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1. Add MS 5018

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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)

2. Add MS 5024/2

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Title:
A view of Pekin [Beijing]
Scope & Content:
A view of Beijing drawn in ink and watercolours over 5 sheets, laid down on canvas. There is a cartouche in the middle of the drawing inscribed in German 'Die Haupt Stadt Pekin in China'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 roll

3. Add MS 5027 A

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Title:
Maps, charts, notes and draft material mostly from Joan Blaeu's workshop in Amsterdam
Scope & Content:
Maps, nautical charts and related draft material mostly from the Amsterdam mapmaking office of Joan Blaeu, official cartographer for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Some of the maps, charts and notes are signed by assistants of Blaeu, namely Dionysius Paulusz. van Husum and Jan Alberts. All ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, German, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (133 items)

4. Add MS 5232

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Title:
Maps, drawings and notes collected by Engelbert Kaempfer and relating to his travels
Scope & Content:
Maps and drawings of views, antiquities and plants relating to Engelbert Kaempfer's (1651-1716) travels through Russia, the Persian Empire and Japan. Kaempfer was a German doctor, naturalist and physician who travelled to the Persian Empire as part of a Swedish embassy and was subsequently appoi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin, and Russian
Date Range:
late 17th century-early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (243 items)

5. Add MS 5233

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Title:
Drawings, notes and letters collected by Dr Edward Browne during his travels across Europe
Scope & Content:
Sketches, notes and letters collected and / or made by Dr Edward Browne during his travels across Europe (1664-65 and 1668-69) and later assembled by his father, Dr Thomas Browne. The drawings and inscriptions are made on paper and pasted on the folios of the albums. Several items bear an additi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

1 volume (89 items)

6. Add MS 5234

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Title:
Drawings by Gerard Hofstede van Essen, Dr Edward Browne and others
Scope & Content:
This album contains many drawings with inscriptions that include outdated terms. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, the text is always in between inverted commas. This is an album of drawings executed by G. Hofstede van Essen, Edward Browne and other draughtsmen. These are primaril...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:

1 volume (105 items)

7. Add MS 5308 C

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Title:
Watercolours of fish, crustaceans and other marine animals
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of fish, crustaceans, and other marine animals by an unknown draughtsman likely of German origin. A label pasted down on f. 1 introduces the album as 'A Book of Fishes done at Hamburgh with Mr Ray's Notes'. On the same folio are two small sketches in pen in brown ink of the head of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (23 folios)

8. Sloane MS 1-4100

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Sloane MS 1-4100
Title:
Sloane Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Sir Hans Sloane (d 1753). c 1100-c 1750. 4100 manuscripts
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Breton, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Greenlandic, Hebrew, Irish, Italian, Latin, Low German, Malayalam, Official Aramaic, Polish, Portuguese, Romance languages, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Venetian
Date Range:
c 1000-c 1750
Extent:
4153 items

9. Sloane MS 7

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Sloane MS 7
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Scope & Content:
Medicine: Charms and Receipts. Orationes et receptæmedica.: 10th-18th centt. Medicine: Collectanea medica: 13th-17th cent.: Engl., Lat., Dutch, Germ. and Fr. includes: f. 29 b Prayers: "A messe for the feuers": 15th cent. ff. 30-33b, 40 Medicine. Botanical: De medicina botanica: 12th-17th cen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
10th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 52

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Sloane MS 52
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Scope & Content:
Chemistry: Chemical receipts, processes and experiments: 15th-17th centt.: Engl., Germ., Fr., Ital., and Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
15th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

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