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51. Add MS 4327-4332 C

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Sermons written and preached by Thomas Birch, at various places and times: 1732-1766. About 150 in number, they were mostly preached in the churches of St. Michael, Wood Street, or St. Margaret Pattens, of which he was successively Rector, or other city churches, or at Hampstead Chapel. The dates and places are generally noted on the flyleaves of the sermons. Eight volumes, arranged in order of texts as they occur in the Bible. Paper; ff. 215, 199, 220, 213, 203, 196, 201, 102. Quarto. 1732-...
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Sermons: T. Birch: sermons: 1732-1766. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Sermons by: 1732-1766.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1732-1766
Extent:
8 items

52. Add MS 4326 A-B

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS OF THOMAS BIRCH. Two volumes. Quarto and folio.
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Correspondence of: 1726-1766, n.d. includes: ff. 198-201 William Heberden, MD; FRS: Memoranda by T. Birch of conversations with: 1751.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
[1712-1765]
Extent:
2 items

53. Add MS 4132

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'AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE NEGOTIATIONS between the Court of England, France and Brussels from the year 1592 to 1617, Extracted chiefly from the MS. State Papers of Sr Thomas Edmondes, Knt., Embassador in France and at Brussels ... And of Anthony Bacon, Esq.', etc., by Birch, the original autogr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1749
Extent:
1 item

54. Add MS 4248

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LISTS OF STATE PAPERS, etc., relating to affairs between England and Scotland, tempp. Henry VIII-James I, contained in various MSS. now in the British Library; 18th cent. (1) Lists of part of the contents of Harley MSS. 4644-4653; 18th cent. ff. 2-26. (2) Similar lists, in the hand of Patric...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

55. Add MS 4147

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LETTER-BOOK OF HENRY MONTAGU, Viscount Mandeville, afterwards (1626) Earl of Manchester, as Lord High Treasurer, consisting of copies of letters and warrants to farmers and collectors of customs at various ports; 16 Dec. 1620-4 Sept. 1621. Included also are (a) 'Fees and disbursements' on his c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1635
Extent:
1 item

56. Add MS 4281-4289

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DESMAIZEAUX PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Pierre Des Maizeaux (d. 1745), author of literary biographies, gentleman of the King's Household, etc.; 1688-1744. French and English. Arranged in alphabetical order. Many of the writers were booksellers or publishers living in Paris, Amsterdam, The Hague, etc. Vol. IX contains the miscellaneous papers of Des Maizeaux, including testimonials of his college career at Berne and Geneva from the year 1688, papers connected with the grant to him of...
Scope & Content:
Pierre Des Maizeaux, d 1745 F R S; author: Correspondence and papers: 1688-1744.: Fr. and Engl.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1688-1744
Extent:
9 items

57. Add MS 4235

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'The Life of Mr. Edmund Spenser', by Thomas Birch; 1751. This is the draft of his 'Life' prefixed to his edition of The Faerie Queene, 1751, 3 vols. At the beginning are the 'Proposals' for printing the work. Paper; ff. iii + 39. Quarto. A.D. 1751. Edmund Spenser, poet: Life of, by T. Birch: 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1751
Extent:
1 item

58. Add MS 4212

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'CERTAINE SELECTED CHAPTERS TRANSLATED OUT OF NICHOLAS MACHIAUELL his 3 bookes of discourses'; 17th cent. The chapters chosen are from N. Machiavelli's Discorsi. . . 'sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio', Bk. I. 11-16, 26, 27, 41, 55, 59. Bk. II. 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 23-27, 29, 30. Bk. II...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

59. Add MS 4278-4280

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PELL- PAPERS (lst Series) Correspondence and papers of Dr. John Pell, mathematician, political agent of Cromwell to the protestant cantons of Switzerland and Resident at Zurich (1654-1658); 1631-1683. Latin, French, English, German, Italian and Dutch. For other series of Pell papers see Add. MSS. 4394-4404 and 4407-4431. The correspondence is mainly of a scientific rather than a political character, though a number of allusions are made to affairs connected with his Swiss mission, and many ...
Scope & Content:
John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1631-1683.: Partly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1631-1683
Extent:
3 items

60. Add MS 4407-4431

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PELL PAPERS (4th Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, geometrical and other problems and their solutions, tables and calculations of logarithms, etc., chiefly autograph. For other collections made by Pell see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396 and 4397-4404. The names of the writers of a few original letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Twenty-four volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
[1609-1678]
Extent:
25 items