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1051. Stowe MS 449

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Stowe MS 449
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. III. (ff. 11). "A Journal [by the same] from Vienna to Venitia," in company with Lord George Savile, and " Mr. Steward, my Lord Monjoixe's [Mountjoy's] son"; 24 Sept.-10 Oct. 1686, N.S. Among the places he passed through are:-Neustadt, Neuenkirchen (with chapel reputed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1686-10 Oct 1686
Extent:
1 item

1052. Stowe MS 450

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Stowe MS 450
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. IV. (ff. 20). " A Journal [by the same] from Venitia into Lombardy "; 1 Nov.-5 Dec. 1686. Among the places visited are:-Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua, Parma, Reggio , Rubbiera, Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara; of many of which he gives very full accounts, largely extract...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1686-5 Dec 1686
Extent:
1 item

1053. Stowe MS 451

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Stowe MS 451
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. V. (ff. 31). "A Journal [by the same] from Venitia to Zante, with a Diary of the Venitians' proceedings and conquests in the Morea"; 31 Mar.-10 Sept. 1687. He reached Zante 12 Mar., and gives sketches of various islands, etc., sighted on the voyage. After joining the V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1687-10 Sep 1687
Extent:
1 item

1054. Stowe MS 453

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Stowe MS 453
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VII. (ff. 147). " Receuil (sic) de plusieurs Deuis des places que l'on a fortifiées en France " : details of the fortifications of Dunkirk, St. Omen, Ypres, Sedan, and other places about the Flemish frontier, with accounts of the sieges of Luxembourg, Pignerol, Charlem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1677-1693
Extent:
1 item

1055. Stowe MS 454

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Stowe MS 454
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Vol. VIII. ff. 80.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

1056. Stowe MS 454-456

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Stowe MS 454-456
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vols. VIII.-X. (ff. 80, 27, 94). Treatise on Artillery, in French, in the hand of Jacob Richards. Three volumes, the last two containing illustrations. Inserted at the end of the third (f. 89) is a map of Newbury, co. Berks; followed (f. 90) by a French treatise entitled " Épreuves du Tir des Bombes avec le Canon par M. Lombard, Professeur royal aux Écoles du Corps-Royal de 1'Artillerie à Auxonne, 1787."
Scope & Content:
Ordnance: Treatise on Artillery, with plates: 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

1057. Stowe MS 455

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Stowe MS 455
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Vol. IX. ff. 27.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

1058. Stowe MS 456

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Stowe MS 456
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Vol. X. ff. 94. includes: f. 89 Newbury, Berkshire: Map of: 17th cent. f. 89 Maps and Plans: Map of Newbury, co. Berks: 17th cent. f. 90 Lombard, Artillery instructor at Auxonne: Épreuves du tir des bombes avec le canon: 1787.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

1059. Stowe MS 457

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Stowe MS 457
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XI. (ff. 78). "Eight Books of the Ellements of Euclid with the Use of the Propositions " ; 1700. In the hand of Jacob Richards. He breaks of, however, at the end of the 2nd book. He does not follow Euclid's method in the treatment of parallel straight lines or in the p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1700
Extent:
1 item

1060. Stowe MS 458

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Stowe MS 458
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. Xll. (ff. 22). Diary of Jacob Richards, of the artillery train in Flanders, narrating events up to the battle of Landen; 8/18 Apr.- 20/30 Jul)-, 1693. He was present, among other places, at Ghent, Greinbergen, Vilvorde, and Pare Abbey near Louvain, and gives plans of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1693-1695
Extent:
1 item