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1931. Add MS 4740-4747

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Title:
DAVENANT PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Papers of Henry Davenant, English Envoy at Frankfurt and Regensburg; 1703-1728. Eight volumes. Folio. Presented by John Thornton, of Clapham, 20 Dec. 1765. Viz.:- B. Zollicoffre, Secretary to H Davenant: Correspondence and papers: 1704-1708.: Fr. Henry Davenant, diplomatist: Correspondence, et...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1703-1728
Extent:
8 items

1932. Add MS 4748

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Title:
WILLIAM III LETTERS
Scope & Content:
Ten letters of William III on the administration of Ireland, apparently all addressed to Henri de Massue de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway, during his tenure of office as one of the three Lords Justices of Ireland; 1697-1700. French. They are, with one exception, autograph, and are generally signed 'Wi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1697-1700
Extent:
1 item

1933. Add MS 4749-4754

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Title:
WHITELOCKE PAPERS
Scope & Content:
'Whitelockes Notes Uppon the Kings Writt for Choosing Members of Parlement XIII Car. II'; 1661. Prefaced by a dedication to the King by the author, Bulstrode Whitelocke, out of gratitude for the pardon extended to him. Autograph. Paper. Six volumes. Octavo. Supplementary to Add. MSS. 4902, 4991 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1661
Extent:
6 items

1934. Add MS 4755-4802

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Title:
MILLES COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
Collections relating mainly to Ireland, presented by the Rev. Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter, 9 May 1766. Forty-nine volumes, most of which bear the Dean's armorial bookplate. Paper, unless the contrary is stated. Various sizes. The majority of the volumes were formerly in the library of James ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
[395-1799]
Extent:
49 items

1935. Add MS 4803

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Title:
'AD CENSURAM SCRIPTORUM VETERUM PROLEGOMENA', by Jean Hardouin, jesuit; circa 1719-1729 (see title-page of the copy of the printed edition of this work annotated by C. de Missy, Department of Printed Books, press mark 11824. i. 36)
Scope & Content:
?Autograph. Published under the above title in 1766 from this MS. by Paul Vaillant. Paper; ff. 49. Small quarto. Circa 1719-1729. Presented by Paul Vaillant, 11 Apr. 1766. Jean Hardouin, SJ: 'Ad censuram scriptorum veterum Prolegomena': circ. 1719-1729.: Lat. includes: f. 1 Charles Morton, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1719-1729
Extent:
1 item

1936. Add MS 4804-4806

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Title:
Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; 1708-1740
Scope & Content:
Three volumes. Published from these originals by Dr. John Hawkesworth in Letters written by the late Jonathan Swift ... and Several of his Friends, 1766, vols. i and ii. The letters are numbered as in this edition. The dating of some of the letters has been corrected in The Correspondence of Jon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1708-1740
Extent:
3 items

1937. Add MS 4807-4809

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Title:
POPE'S HOMER
Scope & Content:
Translation of Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey" by Alexander Pope; circa 1708-1726. Partially incomplete autograph draft of the works published by Bernard Lintot (The Iliad, 6 vols., 1715-1720; The Odyssey, 5 vols., 1725-1726). Three volumes. Quarto. Paper. Other material includes pages from a fair...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1708-1726
Extent:
3 items

1938. Add MS 4810

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Title:
Transferred
Scope & Content:
Transferred to the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

1939. Add MS 4811-4827

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Add MS 4811-4827
Title:
POCOCKE COLLECTION
Scope & Content:
Collections, relating mainly to Ireland, bequeathed by Dr. Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath (d. 1765) and transmitted by his executor Jeremiah Milles, 5 June 1767. Sixteen volumes. Paper, unless the contrary is stated. Various sizes. They include (4821, 4822) two volumes formerly in the collecti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
[1395-1799]
Extent:
17 items

1940. Add MS 4828

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Add MS 4828
Title:
LIST OF THE BISHOPS OF SODOR AND MAN, with a short account of each, from 447 to 1755, preceded by a few words about St. Patrick's first landing in the Isle of Man
Scope & Content:
Paper; ff. i + 7. Small octavo. Presented by Dr. Mark Hildesley, Bishop of Sodor and Man, 4 July 1767. Bishops of Sodor and Man: List of, with biographical notes 447-1755,: bef. 1767.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1767
Extent:
1 item

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