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1011. Add MS 21405

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AUTOGRAPHS of French statesmen, in French; 1568-1616, viz.: 1. Letter from [Guillaume ?] Ancel [Envoy from France to the Emperor Rudolph II.] to M. de Villeroy, advising him of the intentions of the Duke of Bavaria, and of the Protestant Princes, etc.; Prague, 25 Feb. 1586, f. 1. 2. Twenty-two letters on State affairs from P[omponne de] Bellièvre [Chancellor of France], between the years 1581 and 1596, addressed to the King and M. de Villeroy; dat. chiefly from Lyons, one from London [whit...
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Nicholas de Neufville, Seigneur de Villeroy; Secretary of State: State-letters to him: 1570-1616. includes: f. 1 Guillaume Ancel, French Envoy to Germany: Letter to M. de Villeroy: 1586.: Fr. f. 3 Henry II of France; Catherine de' Medici: Letter to Queen Catherine de Medici, from P. de Bellièv...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1568-1616
Extent:
1 item

1012. Add MS 21406

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MISCELLANEOUS autograph letters; 1562-1783, viz.: 1. A[mbrose Dudley, Earl of ] Warwick to "le Comte de Ringroffe" [Rhinegrave], sending him news of a victory of the Admiral [Coligny] and Monsr Dandelot, etc.; Havre de Grâce, 22 Jan. 1562. Fr. f. 1. 2. [Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de] Turenne [afterwards Duc de Bouillon] to Guischar [his servant?] at Paris; dat. Hesdin [where he was imprisoned], 20 June [1583]. Fr. f. 3. 3. Two letters from [Pierre d'Espinac, Archbishop of Lyons...
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includes: f. 1 Rhinegraves, John Philip, of Daun: Letters to, from Lord Warwick: 1562, 1563.: Fr. f. 1 Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick; Master of the Ordnance: Letter to the Rhinegrave: 1562, 1563.: Fr. f. 3 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne; Duc de Bouillon: Letter to his servant...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1562-1783
Extent:
1 item

1013. Add MS 21407

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PAPERS signed by, or relating to, the Emperor Napoleon I.: 1. "Etat de ce qui existe et de ce qui est nécessaire pour 1'Equipage de siége de Parmée d'ltalie;" signed "Buonaparte," f. 1. 2. "Relevé des demandes faites pour l'armée d'ltalie," f. 3. 3. Minute from the "Commission de 1'Organisation des Armées de terre," to Citoyen Buonaparté, Commandant d'Artillerie, desiring him to be more moderate in his demand for supplies; Paris, 25 Floréal, an 2 [14 May, 1794], f. 4. 4. Report from th...
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Napoleon I of France: Papers signed by, or relating to him: 1794-1808.: Fr. includes: ff. 1-5 Italy: Papers relating to the French war in: 1794.: Fr. f. 6 Castagnier, Chef de Division in the French Navy: Instructions for, from Napoleon Bonaparte: 1800.: Fr. f. 8 City of Paris: Order of Consul ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1794-1808
Extent:
1 item

1014. Add MS 21411

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MANUSCRIPTS, of various dates, and certified copies of documents chiefly relating to France, viz.: 1. Recent copies of documents relating to the churches of Leeds, co. York, Rasen, co. Linc., and to tithe of Broughton, dioc. Lincoln, f. 1. 2. Quittance of John, Seigneur de Joinville, for his wife's dowry; 1248. Fr. Recent copy. f. 5. 3. Letter of Edward III. to Benedict XII., on proposals of peace with Philip de Valois; n.d. Lat. Copy of XVth cent. f. 6. 4. Instructions for the Governo...
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includes: f. 1 Rasen, Lincolnshire: Grant of patronage of, and presentation: 14th cent.: Lat.: Copy. f. 1 Leeds, Yorkshire: Transcript relating to, from the chartulary of St. Peter's, York: 19th cent. f. 3 Broughton, Lincolnshire: Transcript relating to tithes at: 19th cent. f. 5 Jean Joinville...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

1015. Add MS 21416

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LETTERS to M. [Joseph] de Guignes, member of the Académie des Inscriptions, etc., upon the supposed connection between the modern Chinese and the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphical characters and inscriptions, as exemplified by a bust of Isis in the Turin Museum, viz.: 1. Letters from R. Sanchez ; Belleville, 24 July [1761]. Fr. f. 2. 2. John Turberville Needham (5 letters); Rome, 8 July-4 Nov. 1761. Fr. f. 3. 3. Paper signed by [Augustus Henry, Duke of] Grafton, F[rancis, Marquis of] Tavis...
Scope & Content:
Hieroglyphics Egyptian: Letters to Prof. de Guignes relating to: 1759-1767. Antiquities: Engraving of the bust of Isis in the Turin Museum: circ. 1760. Language and Literature of China: Letters, papers, and drawings relating to: 1759-1767. Joseph de Guignes, orientalist: Letters to, on Egypti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1759-1764
Extent:
1 item

1016. Add MS 21435

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"ALLIANCES de la Maison de Thumery, ou sont desclarés les noms, aages, qualités, armes et blasons, des seigneurs qui en sont sortis: divisez en 4 branches, sçavoir: Les Seigneurs de Dampierre, Senlisses et la Mothe pres Chevreuse et de present en Lorraine; les Seigneurs de la Cambe en Normandie; les Seigneurs de Rocquancourt, Voluceaux, et Menildon à Villepreux; les Seigneurs de Boissize-le-Roy pres Melun." The entries and coats are from 1250 to 1637, and at the end are added others without ...
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Seigneurs de La Mothe; family: Genealogy: 18th cent.: Fr. Seigneurs of La Cambe; family: Genealogy: 18th cent.: Fr. Voluceaux, Seigneurs of: Genealogy of: 18th cent.: Fr. Thumery family: Genealogy of: 18th cent.: Fr. Seigneurs of Senlisses: Genealogy: circ. 1723.: Fr. Seigneurs of Rocquanco...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1250-1723
Extent:
1 item

1017. Add MS 21436

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"HISTOIRE abrégée de la Généalogie de la Maison de Créquy rectifiée sur titres tant publics que particuliers . . . . depuis son origine connue [A.D. 888] jusqu'en cette année 1739." Paper. Quarto.
Scope & Content:
Créquy family: Genealogy: 18th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1739
Extent:
1 item

1018. Add MS 21438

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"COLLECTION de differents Memoires apartenants à la Guerre qui s'est dernierment allumée en l'année 1739 entre l'Angleterre et l'Espagne. Le tout compi1é a Londres [by the Portuguese Ambassador, S. J. de Carvalho e Mello, Marquis de Pombal], 1743." At the beginning of the volume is a table of co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1739-1743
Extent:
1 item

1019. Add MS 21438-21449

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Spanish Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
The following Nos., 21,438-21,449, fomerly belonging to Lord Stuart de Rothesay, are more fully described in the Catalogue of Spanish MSS.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
12 items

1020. Add MS 21461

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"LE jeu de Eschez moralisie" traduit par "Jehan Faron [Ferron] de lordre des freres preescheurs de Paris," translated 4 May, 1347, from the "Liber Moralis de Ludo Scaccorum" of Jacobus de Cessolis; with an illuminated initial letter at f. 2. Vellum; XVth cent. It belonged to Oudart Charton, a notary "en la ville de Chastellenye de Ponthoise" in 1552. Small Quarto.
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Jehan Ferron, Friar Preacher at Paris: Translation of J. de Cessolis' treatise on chess: 14th cent.: Fr. Game of Chess: Le Jeu des Echecs: translated from J. de Cessolis by J. Ferron,: 14th, 15th centt. Jacobus de Cessolis: Jeu des Echecs, translation by J. Ferron, 14th: 15th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item

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