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Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 182
Title:
Scope & Content:: King's 18Vol. ii. 1. Account of the siege of Leyden, 27 May-3 Oct. 1574. Dutch. f. 9. 2. Ordinances, &c., relating to the Mint of Brabant, 3 June, 1693. Flemish. f. 16. 3. Judgement in a suit between the Mint officers of Brabant and the magistrates of Antwerp, 23 Oct. 1724. Flemish. Pri...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 183
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. iii. 1. Continuation of the Chronicle to 1730. f. 5. 2. A brief chronicle of Antwerp, from A.D. 441 to 1513, on small quarto paper, supplemented and continued (f. 185) in another hand on foolscap to 1699. f. 145. 3. Copy of certificate by Charles, Duke of Lorraine, of the independence...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 184
Title:
Scope & Content:: ORDINANCES of the Sheriffs, Burgomasters, and other officials of Antwerp touching matters of small importance, made and proclaimed 6 Aug. 1685; followed by some additional orders made 30 Sept. 1688. Flemish. Copy. Probably loose leaves escaped from the preceding collection. Paper; ff. 3. Quarto....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1724-
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 185
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'SOLIDA atque in Actis Publicis et Pactorum Tabulis fundata demonstratio quod statibus Curlandiæ tanquam Vasallis feudi inclyto Poloniæ regno certis conditionibus oblati ducale regimen ac ius habendi et eligendi Germanum principem vigore pactorum utique competat. Anno mdccxliii.' In two parts, p...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1743
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 186
Title:
Scope & Content:: A POLITICAL COMPENDIUM, or short dissertation upon the various forms of Government in Poland, with a dedication to 'The Equestrian Order of the Kingdom of Poland' ; translated from, or possibly intended to be translated into, Latin (see last paragraph of the dedication, f. 14 b). The name of the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1760
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 187
Title:
Scope & Content:: 'LA FORME DU GOVERNEMENT etablie par sa Majeste et par les Etats du Royaume [de Suède], à Stockholm le 2 de May l'an 1720': a translation of the ratification in 1720 of the form of government established in the previous year by Ulrica Eleonora, Queen, and the States of Sweden, on her relinquishi...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 188
Title:
Scope & Content:: DESCRIPTION of the Town of Sigtuna, in Sweden; 'auctore Mart. Laur. Aschanei, Pastore in Fresta et Hammarbÿ, regnique antiquario, qui vixit centum ante annos'. The original title stated that the author was unknown, but his name has been added, as above, and the colophon (f. 14) states that ' the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Kings MS 189-190
Title:: 'An Account of Russia, 1767', written by Sir George Macartney, Envoy Extraordinary to St. Petersburg [cr. Earl Macartney, 1794], as his official report on the historical, political, and economical state of the country (cf letter (f. i) from Joseph Planta, jun., Under Secretary of State, to [Frederick Augusta] Barnard [the King's Librarian], dated Foreign Office, i Nov. i82o); with an introduction addressed to Henry Seymour-Conway, Secretary of State, and numerous tables to illustrate the rep...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 2 items

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