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2881. Add MS 42177

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Title:
LETTERS from Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B., Principal Librarian of the British Museum, to Sir James Philip Lacaita, K.C.M.G., chiefly of personal interest; May 1852-6 Dec. I875. Italian, with a few in English. The latest letters are written by amanuenses and signed by Panizzi. For Lacaita see the biography by his son, C. C. Lacaita, An Italian Englishman, 1933. Paper; ff. 25I. Quarto. A. D. 1852-1875. Presented by C. C. Lacaita, Esq.
Scope & Content:
Sir Anthony Panizzi, KCB; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letters to Sir J. P. Lacaita: 1852-1875.: Ital. and Engl. Sir James Philip Lacaita, KCMG: Letters to, from Sir A. Panizzi: 1852-1875.: Ital. and Engl. includes: f. 32 Vincenzo Salvagnoli: Letter to Sir J. P. Lacaita: 1858.: Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1852-1875
Extent:
1 item

2882. Add MS 42239

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CHRONICLE, in Italian, covering the years 1438-1491, compiled probably by Cristoforo Schioppa (see below), a merchant of Verona (d. 1492). Beg. 'Evgenio de Nation venetiano dala sacrosancta Romana eccles[ia]'. Ends (f. 1 44) 'non curo del scriuer de lui ne de Ricomandation'. The chronicle, which relates mainly to Northern Italy, was first printed from the only other known MS. (Vicenza, Bibl. Bertoliana MS. Gonzati. M. 5. 10) in Monumenti storici pubblicati dalla R. Deputazione Veneta di Stor...
Scope & Content:
Verona, Italy: Chronicle attrib. to C. Schioppa: 1438-1491.: Ital. Christoforo Schioppa, d 1492 merchant, of Verona: Chronicle of events 1438-1491, attrib. to: 15th cent.: Ital. Italy: Chronicle, attrib. to C. Schioppa, rel. chiefly to N. Italy: 1438-1491.: Ital. History: Chronicle, attrib. t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1500
Extent:
1 item

2883. Add MS 42502 A-B

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Title:
SIMONIDES PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of and relating to Constantine Simonides, the forger, collected by John Eliot Hodgkin, the antiquary; 1821-1868. The correspondence is largely concerned with papyri and MSS. which Simonides claimed to have acquired in the Near East or to have discovered in the Egyptological collections of Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., of Liverpool, and also with his claim to have written the Codex Sinaiticus. An account of Simonides, based partly on the present papers, is...
Scope & Content:
Constantine Simonides, forger: Correspondence and papers of and rel. to: 19th cent.: Gr. and Engl. Forgeries: Correspondence, etc., of and rel. to C. Simonides: 19th cent.: Gr. and Engl.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Romanian
Date Range:
1821-1868
Extent:
2 items

2884. Add MS 42502 B

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Scope & Content:
SIMONIDES PAPERS. VOI. II (ff. 199). (I) Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Simonides, including letters from his father and other members of his family, and some documents relating to the Greek War of Independence; 1821-1862. Mostly in Greek. Many of the items appear to be fabrications ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Romanian
Date Range:
1821-1863
Extent:
1 item

2885. Add MS 42518

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Title:
Thomas Speght, The Workes of our Antient and learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed; with autograph notes by Gabriel Harvey
Scope & Content:
This book contains the publication by Thomas Speght (d. 1621) of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Workes of our Antient and learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed (London: Islip, 1598). It features autograph notes by the scholar and writer Gabriel Harvey (b. 1552/3, d. 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1598
Extent:
1 item

2886. Add MS 42575-42577

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Title:
SHERBORN AUTOGRAPHS. Vols. I-III (ff. 346, 306, 353). Art and Literature: A-G, H-O, P-Z.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
3 items

2887. Add MS 42575-42585

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Title:
SHERBORN AUTOGRAPHS
Scope & Content:
Original letters and papers, mainly of the 19th and 20th centt., selected from the collection of Charles Davies Sherborn, D.Sc. (d. 1942), which was formed largely in connection with his work at the British Museum (Natural History). The collector's own scheme of classification and alphabetic arr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, and Swedish
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
11 items

2888. Add MS 42576

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Scope & Content:
Vol. II, ff. 306, H-O. includes: ff. 1, 5 Sir Francis Seymour Haden, etcher and surgeon: Letters to C. W. and C. D. Sherbom: 1880, 1902. f. 7 Louis Haghe, lithographer and painter: Letter to W. Jerdan: 1848. f.8 Louis Haghe, lithographer and painter: Letter to Martha Copland: 1865. f. 9 Anna M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

2889. Add MS 42578

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SHERBORN AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. IV (ff. 251). Music and Drama. 4 BM Poetry ENGLISH: Speght's edition of Chaucer, with G. Harvey's marginalia.: 1598. includes: f. 1 Janet Achurch, actress; wife of C Carrington: Letter to Miss Becher: n.d. f. 3 Sir George Alexander, actor and manager, St James's Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

2890. Add MS 42579

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Scope & Content:
Vol. V, ff. 291, A-E. includes: f. 1 Andrew Leith Adams, FRS: Letter to [ ?T. R. Jones]: 1864. f. 3 William Grylls Adams, Professor of Natural Philosophy, King's College, London: Letter to [?T. R. Jones]: 1875. ff. 5, 7 Jacob Georg Agardh, Swedish naturalist: Letters to [ ? T. R. Jones]: 1887-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 item

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