This collection comprises material owned or compiled by the following classical and oriental scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries: F. J. Bast (1771-1811); Edward Burton (1794-1836), Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford; Peter Elmsley (1773-1825); Salomon Hess (1763-1837); John Lewis (1675-1747); Cesar de Missy (1703-75); John Randolph (1749-1813); Giuseppe Torelli (1721-81); Jonathan Toup (1713-85); C. G. Woide (1725-90); and Daniel Wyttenbach (1746-1820).

Miscellaneous collection of printed books and manuscripts, relating to classical literature and theology.

Deposited on revocable loan in the Bodleian in 1885. The deposit, with some additions made after 1885, was converted into a gift in 1922.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/)

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 38004-165.

Classical literature

Theology

Bast | Friedrich Jakob | 1771-1811 | Greek Scholar

Burton | Edward | 1794-1836 | Professor of Divinity

De Missy | Cesar | 1703-1775 | Theologian

Elmsley | Peter | 1773-1825 | Classical Scholar

Hess | Saloman | 1763-1837 | Historian

Lewis | John | 1675-1747 | Antiquary

Randolph | John | 1749-1813 | Bishop of London

Torelli | Giuseppe | 1721-1781 | Classicist

Toup | Jonathan | 1713-1785 | Philologist and Classical Editor

Woide | Charles Godfrey | 1725-1790 | Orientalist

Wyttenbach | Daniel | 1746-1820 | Classicist