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1. Add MS 5232

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Add MS 5232
Title:
Maps, drawings and notes collected by Engelbert Kaempfer and relating to his travels
Scope & Content:
Maps and drawings of views, antiquities and plants relating to Engelbert Kaempfer's (1651-1716) travels through Russia, the Persian Empire and Japan. Kaempfer was a German doctor, naturalist and physician who travelled to the Persian Empire as part of a Swedish embassy and was subsequently appoi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (243 items)

2. Add MS 5234

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Add MS 5234
Title:
Drawings by Gerard Hofstede van Essen, Dr Edward Browne and others
Scope & Content:
This album contains many drawings with inscriptions that include outdated terms. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, the text is always in between inverted commas. This is an album of drawings executed by G. Hofstede van Essen, Edward Browne and other draughtsmen. These are primaril...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (105 items)

3. Sloane MS 1-4100

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Sloane MS 1-4100
Title:
Sloane Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Sir Hans Sloane (d 1753). c 1100-c 1750. 4100 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Breton, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Greenlandic, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Latin, Low German, Malayalam, Official Aramaic, Polish, Portuguese, Romance languages, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Venetian
Date Range:
c 1000-c 1750
Extent:
4153 items