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1. Add MS 8781

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GIUSEPPE LUIGI ASSEMANI: Travel Journal to Egypt and the Middle East; 1744-1745. Italian. Autograph. Giuseppe Luigi Assemani (circa 1710-1782), a naturalised Italian from a Syrian Maronite family, was professor of Syriac and Oriental liturgy at the Catholic University 'La Sapienza' in Rome from 1737; cf. Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. i (1907), pp. 794-795, and DBI, 4 (1962), pp. 436-437. He was also the brother of Giuseppe Simone Assemani, orientalist and Librarian of the Vatican Library, for ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Tacketed full vellum binding on semi-limp pasteboards: 1744-1745. Egypt: Palestine: Syria: Lebanon: Travel journal by G. L. Assemani rel. to: 1744-1745: Ital. Voyages and Travels: Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, Professor of Syriac and Oriental liturgy: Diaries and Memoranda: Travel...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1744-1745
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1 item

2. Add MS 19303

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LETTERS of French Missionaries in the East, 1647-1676. Amongst them are the following: Original Petition of French merchants and residents in Egypt, with letter of Cristofle de Bermond, respecting the appointment of Consul; Cairo; 10 Dec. 1647; with signatures, f. 1; Autograph letter of Jacques le Faure, in China; 21 Nov. [16]60, f. 5; Copy of a long letter of N. Estienne, written from Madagascar, 15 Jan. 1664, ff. 9-30; Extracts from letters of Missionaries in Persian, Tonquin, and Siam, 16...
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History France: Letters of French missionaries in the East: 1647-1676. Missionaries: Letters of French Missionaries in the East: 1647-1676. includes: f. 1 Egypt: Petition of French residents in: 1647. f. 1 Cristofle de Bermond: Letter on the appointment of a Consul at Cairo: 1647. f. 5 Jacque...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 21026

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CORRESPONDENCE of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., on hieroglyphic literature; 1814-1828. The writers are: 1. [Joannes David] Akerblad; Rome, Jan. 31, 1814. Fr. f. 1; Dec. 15, 1814. Fr. f. 17; Apr. 19, 1816. Eng. f. 29. 2. Baron Silvestre de Sacy; Paris, Sept. 23, 1814. Fr. f. 11; July 20, 1815, f. 24; Jan. 30, 1816, f. 27; May 14, 1816, f. 31. 3. J[ean] F[rançois] Champollion le Jne; Grenoble, Nov. 10, 1814; with draft reply. Fr. f. 15; May 9, 1815, f. 22; Sept. 11, 1827, f. 81. 4. [Edme F...
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Thomas Young, MD: Correspondence on hieroglyphic literature: 1814-1828. Hieroglyphics Egyptian: Correspondence and plates of Dr. T. Young relating to: 19th cent. includes: ff. 1, 17, 29 Joannes David Akerblad: Letters to Dr. Young: 1814-1816.: Fr. and Eng. ff. 11, 13, 24, 27, 28 b, 31, 31 b A...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1814-1828
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 24420

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NOTES on Egypt by General Napoleon Bonaparte, made at Cairo in June, 1799. Fr. Imperfect. In the handwriting of Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne; with a few autograph corrections. Printed in Bourrienne's "Memoires," ed. 1831, vol. I. p. 345. Paper. Small Folio.
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Napoleon I of France: Notes on Egypt: 1799.: Fr.: Partly autogr. Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Secretary to Napoleon I: Notes on Egypt, by N. Bonaparte: 1799.: Imperf. Egypt: Notes on, by N. Bonaparte: 1799.: Fr.: Imperf.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1799
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 25613-25675

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The "Collectanea Ægyptiaca" of James Burton, formed between 1820 and 1839, and were presented by Decimus Burton. Sixty-three volumes.
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Topography Collections of Drawings: Drawings illustrative of Burton's Collectanea Ægyptiaca: 19th cent. Egypt: Collectanea Ægyptiaca, by J. Burton: 1820-1839. James Burton: Collectanea Ægyptiaca: 1820 - 1839. Antiquities: Collectanea Ægyptiaca, diaries, drawings and notes, by James Burton: 18...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Turkish
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
63 items

6. Add MS 27281-27285

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EGYPTOLOGICAL collections of Thomas Young, M.D. Five volumes. Paper; xixth cent. Quarto. Presented by Miss Chambers.
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Thomas Young, MD: Egyptological collections: 19th cent. Egypt: Egyptological collections of Dr. Young: 19th cent. Antiquities: Egyptological collections of Dr. T. Young, including decipherings of the Rosetta stone: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
5 items

7. Add MS 29764

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AUTOGRAPH letters, and some other papers, chiefly connected with R. B. Sheridan; 1790-1843. 1. J. R. Corker to R[ichard] B[rinsley] Sheridan; Nassau Street, 8 Dec. 1790, f. 1. 2. H. J. Beaver to Captain Watts and to Mrs. Linley; Dorchester, 6, 7 Apr. 1791, ff. 3, 5. 3. W[illiam] Linley to R. B. Sheridan and to Mr. Wilkie; Southampton Street and Winslade House, 27 Apr. 1797, 16 Aug. 1818, ff. 7, 26. 4. Nath[aniel?] Ogle to R. B. Sheridan, with copy of verses; Southampton, 12 Jan. 1803...
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Sheridan family: Letters and papers, chiefly on theatrical matters: 1757-1843. includes: f. 1 J- R- Corker: Letter to R. B. Sheridan: 1790. ff. 1, 7, 9, 12, 55, 73 Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Letters to, from J. R. Corker and others: 1790-1812. ff. 7, 26 William Linley, composer: Letters to R. ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1843
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 29812-29860

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Views, water-colour drawings, sketches of buildings and monuments, and copies of mural paintings, inscriptions, and various objects of antiquity in Egypt, taken by F. Arundale, Joseph Bonomi, James Burton, Robert Hay, F. Catherwood, A. Dupuy, Edward William Lane, Charles Laver, and other artists, during an expedition organised by Robert Hay, Esq., of Linplum, N.B., in the years 1826-1838. Forty-nine volumes.
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Charles Laver: Drawings of Egyptian monuments: 1826-1838. Edward William Lane: Egyptian views and drawings: 1826-1838. Robert Hay, of Linpluin: Collections of drawings and notes during travels in Egypt: 1826-1843. Egypt: Collections relating to Egypt, by R. Hay: 1826-1838. A- Dupuy: Drawings...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, and Latin
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
56 items

9. Add MS 30239

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JOURNAL and notes of John Louis Burckhardt during his travels in Egypt and Arabia; 1814-1817. At f. 70 are transcripts of some letters of Abdallah lbn Sa'ood, Amir of the Wahhabees, 1815. Paper; ff. 101. Small Folio.
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Voyages and Travels: Journal of J. L. Burckhardt in Egypt and Arabia: 1814-1817. Egypt: Travels in, by J. L. Burckhardt: 1814-1817. John Louis Burckhardt: Travels in Egypt and Arabia: 1814-1817. Arabia: Travels in, by J. L. Burckhardt: 1814-1817. includes: f. 70 Abdallah Ibn Sa'ood, Amir of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1814-1817
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 30240 A

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PAPERS of J. L. Burckhardt, relating to the Bedouin tribes and to Egypt; with vocabularies and notes. At f. 78 is a catalogue of books in the Mosque el Azhar at Cairo, 1816; and at f. 80 an Arabic tale with translation. Paper; ff. 89. xixth cent. Folio.
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Egypt: Papers on, by J. L. Burckhardt, with vocabularies: circ. 1814-1817. Dictionaries: Egyptian vocabularies by J. L. Burckhardt: 19th cent. John Louis Burckhardt: Papers on the Bedouins and Egypt: circ. 1814-1817. Bedouins: Papers on, by J. L Burckhardt: circ. 1814-1817. includes: f. 78 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

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