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101. Add MS 4242

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ROPER'S LIFE OF MORE 'Sir Thomas Moores Lyfe' by his son in law, William Roper (d. 1578); early 17th cent. Copy. Imperfect at end and mutilated by damp. The work was first printed in Paris in 1626. At the beginning is an engraved portrait of Sir Thomas More taken from Henry Holland's Herwologia...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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Early 17th century
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1 item

102. Add MS 4201

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MONTAGU EMBASSY 'Extracts of ye Duke of Montagues Letters to Ld. Arlington during his Embassy to the Court of France, 1669-1672' made by Birch; 16-26 Nov. 1754. The real object of the mission of Ralph Montagu (Duke of Montagu 1705) was to make a secret alliance with Louis XIV against the Dutch ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1754
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1 item

103. Add MS 4109-4124

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ANTHONY BACON TRANSCRIPTS. Transcripts and extracts of the correspondence of Anthony Bacon (d. 1601), chiefly in his capacity as Private Secretary to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex; 1580-1598, with a few of earlier date. They were made by Birch in 1750, 1751 from the originals in the Lambeth Palace Library (Nos. 647-662) for the purpose of, and incorporation in, his Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ... in which the secret intrigues of her court and the conduct of her Favourite Ro...
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr. Anthony Bacon, diplomatist: Copies, by T. Birch, of his correspondence (1558-1598) in Lambeth Library: 1750, 1751.
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
Date Range:
1750-1751
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16 items

104. Add MS 4361

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ACCOUNT-BOOK of Thomas Dickins and Thomas Russell of collections and subscriptions from the London diocese for charitable objects handed over to Henry Compton, Bishop of London, whose signed acknowledgements are often added; 1678-1686. Among the items are:-(a)'Decr 27º, 1678. Recd . towards y' B...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1678-1686
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1 item

105. Add MS 4371

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MISCELLANEOUS THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISEs and extracts, as follows:- (1) 'The Religious History of Mankind adapted to all Common Capacitys'; 18th cent. ff. 1-55b. (2) 'A Dutifull Letter from a Prelate to a Prelate Relating to Matters of Grand Concern. London. Printed in the year ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

106. Add MS 4241

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BIRCH'S SLOANE COLLECTIONS 'Memoirs relating to the Life of Sir Hans Sloane Bart. formerly President of the Royal Society', by Thomas Birch, with miscellaneous biographical notes; 1753. Also included in the volume are: (a) a similar memoir in French taken from the above. ff. 26-35;-(b) 'Éloge d...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1753
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1 item

107. Add MS 4228

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BIRCH'S LIFE OF ROBERT BOYLE The Life of Robert Boyle, seventh son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cork, by Birch, as prepared for the press; 1743. Autograph. It was printed at the beginning of The Works of the honourable Robert Boyle, 5 vols., Dublin, 1744. Included (f. 98) is an original letter from ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1743
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1 item

108. Add MS 4367

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SIMON BROWNE COLLECTIONS Collection of miscellaneous theological letters and treatises, partly the work of Simon Browne, Minister at Portsmouth and at Old Jewry, London (1680-1732). Included are:- (1) Psalms i-xiii, metrical version, in the hand of Simon Browne. ff. 1-4. (2) 'Propositions c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item

109. Add MS 4131

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Political tracts, etc., as follows:- (1) 'A Letter concerning the Publick Transactions in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth, containing several Historical Anecdotes and Critical Reflections on Mr. Rapin's History of that Reign' addressed 'To Monsr x x x, Master of Requests' (M. de la Porte, see art. 2...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

110. Add MS 4333

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MISCELLANEOUS SERMONS Collection of miscellaneous sermons, in various hands, containing the following:-(1) Gen.i.27. ff.1-14;- (2)Prov.xxii. l March 18, 1703/4, preached by -- Cooling at the funeral of Thomas Lane. ff. 15-23;- (3) Matth. vi. 12. 'The Lord Bishop of Meath [Henry Jones] sermon pr...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
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1 item