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1341. Add MS 44983

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Title:
LIFE OF CARDINAL MAZARIN, originally composed between 1653 and 1661. Italian. The text is a version of the so-called 'Anonymous of Turin', first published from a manuscript in the University Library of Turin by L. Chiala, Revista Contemporanea, vol. iv, 1855, pp. 540-584, and differs in detail from that printed by Chiala. The scribe of the present manuscript seems to have been a Florentine (see his reference, f. 33, to 'la nostra presa fiorentina'), who has added a preface (f. 2) and an acco...
Scope & Content:
Jules Mazarin, d 1661 Cardinal: Biography.: 1661.: Ital.: Copy (17th cent.). includes: f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: North (Frederick), 5th Earl of Guilford;d. 1827.f. i Heraldry: Armorial bookplates of the 5th Lord Guilford, d.1827.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1653-1661
Extent:
1 item

1342. Add MS 44984

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HANDWRITING AND COMPOSITION BOOK; early 18th cent. Italian. Contains miscellaneous pieces of verse and prose written out mainly, it would appear, as schoolroom exercises. One piece copied (f. 16) takes the form of a letter from Maria Maddalena Mellini Casale to an unnamed sister, dated Rome, 26 Jan. 1707. Paper; ff. i + 73. 260 mm. x 180 mm. XVIII cent. Ff. 1-9, with nine blank unnumbered leaves, and 56-73, are added leaves wrapped round the original book by way of a continuation. Armorial b...
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includes: f. i Heraldry: Armorial bookplates of the 5th Lord Guilford, d.1827.f. 16 Maria Maddalena Mellini Casale, of Rome: Letter to her sister: 1707.: Ital.: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

1343. Add MS 45102

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Song, 'If 'tis love to wish you near', composed by Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, 28 June 1885, with autograph title-page. The words are by Charles Dibdin (see The Professional Life of Mr Dibdin, 1803, i, pp. 112- 113). Supplementary to Add. MS. 43867. ff. 1-4. Presented by Henry George Farmer, Mus.D. B. Autograph papers of Mandell Creighton, Bishop of Peterborough (1891) and (1897) of London; n.d. As follows:-(1) Draft, with some correcti...
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includes: ff. 1-4 Ladislas Joseph Philip Paul Zavertal, composer; son of Václav Hugo Zavertal: Song, 'If 'tis love to wish you near': 1885.: Partly autogr.f. 5 Reverend Cuthbert Creighton, son of Mandell Creighton: Letter to H. I. Bell: 1937.ff. 6-12 Mandell Creighton, Bishop of Peterboro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1200-1937
Extent:
1 item

1344. Add MS 45140-45148

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Title:
SCUDAMORE PAPERS
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SCUDAMORE PAPERS: further papers of John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore 1628, Ambassador to France 1635-1639, supplementing Add. MSS. 11041-11059, 11689, 11690, 11816, 35097, 35207. The present papers were included in the sale of part of the library from Holme Lacy in 1821 (Evans's sale-cat.,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
28 Apr 1911
Extent:
9 items

1345. Add MS 45150

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'VITA DI FRANCESCO FERRUCI' by Filippo Sassetti (d. 1588): an early 19th-cent. copy in Italian of Florence MS. Riccardiana 1539, which has been published (omitting two introductory sections, ff. 1-14 of the present transcript) by C. Monzani, Archivio storico italiano, iv, part ii, 1853, pp. 467-535. Paper; ff. v + 74. Folio. Early XIX cent. Formerly Phillipps MS. 16318, acquired by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., at the Libri sale, Sotheby's sale-cat., 28 Mar.-5 Apr. 1859, lot 376. See also Sot...
Scope & Content:
Filippo Sassetti, d 1588 merchant: Life of F. Ferrucci: n.d.: Ital.: Copy, 19th cent. Francesco Ferrucci, defender of the Florentine Republic: Life by F. Sassetti, bef. 1588. Ital. Copy: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

1346. Add MS 45227-45264

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Title:
POSITIVIST PAPERS. Vols. IV-XLI. Further correspondence, etc., of Richard Congreve, M.A., M.R.C.P., follower of Auguste Comte and founder of the English Branch of the Positivist Society. Vols. I-III of the same archive are Add. MSS. 43842-43844; on the whole collection see Brit. Mus. Quart., ix, 1934-1935, pp. 123-124, and xiii, 1938-1939, pp. 54-55. Eight volumes. Paper. Various sizes. Presented by Miss Emily Geddes, the donor also of Add. MSS. 43842-43844.
Scope & Content:
Richard Congreve, positivist: Correspondence and papers: 1837-1899. Positivism: Correspondence and papers of R. Congreve: 1837-1899. Philosophy: Papers rel. to the Positivist Movement: 1837-1899.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1818-1900]
Extent:
38 items

1347. Add MS 45290-45297

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Title:
ARCHER CORRESPONDENCE. Correspondence and papers of William Archer (b. 1856, d. 1924), literary and dramatic critic, with or relating to persons of celebrity in the worlds of letters and of the stage; 1877-1924, n.d. The names of correspondents will be found in the Index to the present Catalogue. Apart from those referred to below, the principal are W. E. Henley (Add. MS. 45292, ff. 38-155), E. V. Lucas (Add. MS. 45293, ff. 30-133), George Moore (Add. MS. 45293, ff. 221-309), and R. L. Steve...
Scope & Content:
William Archer, drama critic and author: Correspondence and papers: 1877-1924. Drama: W. Archer, correspondence and papers: 1877-1924.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1877-1924
Extent:
8 items

1348. Add MS 45338-45353

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Title:
THE ROBERT STEELE GIFT
Scope & Content:
CORRESPONDENCE AND PAPERS OF WILLIAM MORRIS. Vols. I-XVI. Letters and papers of William Morris, the poet and artist (b. 1834, d. 1896), his wife Jane, called 'Janey' (d. 1914), his elder daughter Jane Alice, called 'Jenny', and more particularly his second daughter Mary, called 'May' (d. 1938); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Icelandic, and Italian
Date Range:
1861-1938
Extent:
18 items

1349. Add MS 45498

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Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Certificate of election as Tribuno Superiore in the Legione Calabro- Meridionale of the Falange Sacra issued to citizen Eugenio Panizza; May, 1865. Ital. Signed, and partly written, by Giuseppe Mazzini, the Italian statesman. Endorsed with an instruction by the Comitato Centrale Segreto of the Falange Sacra, Naples. f. 1. Presented by Frank Cantalamessa, Esq., grandson of the recipient. B. Certificate of domicile issued by the municipal officers,...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Italy: Falange Sacra certificate issued by G. Mazzini: 1865.: Ital.f. 1 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian patriot: Falange Sacra certificate issued by: 1865.: Ital.f. 4 France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. First Republic: Certificate of domicile issued by t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1616-1936
Extent:
1 item

1350. Add MS 45517

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HUDSON LOWE PAPERS: CORRESPONDENCE of Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., Governor of St Helena 1815-1821, during the detention of Napoleon; 1803-1842. English, French, Italian and Greek. Other papers of his in the Department, on which see Brit. Mus. Quart., xxiii, 1960-1961, pp. 63-64, are Add. MSS. 15729, 2O1O7-20240, 29543, 36297, ff. 12-21, 41192, ff. 68-70b (bought at the Crawford sale, Sotheby's sale-cats. 1-4 Dec. 1924, 27-28 Apr. and 30 Nov.-3 Dec. 1925, at which ot...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Colonel Charles Stuart, Lieutenant -General 1798; KB 1799: Letter to H. Lowe: 1795.f. 3 Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, KB: Letter to Sir H. Lowe: 1803.ff. 3-96 Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe, GCMG; Governor of St Helena: Correspondence: 1803-1842.f. 5 Antonio Cape...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
1803-1842
Extent:
1 item

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