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42. Add MS 4476-4477
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- BIRCH MISCELLANEA Miscellaneous letters and papers collected by Thomas Birch, interspersed with numerous rough drafts of letters, sermons, memoranda, etc., in his hand. Two volumes. Folio. The names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Other items include:-
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- [1625-1770]
- Extent:
- 2 items
43. Add MS 4477
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- Scope & Content:
- Vol. II (ff. 329). (1) Appointment of Birch as chaplain to Princess Amelia; 1761. Copy. f. 4. (2) Testimonial for Carlo Alfonso Guadagni of Florence, M.D., for the Royal Society, circ. 1760; signed Antonio Niccolini, Saverio Manetti (of Florence, Professor of Botany), and Gasparo Cerati (of ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1663-1765
- Extent:
- 1 item
44. Add MS 4740-4747
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- Add MS 4740-4747
- Title:
- DAVENANT PAPERS
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- Papers of Henry Davenant, English Envoy at Frankfurt and Regensburg; 1703-1728. Eight volumes. Folio. Presented by John Thornton, of Clapham, 20 Dec. 1765. Viz.:- B. Zollicoffre, Secretary to H Davenant: Correspondence and papers: 1704-1708.: Fr. Henry Davenant, diplomatist: Correspondence, et...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1703-1728
- Extent:
- 8 items
45. Add MS 4747
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- Add MS 4747
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- DAVENANT PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 239). A collection of letters and papers of Henry Davenant; 1703-1723. The contents include the following:- (1) Lists of troops of the Allies on the continent; 1703-1707. French. ff. 3, 10, 11, 17-20, 23, 24, 26-36, 39-44, 47. (2) Orders of Battle of the Allie...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1703-1723
- Extent:
- 1 item
46. Add MS 4857-4900
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- Add MS 4857-4900
- Title:
- BANKS COLLECTION
- Scope & Content:
- Collections, mostly in Icelandic and relating to Iceland, presented by Sir Joseph Banks, 1767-1781. Banks visited Iceland in 1772 and brought back a collection of printed books and MSS. which he presented to the British Museum on 3 December 1772. The MSS. may be identified from a 'Catalogue of B...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, English, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, and Low German
- Date Range:
- [1160-1799]
- Extent:
- 44 items
47. Add MS 4875
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- BANKS COLLECTION. Vol. XIX (ff. 88). Seven romantic Sagas, together with another incomplete saga and extracts from newspapers; 18th cent. 'Nos. 3-9' according to a note on f. 1. Viz.:- (1) 'Valldemars Saga': in 12 chapters. Story of Valdemar, son of King Philip of Saxland. Cf. Add. MS. 4859, a...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Danish, English, German, and Icelandic
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 item
48. Add MS 4909-4923
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- Title:
- Musical collections of Sir John Hawkins.
- Scope & Content:
- Manuscripts from the library of Sir John Hawkins, 18th-century writer on music. The manuscripts date from the early 16th to the 18th centuries, with most being 18th-century copies.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English, German, and Latin
- Date Range:
- [1500-1799]
- Extent:
- 15 volumes
49. Add MS 4910
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- Add MS 4910
- Title:
- Hawkins Collection. Vol. II. Miscellaneous works relating to music.
- Scope & Content:
- Includes extracts from (a) Dethlevus Cluverus. ff. 1-10;- (b) John Birchensha (collected, as well as artt. c-e, by Silas Domville al. Taylor, apparently for Viscount Brouncker). ff. 39-40;- (c) — Allison of Covent Garden. f. 42;- (d) Matthew Lock. ff. 43-44, 60;- (e) Christopher Simpson. f. 52;-...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English and German
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (87 folios)
50. Add MS 5018
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- Add MS 5018
- Title:
- Watercolours of plants of Japan, with their name in Japanese and Dutch, followed by a description in Dutch
- Scope & Content:
- 84 watercolours of plants from Japan with their name inscribed in Japanese and in Dutch, or Latin (ff. 1-82). The drawings are followed by a description of the plants handwritten in Dutch (ff. 83-157). Exceptions are the text on f. 148 and f. 155, where there are notes on the plants handwritten ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Dutch, German, Japanese, and Latin
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century-Early 18th century
- Extent:
- 1 volume (159 items)