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1461. Add MS 59795

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GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL: overtures, arias and duets from 'Siroë' (printed London 1728) and 'Tolomeo' (printed London 1737), the vocal pieces mostly transposed for alto voice; 1728. Contemporary copy, the overtures (in reduced score) possibly in the hand of J. C. Smith, senior. Name 'Edw. Stephenson' ff. 1, 2. Purchased at a special price from Reginald R. Dale, 19 May 1976. Paper; ff. ii+109. 231 x 295mm.
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Music: J. C. Smith, the elder: George Frideric Handel, composer: Overtures, arias and duets from 'Siroe' and 'Tolomeo' by George Frideric Handel, copied by(?) J. C. Smith: 1728: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1728
Extent:
1 item

1462. Add MS 59846

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum; ff. 225. British Library arrangement. A. Examination of Philip Wake before Sir Salathiel Lovell, Recorder of London, relating to the setting fire to the house of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., in Bloomsbury Square; 27 April 1700. Purchased of Alan G. Thomas, Jan. 1977. f. 1. 300 x 185mm. B. Letter of Ethel Rowe afterwards Holloway (b.1866, d.1927) to her brother John Christopher Rowe, entitled 'Jottings from Kimberley Delivered'; 27 Feb. 1...
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includes: f. 1 Sir Salathiel Lovell, Recorder of London: Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Examination of Philip Wake signed by Sir Salathiel Lovell rel. to Sir Hans Sloane: 1700.f. 2 Ethel Rowe, afterwards Holloway; of Kimberley, South Africa: John Christopher Rowe: Letter to her brother from Ethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1360-1977
Extent:
1 item

1463. Add MS 59863

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ST LEO THE GREAT: collection of sermons of St Leo, written by the scribe Angelus and illuminated, probably in Florence; 3rd quarter of 15th cent. Latin. Included are 88 out of the 96 sermons printed in P.L. 54.142-468, together with one further genuine sermon (P.L. 54.517). The collection begins (ff. 1-6v) with a letter from St Leo to Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople (P.L. 54.755) and concludes (ff. 184-186v) with a sermon 'De Absalom'(P.L. 56.1151) sometimes attributed to St Leo, but he...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Florentine tooled brown leather over wooden boards: 3rd quarter of 15th cent. Florence, Italy: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ITALIAN: Sermons: Leo I; Pope: Angelus, scribe, of Florence: Collection of sermons of St Leo, copied by Angelus and illuminated in Florence: 3rd quart...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of 15th century
Extent:
1 item

1464. Add MS 59892

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum; ff. 166. British Library arrangement. A. Letter of George Eliot to Frederick Lehmann; 19 April [1866]. Extracts from this letter are printed in G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters (1954-1955), iv, p. 240. Purchased of Pan American Books, Cazenovia, New York, 4 Jan. 1978. ff. 1-2. 153 x 98mm. B. Three letters of W. E. Gladstone to Sir Donald Currie, M.P., relating to a forthcoming cruise in one of Currie's steamers with Tennyson and o...
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includes: f. 1 Frederick Lehmann: Marian Cross, née Evans; alias 'George Eliot'; novelist: Letter to Frederick Lehmann from `George Eliot': [1866].ff. 3, 6, 10 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Sir Donald Currie, GCMG: Letters to Sir Donald Currie from William Ewart Gladstone: 1883.f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1353-1999
Extent:
1 item

1465. Add MS 60355

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'REGOLAMENTO PER LA CASA DI CORREZIONE': rules for the Grand Ducal Prison, Florence; circa 1786. Italian. Copy sent to the prison reformer John Howard with (f. iv) an accompanying letter from Sir Horace Mann dated 14 April 1786. The original was apparently dated 4 Aug. 1782. Nos. '382' (circular label pasted to upper cover, f. i) and '3216' (inscription on upper cover, f. ii) in two unidentified 19th cent. booksellers' catalogues. No. 1068 in Thorpe's 1836 catalogue (f. iii). Purchased of Th...
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Prisons: Florence, Italy: Grand Duchy of Tuscany: Rules for the Grand Ducal Prison, Florence: circa 1786: Ital. includes: f. iv Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet; British Minister at Florence: John Howard, philanthropist: Letter to John Howard from Sir Horace Mann: 1786.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1786
Extent:
1 item

1466. Add MS 60399-60483

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BEAUVALE PAPERS Correspondence and papers of the Hon. Sir Frederick James Lamb, G.C.B. (b.1782, d.1853), Baron Beauvale 1839, 3rd Viscount Melbourne 1848, secretary of the legation at Palermo, 1811-1815, envoy to Bavaria, 1815-1820, ambassador to the Germanic Federation, 1817-1823, envoy to Spain, 1825-1827, ambassador to Portugal, 1828, ambassador at Vienna, 1832-1841; 1812-1853, n.d. Paper. Eighty-five volumes. British Library arrangement. Arranged as follows: A. Official and semi-offi...
Scope & Content:
Sir Frederick James Lamb, 3rd Viscount Melbourne; Baron Beauvale: Correspondence and papers of Lord Beauvale: 1811-1853, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1812-1853
Extent:
91 items

1467. Add MS 60516

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JEREMIAH MILLES, DEAN OF EXETER: 'An Account of what I saw remarkable between Venice and London'; 13 June - 12 July 1734. A continuation of Add. 15763. Autograph. Ten inserted engraved plates on ff. 3, 4 (Vicenza), 6, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19 (Verona), 25 (Milan), 87 (Châlons-sur-Marne). Owned by Rochdale Public Libraries ('12573' f. iii). Autograph note on f. 1 'J. Milles 1734 bought in Venice price 2 Lires 8 soldi'. Also on f. 1 is the arms of Sir Clement Molyneux Royds. Transferred from the Bri...
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Voyages and Travels: Jeremiah Milles, Dean of Exeter: Account of travels from Venice to London by Jeremiah Milles: 1734: Autogr. includes: f. 1 Sir Clement Molyneux Royds, of Falinge, county Lancashire: Bookplate: late 19th cent.ff. 3, 4 Vicenza, Italy: Art. Engravings, etc: Views of the T...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
13 Jun 1734-12 Jul 1734
Extent:
1 item

1468. Add MS 60537

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SUPPLEMENTARY STRANGE PAPERS: correspondence and bibliographical, topographical, artistic, antiquarian and business papers of John Strange, F.R.S., F.S.A. (b.1732, d.1799), British Resident in Venice from 1773 to 1783; 1773-1787. They supplement Add. 19309-19315; 23729; 23730; 42855, f.156; Eg. 1969, 1970, 1981, 2001, 2002, 2233 and King's 290, 291, 293, 294. Acquired through the British Records Association from Messrs. Vizards of 51 Lincoln's Inn Fields, July 1979. Paper; ff. 213. British...
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includes: ff. 1-5 John Strange, Resident at Venice: James Smith Barry: Letters to John Strange from James Smith Barry: 1781-1782.ff. 6-9 John Strange, Resident at Venice: Pierre François Basan, engraver and publisher: Letters to John Strange from Pierre François Basan: 1787: Fr.ff. 10-17 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1757-1787
Extent:
1 item

1469. Add MS 60590

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'ARITMETICA MERCANTILE' OR 'ABACO': treatise in Italian, probably written at Venice, containing the text of problems in a calligraphic hand, with solutions written in by a pupil; circa 1500. For manuals of practical commercial arithmetic, see A. Fanfani, Preparazione all' attività economica nei secoli xiv-xv in Italia (1952), and D. E. Smith, Rara Arithmetica, 4th edition (New York, 1970). Purchased of Jörg Schäfer, of Zurich, 6 July 1979. Paper; ff. 112. 170 x 125mm. Contemporary binding ...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ITALIAN: Limp unbacked leather with chequered pattern of blind fillets: circa 1500. Mathematics: `Aritmetica mercantile' or `Abaco': circa 1500: Ital.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:
1 item

1470. Add MS 60757-61100

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THE CARNARVON PAPERS Official and private correspondence and papers of Henry H. M. Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Under-Secretary for the Colonies 1858-1859, Colonial Secretary 1866-1867, 1874-1878, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1885-1886, together with other letters and papers mostly relating to the Herbert family. See also Add. Charters 75874-75878. More of Lord Carnarvon's papers, mostly of an official nature, are now preserved in the Public Record Office (PRO 30/6; see NRA report 20656...
Scope & Content:
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: Correspondence and papers, etc.,: 1790-1926.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1790-1934
Extent:
388 items

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