'Chih-Li Province [直隸省]. Survey of Route followed by Lieutenant D. Pudsey.' - War Office ledger. 'Surveyed by Sowar Harnam Singh August 1906'.
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Covers a surveyed route from Yenkingchow [延慶州] to Fengning [豐寧] by way of Lungmenhsien [龍門縣]. Shows relief with form lines, local hydrology, and named and numbered settlements along the line of the route. The map is drawn in multiple sections on the sheets. Place-names are given in non-standard ...
A Map and a Gradient Profile of the Railway Line from Chengting, Chihli [正定, 直隸], to Taiyuan, Shansi [太原, 山西]. 'Compagnie Imperiale des Chemins de Fer Chinois'.
'Mongolian territory now incorporated into Manchuria. G. Pereira Lt. Col. Grenadier Guards Military Attaché, Peking 14th July 1908'.
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Two copies of a sketch map covering a route north from Chengkiatun (鄭家屯) to Taonan (洮南), both now in Kirin (吉林) province. Generalised hydrology is indicated, also settlements along the line of the route. A text panel mentions terrain, and that the map was plotted from information received from M...
Frontière Anglo-Portugaise dans la région du Manica. Carte annéxée à l'arrêt arbitral du 30 Janvier 1897
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Title translation: Anglo-Portuguese frontier in the Manica region. Map annex to the arbitral decision of 30 January 1897'. Composite sheet comprised from 2 originals. Defines the border alignment between the British and Portuguese spheres of influence (Rhodesia and Portuguese East Africa respec...
Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours')
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Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, use of Sarum, with saints in blue, red, mauve and gold. Besides the usual Sarum saints are included the feasts of Dominic (30 May), Botolph (17 June), Mildred (13 July), Paulinus (10 October), Ethelburga of Barking (11 October), the Translation of Wilfred (12 Oct...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
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A collection of modern papers removed from other Yates Thompson MSS. Contents: [ir-iir]: Table of contents. ff. 1r-3r: A 1453 bond by Jean, Bastard of Orleans, count of Dunois and of Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais, for 200 crowns, with a 1469 and notarial certificate of receipt (ff. 1r-...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
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A collection of over 100 papers and letters to Henry Yates Thompson removed from other Yates Thompson MSS, mostly from museums and libraries in England and abroad offering provenance information, translations, and commentaries on his manuscript collection. Includes letters from M. R. James (15r...
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle in F sharp major for piano, op. 60
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Autograph. Written in ink, on systems of two staves. Tempo direction ‘Allegretto’. Headed by the composer ‘Barcarolle / pour le piano / dedié a Madame la Baronne de Stockhausen / par F Chopin. Op. 60 / Leipsic Haertel. Paris Brandus (Schl.) - Londres Wessel.’ (f. 1r); ‘fine’ at end (f. 4r). With...
Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano and orchestra: solo piano part, with reduction of orchestral accompaniment for a second piano
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Autograph. In score. Written in black ink on systems of four and five staves, one stave for the most part left blank; some clefs and key signatures in Part I (ff. 3v-8r) are in red ink. With a few annotations and corrections in pencil on. ff. 10r and v, 11r, 16r. Contents as follows: f. 3r. Ti...
