Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl: copies of Latin inscriptions and a list of coins and a catalogue of pamphlets

Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl (1806-1876), classical scholar, was born on 6 April 1806. He entered Leipzig University in 1825, before transferring to Halle the following year. He began his professional career at Halle, removing thereafter to Breslau, then Bonn, where he founded the school of classical scholarship. He became a professor at Leipzig in 1865, where he died on 9 November 1876. Ritschl was a specialist on Plautus, and produced works on Greek and Roman writers.

The inscriptions are arranged chronologically and include references to printed editions. The versos are blank throughout.

MSS.Add.5971-5975 and 6285 were purchased with the Ritschl collection, 1878. There is no record of accession for MSS.Add.4012-4018. These volumes were possibly received with the Ritschl collection.

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl: copies of Latin inscriptions and a list of coins and a catalogue of pamphlets, MS Add.4012-4018, MS Add.5971-5975, MS Add.6285