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Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3796
Title:: GIACOMO LEOPARDI: autograph corrections for the printer for his translation of the Aeneid, Book II; circa 1817-1823. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Catalogue 960, no. 433, 24 May 1976. Paper; ff. ii+1. 199 x 133 mm.
Scope & Content:: Giacomo Leopardi, poet: Poetry ITALIAN: Publius Virgilius Maro: Corrections to the transl. of Virgil's Aeneid II by Giacomo Leopardi: early 19th cent: Ital: Autogr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: c 1817-1823
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3797
Title:: DRUMMOND ALLISON (1921-1943): two autobiographical fragments; 1941, n.d. Purchased of Messrs Quaritch, 4 June 1976. Paper; ff. iii+11. 1. ff. 1-8. MS of 'The Kindergarten', an autobiographical fragment; 1941. Autogr. 2. ff. 9-11. 'Excitement', a short story or autobiographical fragment; n.d. Autogr.
Scope & Content:: Drummond Allison, poet: Autobiographical fragments by Drummond Allison: 1941, n.d.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1941
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3798
Title:: ROMAN HISTORY: 'Relazione della corte di Roma e del regolamento del dominio pontificio'; 1786. Anon. Purchased of R. & J. Balding, Edinburgh, 23 September 1976. Paper; ff. ii+127. 274 x 204 (219 x 151)mm. 22 lines. Gatherings 18 2-912 rest irregular. Floral vellum binding.
Scope & Content:: Bindings ITALIAN: Floral vellum binding: late 18th cent. History: Italy General: 'Relazione della corte di Roma e del regolamento del dominio pontificio': 1786: Ital.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1786
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3799
Title:: PHILIP JACKSON: Journal from Bombay to England over land; 11 Nov. 1796 - 1 May 1797. Copy, written up in Dec. 1803. Previously belonged to Robert Steele. Purchased from K Books, York, 29 June 1977. Paper; ff. iii+178.
Scope & Content:: Voyages and Travels: Philip Jackson: Journal from Bombay to England over land by Philip Jackson: 1796-1797: Copy (1803): Autogr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Nov 1796-1 May 1797
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3800
Title:: MARY TUDOR'S MARRIAGE: contemporary transcript of documents rel. to the marriage of Mary Tudor to Louis XII of France; 1514. Phillipps MS. 10824; Sotheby's sale cat. 15 June 1908, lot 365; Max and Maurice Rosenheim Library (bookplate); purchased of Robin Waterfield Ltd, August 1978. Vellum; ff. iv+22. 324 x 238 (230 x 168)mm. 25 lines. Penwork initials and coloured armorial bearings of Mary as Queen of France. Blind-stamped leather binding.
Scope & Content:: Bindings FRENCH: Blind-stamped brown leather: 18th cent?. Louis XII of France: Henry VIII of England: Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Documents, with penwork initials and coloured armorial bearings, rel. to the marriage of Louis XII and Mary Tudor: 1514: Lat. and Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1514
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3801
Title:: NAVIGATION: notebook containing exercises and diagrams on navigation, geometry and arithmetic, sailing directions, astronomical tables and various miscellaneous entries including 'A present Metson for the Agewe' attributed to 'Sr Water Raylishe 1616'. Written in various hands, circa 1600 to 1616, and apparently connected with the English East India Company. Formerly in the collection of Boies Penrose. Transferred from the Map Library, August 1979. Paper; ff. iii+71. 212 x 167mm. First and ...
Scope & Content:: Navigation: Exercise books on navigation, etc.,: circa 1600-1616.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1600-1616
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3802
Title:: 'NEWGATE JOURNAL': reports on 'The State of His Majesty's Gaol of Newgate'; 29 Apr. 1816- 27 Feb. 1819. Written by the Keepers John A. Newman (1804-3 Feb. 1817; acting Keeper until 12 May 1817) and William R. H. Brown (1817-1822; warden of the Fleet Prison 1822-1842); the reports give the number of inmates, their sex and category, and the number receiving medical treatment together with occasional reports on their general health; they also contain accounts of the state of the prison and 'Par...
Scope & Content:: Prisons: John A. Newman, Keeper of Newgate Gaol: William R. H. Brown, Keeper of Newgate Gaol: 'Newgate Journal' written by John A. Newman and William R. H. Brown: 1816-1819.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 29 Apr 1816-27 Feb 1819
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3803
Title:: THOMAS BABINGTON, 1ST BARON MACAULAY: watercolour sketch, head and shoulders, of Macaulay working in the Manuscript Room of the British Museum; 20 Dec. [bef. 1859]. With a pencilled note identifying the sitter, who is looking to the left and wearing spectacles, and the location. The artist is unknown, but there are more studies on the verso. Purchased from Covent Garden Gallery, 4 Aug. 1981. Paper; f. 1. Modern mount and frame. 210 x 160mm.
Scope & Content:: British Museum: Art. Portraits: Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Watercolour sketch of Lord Macaulay at British Museum: bef. 1859.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Dec [before 1859]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3805
Title:: EDWARD SOUTHWELL: travel journal of Edward Southwell, M.P. (1705-1755), son of Edward Southwell, Secretary of State for Ireland, describing his journey from Paris to Naples by way of Turin, Florence and Rome; Oct. 1725-Feb. 1726. Supplementing Add. 34753, Southwell's journal of travels in France in 1723. Purchased from B. Weinreb, May 1984. Paper; ff. vi+154. Contemporary vellum binding. 245 x 185mm.
Scope & Content:: Voyages and Travels: France General: Edward Southwell, the younger; MP: Italy General: Diaries and Memoranda: Journal of travels in France and Italy by Edward Southwell: 1725, 1726.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Oct 1725-Feb 1726
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3806
Title:: SIR SIMONDS D'EWES: copies and abstracts of records kept in the Tower of London; bef. 1650. Latin. Partly autograph. The Chartae Antiquae lettered A to Z are copied in full as far as class X and abstracted for Y and Z. The present volume is far more heavily annotated by D'Ewes than is the similar copy in Harl. 84. The remainder of the volume (ff. 114-253) consists of abstracts from the Patent Rolls of Richard II, for which see also Harl. 91. Purchased from Arthur Page Books, June 1984. Pap...
Scope & Content:: Richard II of England: Tower of London: Sir Simonds D'Ewes, antiquary; d.1650: Records kept at Tower of London and Patent Rolls of Richard II , copied by Sir Simonds D'Ewes: bef. 1650: Lat.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: before 1650
Extent:: 1 item

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