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1. Add MS 39177

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Add MS 39177
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MISCELLANEOUS treatises, viz.: 1. The "Academ Roial" of Edmund Bolton. Holograph. Other versions of this work are in Harley MSS. 6103 and 6143. A full account of this MS., which seems to be the latest, and to be, the actual copy prepared for King Charles I (but presented after 1630, if at all, see addition on f. 2b) is given by Joseph Hunter in Archaeologia, xxxii (1847), pp. 132-149 (see especially p. 134, footnote b). The proposed device and arms of the academy are painted in the margins o...
Scope & Content:
Charles I of England: E. Bolton's Academ Roial addressed to: circ. 1630. Joseph Hunter, FRS, FSA, Assistant Keeper of Public Records: Bookplate of arms: 19th cent. includes: f. 1 George Bird Burrell, of Thetford: Bookplates: 19th cent. f. 1 b Edmund Bolton: Academ Roial: 17th cent.: Autogr. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 54486

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Add MS 54486
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CHARLES CLARKE: recipe book of Charles Clarke, antiquary (d.1840), chiefly relating to chemistry, technology and art materials; 1788-1836 (ff. 46v, 244v). Autograph, with some printed items. Pen, pencil and watercolour. Some French. Clarke refers to information gathered in Chatham, Gravesend and Guernsey, where he was employed by the Ordnance Office (f. 39v), and gives biographical details of his relative Edward Oram, landscape painter (ff. 186v-187). Among the subjects covered are the follo...
Scope & Content:
Commonplace Books: Art. Miscellaneous: Recipes: Mechanics: Charles Clarke, antiquary: Natural Science: Recipe book of Charles Clarke: 1788-1836: Some Fr: Autogr. includes: ff. ii, 93-94 Printed Matter: Advertisements: 18th-early 19th centt.ff. 186v-187 Charles Clarke, antiquary: Edward Ora...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1788-1836
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 54487

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RECIPE BOOK: 'Receipts of Different Concerns'; early 18th cent. Subject matter includes cleaning and treatment of metals and leather, archery, writing in code, training a setter, 27 recipes 'coppyed out of an old manuscript' (ff. 44-51), and novelty items, for example 'How to make a squib Candle that will affright ye Company', said to have been used to frighten a judge in 1677 (f. 52). Household recipes in a late 18th cent. hand occur (ff. 57-61). At f. 75 is a sketch showing how to joint a ...
Scope & Content:
Commonplace Books: Recipes: Miscellaneous recipes: 18th cent. includes: f. 59* Printed Matter: Recipes for cleaning and polishing: late 18th cent.f. 75 Art. Miscellaneous: Sketch showing how to joint a bullock: 18th cent: Pen.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 54784

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Add MS 54784
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DRAINAGE OF DEEPING FENS: 'The Report of John Grundy Engineer respecting the Drainage of Deeping Fenns in Lincolnshire'; 1770. Autograph, with signatures, completed at Spalding, 11 April 1770 (ff. 84, 86). The report, which is the outcome of a survey begun by the author in 1769 on the instructions of the Adventurers of Deeping Fenns, reviews the history of the works, with tables giving dimensions of the rivers, Levels, etc., and estimates for work to be done. See A. P. Woolrich 'John Farey a...
Scope & Content:
Maps and Plans: Lincolnshire, county: Fens: John Grundy, engineer: Deeping Fenns, Lincolnshire: Drainage: Report on the drainage of Deeping Fenns, with map, by John Grundy: 1770.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 54785

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Add MS 54785
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HISTORY OF TYPOGRAPHY: a text based on work by John Bagford and Richard Smith, copied by William Herbert from Cambridge University Library MS. Dd. xi. 91; Sept. 1782. Autograph. The treatise falls into two parts, described below. 'P. & S. 7 June/61 £3. 16. 0' in pencil, with remains of a red seal, front end-paper (f. iv). Other pencil markings, including the word 'Printing' are erased on this end-paper. The MS. was formerly in the Patent Office Library, see Add. 54784. With the volume (f...
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Printing and Typography: London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: List of writing masters of the 16th and 17th centt. in London: aft. 1692: Copy, 1782. William Herbert, bibliographer: Copied: 1782. includes: ff. 1-45v Printing and Typography: John Bagford, book collector: Abridgement of the 'H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1680-1782
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 56038

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Add MS 56038
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RECIPES FOR COLOURS, ETC.: Italian collection of recipes for pigments, inks, varnishes and glues, with notes on painting and restoration techniques and with annotated samples of earth colours (ff. 110-113); circa 1750. Italian. Con-temporary note of payment to Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio, f. 57. Formerly numbered 45,567 (pencil, f. v). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books (Patent Office Library), 14 May 1969. Paper; ff. v+120. 218 x 155mm. Patent Office Library binding.
Scope & Content:
Art. Treatises: Recipes: Recipes for artists' colours with guidelines for techniques: circa 1750: Ital. includes: f. 57 Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio, artist: Note of payment for artwork , to Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio: circa 1750: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 56074

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Add MS 56074
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GEOMETRY AND ENGINEERING: treatises on plane geometry, mechanics and artillery, etc.; late 17th-early 18th cent. Italian. Plentifully illustrated with drawings in pen and ink, and watercolour. Old number '155', Italian, 18th cent., f. 1. Paper slip in Italian, giving brief title, description, a shelf mark 'Lib. 1, scaf. 1' and the number '17', 19th cent., f. v. For a similar slip in a MS. of the same provenance, see Add. 36880, f. ii. Possibly from the collection of Matteo Luigi Canonici (d....
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End-papers: Italian, floral design in red and gold: late 17th-early 18th centt. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Illustrated treatises on mechanics, etc.,: late 17th-early 18th cent: Pen and ink, and water colour. includes: f. iv Bookplates and Book-stamps: Reverend Walter Sneyd, of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 56248

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Add MS 56248
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RECIPE BOOK: recipe collection of Mary, Lady Dacres, for cookery and domestic medicine; 1666-1696. Partly autograph? Most of the cookery recipes are for fruit tarts and other desserts, cakes, preserves and wines. The book was used for cookery recipes through ff. 1-57, and for medical recipes through 109v-58 rev. The inscription to Lady Dacres, who may have been the wife of Sir Robert Dacres of Cheshunt, co. Hertf., occurs on f. 2. The volume was formerly in the Patent Office Library. At f. i...
Scope & Content:
Recipes: Medicine and Surgery: Mary Dacres, wife of(?) Sir R Dacres: Cookery: Recipe book of Mary, Lady Dacres: 1666-1696.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1666-1696
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 56249

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Add MS 56249
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'MECHANIC DIALLING OR THE ART OF SHADOWS': collection of works on mechanical dialling, navigation and mathematics; late 18th cent. Illustrated with charts and diagrams, pen and ink, and coloured. Probably derived from printed works, for example those of Joseph Moxon (d.1700), see f. ii. The name 'John [Wrightson?]' written, late 18th cent., f. ii. 'Charles Waistell' stamped on leather, front cover near spine, 19th cent. Formerly owned by the Patent Office Library. The following numbers occur...
Scope & Content:
Charles Waistell: Name stamped on binding: 19th cent. Navigation: Mathematics: Mechanics: Collection relating to: late 18th cent. includes: f. ii John Wrightson: Name written: late 18th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 56250

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Add MS 56250
Title:
STUDIES IN MATHEMATICS: 'Études mathématiques', definitions of arith-metic, geometry, geography and the art of fortification; 18th cent. French. With pen and ink diagrams. Composed after 1710 (f. 151). Formerly titled on original binding 'Traité des Mathema' (f. 1). Probably the property of a member of the Clifford family. A memoranda in an early 19th cent. hand (f. i verso) states that the manuscript was 'Bought at a sale of Ld De Clifford' Books with others . . .'. Owned by William Henry B...
Scope & Content:
Mathematics: Fortification: Studies in mathematics: 18th cent: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item