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Reference Number MS PHILL/74-76
TitleEngel Essay on Population
Date18th century
DescriptionManuscript volume, 18th century: Collectanea Zu Dem Essai sur la Population de L'Europe par M Engel (texts on Engel's essay on the population of Europe). The first volume includes two printed works edited by Joh. Ulricus Wagnerus, 1739.
Extent3 volumes containing 237, 84 and 63 leaves respectively
AdminHistorySamuel Engel (1702-1784), writer and bibliophile of Bern, Switzerland, published various works on subjects including exploration and demography, 1742-1781. See also Paul Pulver, 'Samuel Engel. Ein Berner Patrizier aus dem Zeitalter der Aufklarung, 1702-1784' (Bern & Leipzig, 1937);Hans Bloesch, 'Samuel Engel. Ein Berner Bibliophile des 18. Jahrhunderts' (Bern, 1925).
CustodialHistoryThe manuscripts belonged to Engel and later to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MS 3477(1-3).
AcquisitionThe Phillipps Manuscripts at University College London were given to the College by the German government in 1912.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Related MaterialUniversity College London Special Collections also holds two letters from Engel to Joseph Mauro, one dated 1748 (Ref: MS PHILL 58/9); a manuscript of Engel's 'Histoire des Samaritains' (Ref: MS PHILL 73); and several manuscripts owned by Engel which subsequently formed part of the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps and later passed to University College London: cf Dorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935).
FindingAidsDorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
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