PEMBROKE, Henrietta (d. 1728), Countess of. Autograph Letter Signed, probably to Lady Goodricke in Madrid, concerning her return to France. Creation dates: [1682]
L'ISAUR, Juan de Idiaque. Autograph Letter Signed in Spanish to Sir Henry Goodricke & Sir Henry's reply in French that he will obey His Majesty's orders. Creation dates: 21 Jan 1683
CHARTER. John, Duke of BEDFORD (1389-1435). Document issued by John, Duke of Bedford, as Constable of England and warden of the East March, appointing John Bonyngton to an office in Northumberland, on vellum. Creation dates: Sep 1405
AUDEN, Wystan Hugh. Autograph draft of an apparently unpublished poem beginning 'And Woof will revisit the movies', written on the verso of a typed letter signed 'Ido', in French, mentioning the suicide of Ernst Toller and quoting William Morris. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 5. Creation dat...
GIDE, André. Revised autograph manuscript signed, of 'Les Nouvelles Nourritures', being the printer's copy for an early version of the work. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 89. Creation dates: [1919]
SAND, George. Autograph Letter Signed to Ferdinand Leroy, Prefect of the Indre, regarding the controversy between him and the newspaper 'L'Eclaireur de l'Indre'. Bonhams, 19386, 29 Mar 2011, Lot 193. Creation dates: Oct 1844
Medical texts, prognostics, recipes and charms divided into 5 books, including Marcellus, De Medicamentis; Remus Favinus, Carmen de ponderibus et mensuris; Oxiepate; Pseudo-Galen, Liber de dinamidiis; Bede, De Temporum Ratione (excerpt)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-4v: Medical recipe, imperfect. ff. 4v-6r: Observatio mensium secundum Bedam (Observation of Each Month according to Bede), dietary and health advice for each month, including verses on Egyptian days, followed by a caution against the dies caniculares and the three critical Mo...
Medical texts; prognostics and charms including extracts from Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae; Pseudo-Galen, De febribus; recipes and a treatise on uroscopy
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 125r-130v: Extracts from Isidore of Seville (d. 636)'s Etymologiae (Etymologies), book 4, chapters 5-7. ff. 131rv-v: Pseudo-Galen, De febribus (On Fevers). ff. 131v-132r: A text on purgation, beginning: 'Hec est purgatio Ypocratis'. ff. 133r-v: A version of the Sphere of Apul...
'Chemin de Fer de Laokay [勞開] a Yunnanfou [雲南府]. Carte (2me partie) [...] Mong-tzeu [蒙自] a Yunnanfou. 由蒙自全雲南府鐡路圖. Souvenir du Yunnan.'
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Covers part of southern Yunnan Province, showing hydrology, symbolised relief, the railway line, principal routes, and settlements. Place-names are given romanised with characters. Thirty photographs, of human and topographical interest, are reproduced in the margins.