INDEX NOMINUM OF SCOTTISH CHARTERS Alphabetical index of personal names in some of the charters contained in the Rolls of King Robert Bruce and his successors, David II, Robert II, and Robert III. For an edition of these charters see The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland. A.D. 1306-1424, e...
MARTINDALE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 'The Autobiography of Adam Martindale, presbyterian minister; 1685 (cf. Chap. iv, §. 11). Autograph. The MS. was edited by Richard Parkinson, Canon of Manchester, for the Chetham Society in 1845. Paper; ff. 115. Small quarto. A.D. 1685. Adam Martindale, Presbyterian mi...
'PILATUS MONS SPECIMINE HISTORIAE NATURALIS Illustrissimae Societatis Regiae Anglicanae subjectus ab ejusdem socio', by Mauritius Antonius Cappeler, M.D.; 1728. With four tables of drawings (ff. 2-5). The autograph portions of the work are the title-page, the heading (f. 6), chapter VI and part ...
A COURSE OF SERMONS or theological lectures on the Lord's prayer preached on twelve Sundays by E. T.; 17th cent. Paper; ff. 151. Duodecimo. XVII cent. E. T: Twelve sermons on the Lord's Prayer by: 17th cent. Sermons: E.T.: sermons on the Lord's Prayer: 17th cent.
KATHERINE AUSTEN COLLECTANEA Essays, meditations, memoranda, etc., in prose and verse by Katherine Austen, 'Book M'; 1664-1668. A note (f. 1) states that her husband was born 11 Aug. 1622 and died 31 Oct. 1658 (? Thomas Austen of London, matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford, 24 Apr. 1640). B...
'SOME OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON FIRE, in order to discover Its Nature, and Laws of Motion', by William Hillary, M.D. Printed in 1760, with alterations and additions, as The Nature, Properties, and Laws of Motion of Fire. Paper; ff. 28. Small quarto. XVIII cent. William Hillary, MD: 'Some ...
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES BY THOMAS BIRCH, relating to British and foreign persons, arranged alphabetically, with references to printed works concerning their lives and works; 18th cent. The MS. was originally a 17th-cent. commonplace book with ethical headings and some entries, which was utilised by B...
'TWO DISSERTATIONS concerning the Etymology and Scripturemeaning of the Hebrew words, Elohim and Berith ... By Tho. Sharp, D. D., Archdeacon of Northumberland and Prebendary of Durham'. Autograph. The dedicatory letter to Robert Spearman (f. 2) is dated 'Rothbury, Sept. 22. 1750'. 'ne work was...
TREATISE on 'The Practical Part of Printing', being probably the projected second volume of The General History of Printing by Samuel Palmer, 1732. Palmer circulated a prospectus in 1729 for 'The Practical Part of Printing', but this was never published (cf. E. C. Bigmore and C. W. H. Wyman, A B...