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1201. Add MS 4456-4457

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Title:
BIRCH'S POETICAL COLLECTIONS Poems, etc., collected by Thomas Birch, some being written by him; circa 1625-1760. Partly autograph. Two volumes. Small folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:
Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: T. Birch: verses written and collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat., Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1625-1760
Extent:
2 items

1202. Add MS 4458-4459

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Title:
BIRCH'S MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS Miscellaneous papers collected by Thomas Birch; 1631-1757. Two volumes. Small folio. Viz:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
1631-1757
Extent:
2 items

1203. Add MS 4476-4477

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Title:
BIRCH MISCELLANEA Miscellaneous letters and papers collected by Thomas Birch, interspersed with numerous rough drafts of letters, sermons, memoranda, etc., in his hand. Two volumes. Folio. The names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Other items include:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
[1625-1770]
Extent:
2 items

1204. Add MS 4734-4736

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Title:
Materials for a History of the Church of Scotland from 1514 to 1586 by David Calderwood; circ. 1624. Autograph. Three volumes. A second series of three volumes, carrying the history down to 1625, had already disappeared by 1765. A note in 4734, f. 2, states that the work was collected out of Mr. [John] Knox his historie, . . . out of Mr. James Melvill his observations, Mr. John Davidson his diarie, the acts of the generall assemblies, and acts of parliament, and out of severall proclamations...
Scope & Content:
Scotland General: Materials for a history of the Church of Scotland, by D. Caiderwood: circ. 1624. David Calderwood, d 1650 Presbyterian apologist: Materials for his history of the Church of Scotland: circ. 1624.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1624
Extent:
3 items

1205. Add MS 4737-4739

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Title:
'The Historie of the Kirk of Scotland beginning at Mr. Patrik Hammiltoun [1513] and ending at the death of King James the sixt', by David Calderwood; 1627. Autograph. Three volumes. Published by the Wodrow Society, 8 vols., 1842-1849 (see vols. i and viii for a full account of this and of the other versions of the history). Paper. Folio. A.D. 1627. Belonged formerly to Sir William Calderwood, Lord Polton (d. 1733), and presented, as above, 29 June 1765.
Scope & Content:
Scotland General: 'Historie of the Kirk of Scotland' by D. Calderwood: circ. 1627. David Calderwood, d 1650 Presbyterian apologist: 'Historie of the Kirk of Scotland': 1627.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1627
Extent:
3 items

1206. Add MS 4740-4746

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Title:
DAVENANT PAPERS. Vols. I-VII (ff. 273, i+256, 227, 196, 290, 250, 230). Letters written to Henry Davenant or to his secretary, B. Zollicoffre; 1703-1711. Many of the letters are autograph; others were transcribed by secretaries, with autograph endings and signatures. French and English. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1703-1711
Extent:
7 items

1207. Add MS 4773-4776

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Title:
MILLES COLLECTION. Vols. XX-XXIII. Receipt books for crown rents and other revenues in the four provinces of Ireland, with tables of contents and totals for each province. Latin. For a later volume in this series see Add. MS. 4768, ff. 1-91.
Scope & Content:
Ireland: Books of receipts for crown rents and other revenues: 1667-1669.: Lat. Accompts: Receipt book for crown rents and other revenues in Ireland: 1667-1669.: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1667-1669]
Extent:
4 items

1208. Add MS 4783-4801

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Title:
MILLES COLLECTION. Vols. XXX-XLVIII. Collections of the Irish historian Sir James Ware (d. 1666), relating mainly to Irish history from fabulous times to the seventeenth century. English, Latin and Irish. The material consists of notes and copies made by Ware and his assistants, taken mainly from Irish annals, lives of saints, ecclesiastical, public and municipal records, and printed works. Also included are some original documents which are listed in the descriptions below. For other MSS. f...
Scope & Content:
Sir James Ware, d 1666 the younger; historian: Historical collections of: 5th-17th centt.: Partly autogr. Ireland: Collections of Sir J. Ware rel. to: 5th-17th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:
[400-1699]
Extent:
19 items

1209. Add MS 4811-4812

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Title:
POCOCKE COLLECTION. Vols. I, II (ff. 186; i+42). Records of the Philosophical Society of Dublin; 1684-1708. The Society was founded in January, 1684, and meetings were held until April, 1687. In April, 1693, the meetings were revived but ceased again about the middle of 1697. In 1707 the Society was refounded but ceased to exist in the following year. For an account of the history of the Society see K. T. Hoppen, The Common Scientist in the seventeenth century, 1970. Viz.:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1684-1708
Extent:
2 items

1210. Add MS 4821-4822

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Title:
POCOCKE COLLECTION. Vols. XI, XII (ff. 242, 53). Collections of the Irish historian Sir James Ware (d. 1666). Cf. Add. MSS. 4783-4801.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
[1395-1683]
Extent:
2 items

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