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1491. Add MS 63729

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GASCOIGNE PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Sir Bernard Gascoigne alias Bernardo or Bernardino Guasconi (b.1614, d.1687); 1665-circa 1683. Partly autograph drafts and copies. Mostly Italian and Latin. The letters and papers relate principally to the abortive negotiations of 1672-1673 for the marriage of James, Duke of York, (later James II) to Archduchess Claudia Felicitas of Austria-Tyrol (later second wife of Emperor Leopold I), and contain sixteen letters (1665-1676) from the Archduche...
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Sir Bernard Gascoigne, alias Gascoyne formerly Guasconi; diplomatist: Correspondence and papers of Sir Bernard Gascoigne: 1665-circa 1683: Mostly Ital. and Lat: Partly drafts and copies. includes: ff. 1-10v, 15-24, 68-73v, 79-81, 85-87 FERDINAND CHARLES, COUNTS OF Tyrol; Anna de Medici, wife...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1665-c 1683
Extent:
1 item

1492. Add MS 63752-63781

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PRESTON PAPERS Correspondence and papers of Sir Richard Graham, 3rd Bart., of Eske and Netherby, 1st Viscount Preston, Envoy Extraordinary in Paris (1682-1685), Master of the Great Wardrobe (1685-1688), Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland and Westmorland (1687-1688) and Secretary of State (1688); 1629-1760, n.d., but chiefly of the 1680s. Extensively calendared in H.M.C. 7th Report, pp. 261-428, to which detailed references are given below. Individual documents are stamped 'Netherby Library'. Purc...
Scope & Content:
Charles II of England: James II of England: Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston: Correspondence and papers of Lord Preston, chiefly as Ambassador in Paris and Sec. of State: 1629-1760, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1629-1760
Extent:
30 items

1493. Add MS 64075-64076

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MACDONELL PAPERS
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Correspondence and papers of the Macdonell family; 1732-1913, n.d. Partly drafts and copies. Partly French, Italian and Spanish. Another group of Macdonell papers was sold at Sotheby's, 23 March 1981, lot 107. Purchased at Phillips's, 11 Dec. 1986, lot 96. Paper. Two volumes bound as four. Bri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1732-1913
Extent:
2 items

1494. Add MS 64099-64104

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Title:
DESCRIPTION OF EUROPE
Scope & Content:
Illustrated description in epistolary form of France, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal and England by Louis Jérôme de Goujon de Thuisy, Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; 1778-1806, with annotations extending at least to 1819. Mostly autograph fair copies. Mos...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1778-1806
Extent:
6 items

1495. Add MS 64870-64924

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Title:
COKE PAPERS (SERIES I) Correspondence and papers of Sir John Coke, Secretary of State to King Charles I; 1551-1644. Partly drafts. Partly Latin, French and Italian. The papers cover all aspects of Coke's official career, as manager (1591-1593) of the estates of Sir Fulke Greville, Deputy-Treasurer (1599-1604) and later (1621-1636) Commissioner of the Navy, Master of Requests (1622-1625), Member of Parliament (1621-1629) and Secretary of State (1625-1639). Also included are letters and papers...
Scope & Content:
Navy; England: Correspondence and papers rel. to the Navy: 1578-1644. Sir John Coke, Secretary of State: Correspondence and papers of Sir John Coke: 1551-1644: Partly Fr., Lat. and Ital: Partly drafts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1551-1644
Extent:
55 items

1496. Add MS 64927

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GERMAN, ITALIAN AND ENGLISH SONGS: album of songs with piano accompaniment, with a few excerpts from waltzes for piano; 1845. Mostly published and in various hands. The names of all composers who have been identified are included in the index to the present catalogue. Some anonymous songs may have been composed by their contributors. The first two songs are later insertions on separate sheets. With an inserted poem on headed notepaper bearing the address 'Sprivers, Horsmonden, Kent' (f. ii)....
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includes: ff. 1-1v Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer: Song. Copy by Karl Friedrich Curschmann: 1845: Germ.ff. 2-2v, 37-43 Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken, composer: Songs. Copies by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken: 1845: Germ.ff. 3-5 Wilhelm Bernhard Molique, violinist and composer: Song. Copy by Wil...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1845
Extent:
1 item

1497. Add MS 64960

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ITALIAN CANTATAS: twenty-nine Italian cantatas for solo voice (soprano clef) and continuo, copied in one hand; [circa 1750?]. Formerly owned by Maria Ducarel, recorded (f. ii verso) as a gift to her from George Henry Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield, in 1768. Part of a hymn tune 'At Even Ere the Sun was set' has been added (f. 77v) in a later [20th-cent.] hand. Purchased at Sotheby's, 22 May 1987, lot 365. Paper; ff. ii+123. 220 x 285mm. Contemporary full binding of brown leather, tooled. 'Canta...
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includes: ff. 1-4, 27-30v, 36-39v, 61-64v, 73-77, 78-81v, 86-90v, 103-107v Francesco Mancini, composer: Cantatas. Copies by Francesco Mancini: circa 1750?: Ital.ff. 5-8v Francesco Gasparini, composer: Cantata 'Begli occhi adorati'. Copy by Francesco Gasparini: circa 1750?: Ital.ff. 9-11v, 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[c 1750?]
Extent:
1 item

1498. Add MS 65162-65177

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Title:
CHARLES BURNEY COLLECTION: materials gathered by Charles Burney D.D., classical scholar (b.1757, d.1817), for a projected history of Greek drama; late 18th-early 19th cent. Mostly Latin, Greek and Italian. Mostly printed, with some MS. annotations. Supplementing Add. 59902-60165. Transferred from the British Library's Woolwich Repository, Oct. 1987. Paper. Sixteen volumes.
Scope & Content:
Charles Burney, DD; classical scholar: Literature GREEK: Printed Matter: Academic collections and notes of Charles Burney: 16th-19th cent.: Partly Gr: Partly printed. Charles Burney, DD; classical scholar: Materials for a history of Greek drama: late 18th-early 19th cent: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
16 items

1499. Add MS 65382-65525

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Title:
NOVELLO COLLECTION Music manuscripts written or collected by the publisher and editor, Vincent Novello (b.1781, d.1861), with related items, some added to the collection after his death; 1750-1960, n.d. The collection is made up of autograph manuscripts of various composers, copies or arrangements in the hand of Vincent Novello, and copies in other hands. Some of the manuscripts were already bound when they entered Novello's possession, others were grouped together and bound into volumes for...
Scope & Content:
Vincent Novello, organist, composer and publisher: Music manuscripts collected by V. Novello, with later additions to the collection: 1750-1960, n.d: Partly autogr. copies and arrangements.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1750-1960
Extent:
162 items

1500. Add MS 68923-68932

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Title:
CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS: letters and papers relating to the acquisition of the Codex Sinaiticus (Add. 43725) by the British Museum in 1933, and to the raising in 1934-1937 by public subscription of over half the purchase price, together with a volume of newspaper cuttings, papers relating to the binding by Douglas Cockerell, the publication of leaflets, etc.; 1933-1937, n.d. Partly copies. Partly French, German, Italian and Welsh. See also Add. 63650, f. 6. For further materials relating mai...
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Sir George Francis Hill, KCB; Director, British Museum: Correspondence rel. to acquisition of Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1935. British Museum: Papers rel. to acquisition, etc., of Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1937, n.d. Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE; Director, British Museum: Correspondence rel. to ac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Welsh
Date Range:
1933-1937
Extent:
10 items

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