British Library's website.
