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1. Add MS 38807-38809

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Title:
Henry Spencer Ashbee papers
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Nos. 38807-38809 have been transferred from the Department of Printed Books, where they were received as part of the Bequest of Henry Spencer Ashbee, Esq. (d. 1900). Cf. 38826-38830.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
5 items

2. Add MS 38808 A-C

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MISCELLANEOUS Papers from the library of H.S. Ashbee. Three volumes. Paper.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-19th century
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 38807

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"The BETULIAD by George Coleman, written about MDCCCX": a poem on the birch-rod, printed circ. 1871 as the Rodiad. The work is a supposititious one, not by either of the Colmans, and of later date than here stated, see Add. MS. 38829, f. 357. Paper; ff. 15. Quarto. XIX cent. Crimson morocco bind...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 38809

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NOTES and memoranda relating to Plato, mainly in Latin but a few in Engl. ; probably by John Upton (1707-1760), prebendary of Rochester, MS. notes by whom are found in several printed books in the Museum. There are many references to editions and works published in the l7th or early part of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 18th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 38808 B

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Autographs, evidently part of a larger collection. The autographs are mounted on sheets of cardboard, with the descriptions in German at the foot, and were formerly numbered. The following are the names (the numbers following each were those on the cards): — 1. Ernst H.—, Wien, 2 Mar. 1610 [a ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
2 Mar 1610-early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 38808 C

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Private letters to Ashbee. The writers, whose names will be found in the Index, include [Louis] Octave Uzanne, Sir Richard Burton, Pascual de Gayangos, etc., ff. 75. Octavo. Henry Spencer Ashbee, bibliophile: Letters to: 1874-1898, n.d. includes: ff. 1, 9-13. 42, 46 Sir Richard Francis Burton...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1874-1898
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 38808 A

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SPANISH Collections and original articles, etc., viz.: — 1. Papers of the family of Saavedra, Marquises of Moscoso, relating to estates, etc., at Lima and elsewhere in Peru; 1639-1817. [italics]Spanish.[/italics] The names of the principal persons are given in the Index. f. 1. 2. Three poems ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
1639-1817
Extent:
1 item