HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vols. DCCCCXIV.-DCCCCXVI. Log-books of H.M.S. Alligator, under the command of Capt. Charles Philip Yorke (4th Earl of Hardwicke 1834), in the Mediterranean and elsewhere; 1 Jan. 1829-22 Sept. 1831. Three volumes. Paper; ff. 185, 183, 134. 13 X 8 ¾ in.
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Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke: Log books of H.M.S. " Alligator ": 1829-1831. Navy; England: Log books of H.M.S. " Alligator": 1829-1831.
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCCCXVII. "Breve e facile Ammaestramente p[er] apprendere l'Architettura Civile, pratticato et insegnato da Pietro Paolo Coccetto, architetto in Roma; 1728": a treatise on architecture in Italian, with diagrams. Apparently autograph. Paper; ff. 17. 18 X 11 ¼ in. Pietro P...
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCCCXVIII. "Traité de Fortifications, de l'attaque et de la deffence des Places . . . 1714." Paper; ff. 115. Belonged to the Hon. Joseph Yorke (Baron Dover 11 ¾ X 8 in. Joseph Yorke, Baron Dover: Collections relating to fortifications: circ. 1741. Fortification: Treatis...
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCCCXIX. Collections relating to fortifications, made by the Hon. Joseph Yorke (Baron Dover 1788). They include:-(I) "An Introducticn to Geometry and Fortification," etc., with "Joseph Yorke, July, 1741," inscribed on the flyleaf. f. 1;-(2) "Traité de la Colonne par Fulla...
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCCCXX. Morning and Evening Service with anthems, in score, as written (but apparently not performed) for the consecration of the chapel of Edward, Lord Harley (Earl of Oxford 1724), at Wimpole, 31 August, 1721. By Tho. Tudway, D. Mus. Paper; ff. 85. Bought by Philip York...
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCCCXXI. 1. Letters and papers relating to the establishment and maintenance of the British Museum, during the period when Lord Chancellor Hardwicke was ex officio one of the Principal Trustees, with a few later additions; 1742-1813. The contents include applications for ...
HARDWICKE PAPERS. Vol. DCCCCXXII. Miscellaneous letters and papers, chiefly literary; 1707-1794. Included are:- 1. Alexander Pope to [the Rev. Ralph] Bridges, in answer to criticisms on his Homer; 5 April, [1708]. Copy. Printed in Elwin's Works of Pope, vi. p. 11. f. 3. 2. "Sir Lyttelton Pow...