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Project / Collection Egerton Manuscripts Language Italian Name Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821

1. Egerton MS 3677

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Egerton MS 3677
Title:
PANIZZI PAPERS. Letters, collected as autographs, mostly addressed to Sir Anthony Panizzi, K.C.B., Principal Librarian of the British Museum; 1828-1878, n.d. English, French and Italian. Other general correspondence of Panizzi is Add. MSS. 36714-36729, 49596 and 59778. Among the few letters to other recipients in the present collection are some to Herbert Appold Grueber, Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, and to his family, 1879-1889, n.d. The letters are mostly arranged in al...
Scope & Content:
Sir Anthony Panizzi, KCB; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letters to: 1828-1878, n.d.: Engl., Fr. and Ital. includes: f. 1 Sir Anthony Panizzi, KCB; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letter to N. Bianchi: n.d.: Ital. f. 2 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1828-1878
Extent:
1 item

2. Egerton MS 3714

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Egerton MS 3714
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Scope & Content:
Vol. I (ff. 227). includes: f. 3 Canon Edwin Brook-Jackson, Rector of Streatham: Introduction by: 1919.: Printed. Signed. f. 3 Christian Alexandra Brook-Jackson, wife of Canon Edwin Brook-Jackson: Introduction by: 1919.: Printed. Signed. f. 5 William Forsyth, LLD; author: Portrait: 19th cent.:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 3714-3720

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Egerton MS 3714-3720
Title:
'HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON AT ST HELENA', by William Forsyth, 1853: the printed work, grangerized in 1919 by the addition of letters (in English, French, German, Italian and Arabic), engraved portraits, views, maps, etc., relating to the captivity (1815-1821) and to persons and places mentioned in the narrative. The additional material was collected by Canon Edwin Brook-Jackson and his wife, Christian Alexandra (see their Introduction, Vol. I, f. 3). Some of it supplements the pap...
Scope & Content:
Island of Saint Helena: Views: 19th cent.: Mostly engr. Napoleon I of France: Grangerized copy of W. Forsyth's 'History' of his captivity: 19th-20th centt. Napoleon I of France: Portraits: 19th cent.: Mostly engr. and lithogr. William Forsyth, LLD; author: Grangerized copy of his 'History of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
7 items

4. Egerton MS 3718

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Egerton MS 3718
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Scope & Content:
Vol. V (ff. 248). includes: f. 8 Art. Portraits: Napoleon I; pencil sketch attrib. to Capt. G. Hotham: 1817. f. 8 Napoleon I of France: Pencil sketch of, attrib. to Capt. G. Hotham: 1817. f. 8 Captain George Hotham, RE: Pencil sketch of Napoleon I at Saint Helena, attrib. to: 1817. f. 8 Denzil...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 item