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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28503
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Scope & Content:: "Tratado de expugnacion," a treatise on military art, chiefly with regard to sieges. Paper; xviith cent., with a shield of arms of Castro, Colonna and: Toledo, tiercé enpal, surmounted by a ducal coronet on the cover. Folio. Military Tactics: Tratado de expugnacion: 17th cent. Colonna family; ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28505
Title:: TRACT on Abyssinian geography, geology, botany, etc., by Dr. Wilhelm Schimper. German. Autograph. 1. "Betrachtung der Vegetation während eines Spaziergangs vom Märäb-Thal, uber die Ebene Hamedó, die Adoa-Gebirge hinweg nach Urahut in der Provinz Agame, auf einem Terrain von 4,000 bis 11,000 Fuss absoluter Höhe, Theil des Reiches Tigré;" written in 1868, f. 3; with appendix, f. 85. 2. "Ackerbau in Abyssinien," with remarks on the various plants cultivated, f. 114. 3. "Geologische Betrach...
Scope & Content:: Dr Wilhelm Schimper: Papers on, and maps of, Abyssinia: 1864-1868.: Germ. Botany: Papers on Abyssinia by Dr. W. Schimper: 19th cent. Abyssinia: Papers on, by Dr. Schimper: 1864-1868.: Germ.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28506
Title:: MAPS, of parts of Abyssinia, with lists of names of places, remarks, etc., by Dr. Wilhelm Schimper. German. Autograph. Included are:- 1. "Bemerkungen zu den Tabellen der Karte von der Gegend Adoa und Axum in Tigré," f. 5. 2. "Karte von dem wichtigsten Theil der Provinz Begemder, trigonometrisch aufgenommen von W. Schimper, 1864, 1865." 4 ft. 1 in. x 2 ft. 7 in. f. 14. 3. Sectional drawings of the clay-beds, granite strata, mountain systems, etc., of Tigré, Kolla Noari, etc., f. 15. 4...
Scope & Content:: Dr Wilhelm Schimper: Papers on, and maps of, Abyssinia: 1864-1868.: Germ. Maps and Plans: Abyssinia, by Dr. W. Schimper: 19th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28509
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Scope & Content:: Vol. I. 1860. includes: f. 1 Reverend Jacob Abbott: Letter to Griffin and Co.: 1860. f. 3 Reverend John S-C- Abbott: Letter to Griffin and Co.: 1860. f. 5 Jean Victor Adam, Painter: Letter to Griffin and Co.: 1860. f. 6 William Harrison Ainsworth, alias 'Cheviot Ticheburn'; novelist: Letter to...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, and Swedish
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28509-28512
Title:: ORIGINAL, letters, with corrected proofs of memoirs, etc., addressed to charles Griffin, publisher of the "Handbook of contemporary Biography," (London, 1861) by persons whose biographies appear in that work; 1860. With alphabetical and classified indexes. The names of the writers will appear in the Index. Four volumes. Papers.. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Charles Griffin, Publisher: Letters and biographical memoirs addressed to: 1860. Biography: Notices of persons included in Griffin's "Contemporary Biography,": 1860.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28510
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Scope & Content:: Vol. II. 1860. includes: f. 1 John Eadie, DD: Biographical notice of: 1860. f. 2 Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy (1850-1865): Letter to R. Griffin and Co.: 1860. ff. 4, 6 Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, K C B: Autobiographical notice, with letter: 1860. f. 9 Augustus E...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28511
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Scope & Content:: Vol. III. 1860. includes: f. 2 Jane Ferraro, wife of the Marquis de La Marmora: Letter to Griffin and Co.: 1860. f. 3 Alfonso Ferraro, Marquis de La Marmora: Biographical notice of: 1860. ff. 5, 8 M- E- Lamaartine, wife of Alphonse de Lamartine: Letters to R. Griffin and Co.: 1860.: Fr.and Eng...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28512
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Scope & Content:: Vol. IV. 1860. Louis Félicien Joseph Caignart de Saulcy, archaeologist: Autobiographical notice: 1860. includes: ff. 2, 3 Thomas Raffles, DD; LL.D; Congregational minister and hymnographer: Biographical notice, with letter: 1860. ff. 4, 5 William Ramsay, Professor of Humanity at Glasgow: Biog...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1860
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28534-28544
Title:: ORIGINAL correspondence of Emmanuel Mendez da Costa, F.R.S., author of "A Natural History of Fossils," etc., with men of science and others; 1737-1787. Arranged alphabetically under writers. The names will be found in the Index. Eleven volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:: Emanuel Mendes da Costa, FRS; naturalist: Correspondence: 1737 - 1787. Natural History: Correspondence of E. M. da Costa and others: 1737-1787.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1737-1787
Extent:: 11 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 28534-28548
Title:: Presented by the Earl of Derby
Scope & Content:: Manuscripts presented by the Earl of Derby.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 18th century-1842
Extent:: 15 items

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