Parsons, William, 3rd Earl of Rosse, (1800-1867), and his son Parsons, Laurence, F.R.S., 4th Earl of Rosse, (1840-1908), astronomers

Material formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1829-1880

18 items

Purchased from: Sotheby's, London, May 1930 (acc.52792); Desgranges, Paris, May 1932 (acc.65641); Glendining, London, September 1932 (acc.67632) and March 1935 (acc.68472); either from Desgranges, Paris, January 1936, or Glendining, London, c.1932 (acc.69293); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection. Nos.8 and 12 purchased at Sotheby's, London, December 1922, and transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800). Provenance details of nos.2 and 11 not recorded (acc.67430); no acquisition details known for no.15.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts