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1431. Add MS 54510-54563

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Add MS 54510-54563
Title:
SIR C. J. NAPIER PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, the conqueror of Sind (b.1782, d.1853); 1801-1853. Some copies, drafts and printed material. Some French, Greek, and Italian. The collection supplements other papers of Sir C. J. Napier, Add. 49105-49147. When acquired, most of the papers were in the original dockets, endorsed by Napier: presumably the material was not used by biographers of Napier before 1968. See: P. V. Blake-Hill, 'The Napie...
Scope & Content:
India: Ionian Islands: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles James Napier, GCB: Cephalonia, Ionian Islands: Army; England: Correspondence and papers of Sir C. J. Napier: 1801-1851, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Persian
Date Range:
1801-1853
Extent:
54 items

1432. Add MS 56038

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Add MS 56038
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RECIPES FOR COLOURS, ETC.: Italian collection of recipes for pigments, inks, varnishes and glues, with notes on painting and restoration techniques and with annotated samples of earth colours (ff. 110-113); circa 1750. Italian. Con-temporary note of payment to Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio, f. 57. Formerly numbered 45,567 (pencil, f. v). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books (Patent Office Library), 14 May 1969. Paper; ff. v+120. 218 x 155mm. Patent Office Library binding.
Scope & Content:
Art. Treatises: Recipes: Recipes for artists' colours with guidelines for techniques: circa 1750: Ital. includes: f. 57 Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio, artist: Note of payment for artwork , to Lorenzo Paolucci Cabrolaio: circa 1750: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 item

1433. Add MS 56074

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Add MS 56074
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GEOMETRY AND ENGINEERING: treatises on plane geometry, mechanics and artillery, etc.; late 17th-early 18th cent. Italian. Plentifully illustrated with drawings in pen and ink, and watercolour. Old number '155', Italian, 18th cent., f. 1. Paper slip in Italian, giving brief title, description, a shelf mark 'Lib. 1, scaf. 1' and the number '17', 19th cent., f. v. For a similar slip in a MS. of the same provenance, see Add. 36880, f. ii. Possibly from the collection of Matteo Luigi Canonici (d....
Scope & Content:
End-papers: Italian, floral design in red and gold: late 17th-early 18th centt. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Illustrated treatises on mechanics, etc.,: late 17th-early 18th cent: Pen and ink, and water colour. includes: f. iv Bookplates and Book-stamps: Reverend Walter Sneyd, of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

1434. Add MS 56075

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Add MS 56075
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CREYKE COLLECTION: miscellaneous letters, etc., chiefly addressed to Walter Pennington Creyke (1828-1892) and his wife Caroline; 1787-1887, n.d. Partly French and Italian. Walter Creyke was the author of a comedy 'Maxime', first produced at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, in March 1864. His wife was the reputed authoress, under the pseudonym 'Diane Chasseresse', of Sporting Sketches (1890). The letters are mainly from artists, singers, musicians and other prominent persons. For an account of Crey...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 William George Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire: Letter to W. P. Creyke: 1857.ff. 1-24 Walter Pennington Creyke, son of Archdeacon S Creyke: Letters to: 1857-1881, n.d.: Partly Fr. and Ital.f. 3 Maria J. Burke: Letter to W. P. Creyke: 1864.f. 5 Emily Peel, wife o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1787-1966
Extent:
1 item

1435. Add MS 56093-56098

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Add MS 56093-56098
Title:
POWER PAPERS: journals, diaries, notebooks, correspondence and papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power, G.C.B (d.1960); 1905-1950, n.d. Includes copies, drafts and typewritten material. Some Italian and Russian. The journals, etc., are illustrated by diagrams, plans and maps in pen, ink and colour wash. Power was commander of H.M.S. 'Ark Royal', 1938-1940, and of the 15th Cruiser Squadron, 1942-1943, Vice-Admiral, Malta, 1943-1944, and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1945. Pres...
Scope & Content:
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power, GCB: Navy; England: Diaries and Memoranda: Journals, correspondence and papers of Adm. of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power: 1905-1950, n.d: Some Ital. and Russ: Partly copies, drafts and typewritten.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Russian
Date Range:
1905-1950
Extent:
6 items

1436. Add MS 56105

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Add MS 56105
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 140. British Library arrangement. A. Letters of Jules Verne and Raoul Dufy; 1897, 1916. French. Paul C. Richards Autographs, Brookline, Mass., U.S.A., Cat. 46, items 75, 148. Purchased from Paul C. Richards, 31 Jan. 1970. ff. 1-6. Largest size 180 x 135mm. 1. ff. 1-3. Letter from Jules Verne to Duncan Lucas; Amiens, 8 April 1897. 2. f. 5. Letter from Raoul Dufy to –, about war posters; Paris, 30 May 1916. B. Letter from Louis Jacques M...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-3 Jules Verne, author: Duncan Lucas: Letter to Duncan Lucas from Jules Verne: 1897: Fr.f. 5 Raoul Dufy, artist: Letter to -: 1916: Fr.f. 7 Dominique François Jean Arago, astronomer: Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, photographer: Letter to Dominique François Jean Arago from Lo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1706-1964
Extent:
1 item

1437. Add MS 56106-56225

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Add MS 56106-56225
Title:
Sir Alexander Fleming Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notebooks and papers of Sir Alexander Fleming, bacteriologist and discoverer of penicillin (d. 1955); 1901-1957. The papers consist of correspondence, journals, scientific notebooks, publications, lectures, speeches and miscellaneous papers mainly for the period 1907-1957. Includ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1901-1957
Extent:
120 items

1438. Add MS 56232

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Add MS 56232
Title:
BERNINI: letter from Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of Louis XIV, concerning his designs for the Louvre, etc.; Rome, 7 Dec. 1665. Italian. From the collection of Alfred Morrison (d.1897). Calendared in Catalogue of the Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents formed between 1865 and 1882 by A. Morrison, compiled by A. W. Thibaudeau, i (1883), p. 70, where the provenance is given as the Gallois and Trémont collections. 'Vente Gallois No. 20', in pe...
Scope & Content:
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, sculptor: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1st Marquis de Seignelay; French minister of State: Letter to J.-B. Colbert from Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini: 1665: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
7 Dec 1665
Extent:
1 item

1439. Add MS 56239-56247*

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Add MS 56239-56247*
Title:
BLATHWAYT PAPERS
Scope & Content:
correspondence and papers of William Blathwayt, Secretary at War 1683-1704; 1663-1712, n.d. Partly copies and drafts. Latin, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Blathwayt was a clerk at the English embassy at The Hague, 1668-1672, and secretary to the Earl of Conway, Secretary o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1663-1712
Extent:
10 items

1440. Add MS 56444-56453

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Add MS 56444-56453
Title:
SUPPLEMENTARY GLADSTONE PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of and concerning William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister (d.1898); 1845-1902, n.d. Partly copies. Some printed material. Some French and Italian. The items were once part of the Gladstone Papers, now Add. 44086-44835. The collection became separated from the rest of the archive when it was used by John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn 1908, when working on his The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (1903). It was subsequently found ...
Scope & Content:
John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn: Correspondence and papers, with notes, used in his 'Life' of W. E. Gladstone: 1845-1902, n.d. William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Correspondence and papers, etc.,: 1845-1902, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1845-1902
Extent:
10 items

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