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81. Kings MS 146

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Kings MS 146
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'PIANTA ed alzato del magnifico arco trionfale e loggia eretto dal celebre architetto Andrea Palladio, per ordine pubblico, in occasione della uenuta a Venezia di Enrico terzo, Rè di Francia e Pollonia, l'anno MDLXXIV. Diligentemente dissegnato e sopra le giuste misure prese dalla relazione di M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1750
Extent:
1 item

82. Kings MS 220

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Kings MS 220
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'COMPENDIO HISTORICO de Chile', from 1600, when Francisco Quinones was (sixteenth) Governor, to 1656, when Antonio de Acuña y Cabrera was (thirty-.third) Governor, being the latter part of Gerónimo de Quiroga's manuscript 'Compendio historico . . . de la Conquista y Guerras del Reyno de Chile' (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

83. Kings MS 264

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Kings MS 264
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DRAWINGS of light six-pounder Battalion Guns mounted upon old and new pattern carriages, to shew the advantages derived from the alterations made by order of' George, Viscount Townshend, Master-General of the Ordnance, &c., 1776. The text was written by Isaac Richard Robert, in 1778; the ill...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778
Extent:
1 item

84. Kings MS 282

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Kings MS 282
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'A GENERAL TREATISE of Architecture, divided into v books', by John Aheron, dated 13 Apr. 1751. Holograph, with numerous drawings (ff. 47-68 illustrating bk. ii; ff. 73-83 bk. iii; bks. iv and v, ff. 84, 103, consist of drawings only). Bk. i deals with mathematics; bk. ii with architecture in ge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1751
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1 item

85. Kings MS 328

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Kings MS 328
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'IL CONTE ROGIERO, Sourano della Calabria ulteriore, ò la Mariane. Istoria nuoua tradotta dal Francese da me Antonio Bergonz[i]ni [or Bergonz[o]ni].' In two parts. A translation of the romantic history of Roger, Count of Sicily (d. 1101), and his wife Mariana, Princess of Capua; with the date '1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1702
Extent:
1 item

86. Kings MS 339

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Kings MS 339
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'EXPLICACION de los Refrànes Fràses y Palàbras mas dificiles contenidas en la Historia del Ingenioso Dn Quixòte de la Mancha.' The explanations, which are arranged under each chapter and are evidently by a Spaniard, are given in English or Spanish, and in many cases in both languages. Paper; ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

87. Kings MS 45

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Kings MS 45
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'REPORTS of the present state and condition of His Maiesties fortifications, buildings, and artillery in the South Western Department of England, otherwise call'd Plymouth Division or District', with surveys, plans, proposals, and estimates for 'remedying the deffects thereof', &c., begun 1 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1717
Extent:
1 item

88. Kings MS 62-63

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Kings MS 62-63
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ABSTRACT of the Census-returns for England and Wales, 1801, signed by John Rickman. Virtually identical with.the printed Abstract (ordered to be printed 21Dec.1801). Two volumes. Crimson morocco binding, tooled. Paper; ff. 395, 253. Folio. 18 1/2 in.x 13 1/2 in. A.D.1801.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1801
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2 items

89. Kings MS 77-79

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Kings MS 77-79
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ABRIDGEMENTS of parts of the 'Commentaries on the Law of England of William (afterwards Sir William) Blackstone, Vinerian Professor of Law at Oxford. Neatly transcribed, for the most part (all except the first half of 79) in one hand. Taken apparently from the first edition (1765), not from the lectures as delivered at Oxford.. Paper; ff. 23, 27, 50. Quarto. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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3 items

90. Kings MS 80-97

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Kings MS 80-97
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'A COURSE OF LECTURES on the English Law', by Robert [afterwards Sir Robert] Chambers, Blackstone's successor as Vinerian Professor at Oxford (1762, Justice in Bengal 1774). Fifty-six lectures in four series, forming eighteen volumes. Copies. The Treatise on Estates and Tenures by the late Sir Robert Chambers, published by his nephew Sir C. H. Chambers in 1824, corresponds to contents of lectures iii-x, xiv, xix-xxi of pt. III, but is apparently taken from a MS. of another recension of the l...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1762-1774
Extent:
18 items