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2051. Add MS 5286

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Title:
Watercolours of plants that grow around the Cape of Good Hope
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of plants that grow around the Cape of Good Hope. The watercolours are executed on paper and pasted down on the folios of the album. Most drawings include an accompanying inscription in Latin: this is a cross-reference to James Petiver's Gazophylacii Naturae & Artis decas nonas ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century - Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (93 items)

2052. Add MS 5289

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Title:
‘Miscellaneous Drawings of various Plants, Flowers, and Fruits in Indian-Ink, and colours, by different hands’, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings of plants by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The first 99 drawings in this album are those of Philippine plants sent by the Jesuit Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706) to James Petiver (1665-1718), many of which were used as the basis for the engravings in Pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

2053. Add MS 5291

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Title:
Drawings of plants for Leonard Plukenet's works and drawings and prints from James Petiver's works
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two sets of drawings, all of which are pasted on the folios of the manuscript. At the beginning of the volume, inscribed on f.iii, is the title 'Designs of Dr. Plukenet's [i.e. Leonard Plukenet] works'. On f. iv (now at the back of the volume) is the title 'Drawings belongin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (437 items)

2054. Add MS 5292-5294

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Title:
Drawings of Chinese Flowers, Plants, and Fruits, in colours, by a native artist, at Emuy; with their names in Chinese
Scope & Content:
Three volumes of drawings of flowers, plants and fruits by unknown Chinese artists, commissioned by James Cuninghame [Cunningham].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
c 1701
Extent:
3 volumes

2055. Add MS 5296

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Title:
Pencil drawings of plants and leaves found in Portobelo (Panama)
Scope & Content:
Drawings of plants which grow around Portobelo in Panama with inscriptions in English in Hans Sloane's hand. All drawings are executed directly on the folios of the manuscript, usually on both recto and verso. Most drawings are executed in pencil, some in grey wash and watercolours. At the beginn...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (39 folios)

2056. Add MS 5297

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HERBAL: compiled in Italy, probably in the north, by Gasparinus de bripio (ff. 139v, 144v); late 15th cent. Latin. Origin: Italy. Beg. 'Antolla minor. Ad sanandum omnia vulnera' (f. 105). See Oxford Bodleian Library Canonicus Misc. MS. 408, ff. 1-116 and Paris Bibliothèque Nationale MS. 17844, ff. 28v-151v (L. Thorndike and P. Kibre, A catalogue of incipits of medieval scientific writings in Latin (1963), 112). Dioscorides is quoted (ff. 72v, 94, 121, 147, 167v) and the following names, etc....
Scope & Content:
Botany: Medicine and Surgery: Gasparinus de Bripio, Italian medical writer: Herbal compiled by G. de Bripio: late 15th cent: Lat. includes: f. iii Leonard Bosvile: Name written, with motto: 17th cent: Lat. ff. 1-6v Calendars: Calendar in an Italian herbal: late 15th cent. ff. iii, 1-13 passim ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item

2057. Add MS 5298

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Title:
Drawings of flowers and animals, attributed to Ellen Power
Scope & Content:
Drawings, mostly of tulips, executed in a variety of techniques and attributed to Mrs Ellen Power (fl. 17th century). All drawings are executed on paper or cardboard, directly on the folios of the manuscript. At the beginning of the manuscript (ff. 1-2) is an incomplete list of colours, along w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

2058. Add MS 5302 A

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Title:
"Observationes Orchidum Etruscarum, a. 1714." Watercolours of orchids found in Tuscany, made by Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of orchids found in Tuscany by Bruno Tozzi, introduced by a title page (f. 1) inscribed with the title in Latin "Observationes Orchidum Etruscarum A. 1714'" within an elaborate cartouche. On f. 2 is a dedication in Latin, dated January 1714, written by Bruno Tozzi, who explains that ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (60 folios)

2059. Add MS 5302 B-C

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Title:
Watercolours of mushrooms and insects found in Tuscany, made by Bruno Tozzi
Scope & Content:
Two distinctive sets of watercolours (Add MS 5302 B and Add MS 5302 C) are bound together in this volume, Add MS 5302 B-C. Foliation is original and is separate for Add MS 5302B and 5302 C. Add MS 5302 B, catalogued in Sloane's collection as 'Miniatura 182', is a series of watercolours, mainly...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

2060. Add MS 5304

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Title:
Chinese drawings of plants, with their Chinese names
Scope & Content:
In 6 parts, bound in traditional Chinese reading order, from right to left. Part 1: 96 drawings. Part 2: 103 drawings. Part 3: 102 drawings. Part 4: 101 drawings. Part 5: 101 drawings. Part 6: 97 drawings. Public Domain in most countries other than the UK. Digitised with support from the Oak S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese and English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

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