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A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed : consisting of five thousand volumes, including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times (v.1)
Ayscough, Samuel (1745-1804); Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
1782
"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the compiler." -- Dict. nat. biog.
A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the British Museum hitherto undescribed : consisting of five thousand volumes, including the collections of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. and about five hundred volumes bequeathed, presented, or purchased at various times (v.2)
Ayscough, Samuel (1745-1804); Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753); Birch, Thomas (1705-1766); British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
1782
"Commenced in April 1780 and published in 1782 by leave of the Trustees, but as a private venture of the compiler." -- Dict. nat. biog.