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1. Add MS 5021

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Add MS 5021
Title:
Maps, chiefly of various parts of Sweden
Scope & Content:
A large folio volume with maps in ink and watercolours, chiefly of various regions in Sweden. The maps are on paper, which has been pasted down on the folios of the album or laid down on canvas. The maps include manuscript place names and table of contents, all in Swedish, unless otherwise speci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Swedish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (11 items)

2. Add MS 5023

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Add MS 5023
Title:
Miscellaneous drawings of the human body, ships and geometrical figures
Scope & Content:
15 loose drawings, 11 of which are stored together in one folder, catalogued as Add MS 5023. Items 1, 2, 6 and 14 from Add MS 5023 are rolls and are stored separately and catalogued as Add MS 5023/1, Add MS 5023/2, Add MS 5023/6 and Add MS 5023/14. The drawings in this folder all differ in siz...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 folder (11 drawings)

3. Add MS 5024

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Add MS 5024
Title:
Miscellaneous maps and views
Scope & Content:
The 3 rolls are Add MS 5024/1 (an 18th century view of Istanbul); Add MS 5024/2 (a view of Beijing) and Add MS 5024/3 (a map of St James' square in London).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

2 boxes (3 rolls)

4. Add MS 5026

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Add MS 5026
Title:
Nature prints of various plant leaves
Scope & Content:
One roll with nature prints obtained from various sorts of leaves. Some leaves were covered in green ink, others with black ink and then impressed on paper to produce nature prints. The roll is made up of 14 sheets laid down on canvas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 box (1 roll)

5. Add MS 5027 A

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Add MS 5027 A
Title:
Maps, charts, notes and draft material mostly from Joan Blaeu's workshop in Amsterdam
Scope & Content:
Maps, nautical charts and related draft material mostly from the Amsterdam mapmaking office of Joan Blaeu, official cartographer for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Some of the maps, charts and notes are signed by assistants of Blaeu, namely Dionysius Paulusz. van Husum and Jan Alberts. All ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, German, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (133 items)

6. Add MS 5027 D

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Add MS 5027 D
Title:
Maps of locations in the Netherlands where the army of Stadtholder Frederick Henry have been stationed
Scope & Content:
Fifteen maps picturing locations in the Netherlands where the army of Stadtholder Frederick Henry (1584-1647) have been stationed. The maps are signed by Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode, a Dutch draughtsman who specialised in cartography. The maps are all executed in brown ink and watercolour ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

7. Add MS 5027 E

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Add MS 5027 E
Title:
A collection of poems in Dutch, followed by watercolours of insects
Scope & Content:
A series of poems (ff. 1-35) written in pen and brown ink in Dutch, directly on the folios of the manuscript, both recto and verso. Some of the poems are dated at specific points in time between 1679 and 1683 and indicated as written in Rotterdam. Topics of the poems include death and commemorat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (185 folios)

8. Add MS 5027 F

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Add MS 5027 F
Title:
Drawings of shells, fossils and corallines
Scope & Content:
Drawings of shells, fossils and corallines accompanied by manuscript notes in English and their names inscribed in Latin or English next to the specimen or on the verso of the folio. The drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, framed by a washline. Some unfinished drawings...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (52 folios)

9. Add MS 5220

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Add MS 5220
Title:
‘Drawings of animals, monsters, skeletons, etc.’ from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The pages are not numbered. The drawings are listed as numbered items in pencil (1928). Folio number refers to the digital foliation. [f. 1] 1. Drawings of fish; pen, ink and wash; signed bottom right ‘HG fecit’; Insc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 drawings)

10. Add MS 5222

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Add MS 5222
Title:
Miscellaneous maps and charts
Scope & Content:
17 maps and plans, all but one mounted on rolls. The rolls are Add MS 5222/1-5 (miscellaneous charts and maps); Add MS 5222/6-9 (Maps and charts by Thomas Bowrey); Add MS 5222/10 ( Nautical chart attributed to Thomas Bowrey); Add MS 5222/11-12 (Nautical charts and maps attributed to Thomas Bowre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

17 maps

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