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11. Stowe MS 99

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Stowe MS 99
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"RELAZIONE del sistema politico, ecconomico e militare di S. M. Sarda": report of an ambassador from the Venetian Republic on the kingdom of Sardinia, including a sketch of the history of the House of Savoy, a description of the existing condition and policy of the kingdom, and a character of th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
[1730-1773]
Extent:
1 item

12. Stowe MS 132-137

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Stowe MS 132-137
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TRANSCRIPTS Of despatches, instructions to ambassadors, negotiations, treaties, etc., chiefly relating to the general history of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. Six volumes. Vol. II. has on f. 2 an engraved portrait, " W. Delff sculpsit," of Sir Dudley Carleton, Ambassador at Venice and the Hague, etc. (ob. 1632), and on f. 1 the book-plate of Richard, lst Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. All the volumes bear the book-plate, dated 1701, of Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex. Paper; xviith ...
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Treaties: Negotiations, treaties, etc., relating to European history: 14th-17th centt. Records, Public: Transcripts of State papers on the general history of Europe: 16th. -17th centt. Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex: Book-plates. Bookplates: Capell (Algernon), Earl of Essex: 1701.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:
6 items

13. Stowe MS 219-220

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Stowe MS 219-220
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LETTER-BOOK containing copies of the letters of James Brydges, 8th Baron Chandos, when Ambassador at Constantinople, written to the successive Secretaries of State in England, the Levant Company, the Consuls of the various Mediterranean Ports, and especially Gamaliel Nightingale, Consul at Aleppo, and WilliamRaye, ConsulatSmyrna, etc.; 30 Mar. 1681-16 July, 1688. Most of the letters relate to the transactions and interests of the Levant Company and to the Mediterranean Trade; but curious det...
Scope & Content:
William Raye, Consul at Smyrna: Letters to, from Lord Chandos: 1681-1688.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
30 Mar 1681-16 Jul 1688
Extent:
2 items

14. Stowe MS 461

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Stowe MS 461
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XV. (ff. 45). Letter-book of Jacob Richards, principally in Venice and Napoli di Romania [Nauplia]; 14 June, 1697-14 Aug. 1700. The letters relate chiefly to the subjects touched upon in vols. xiii., xiv; and in the last he appears to be taking service under the King o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
14 Jun 1697-14 Aug 1700
Extent:
1 item

15. Stowe MS 166-177

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Stowe MS 166-177
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COLLECTION of State Papers and correspondence of Sir Thomas Edmondes, Knt.; 1592-1633. A few earlier and later papers are included in the last volume. Edmondes was English Agent at Paris, 1592-1599; Ambassador at the Archduke Albert's court at Brussels, 1605-1609; Ambassador to France, 1610-1617; Comptroller of the Household, 1616 ; Treasurer of the Household, 1618; and died in 1639. Twelve volumes. Paper. Folio. The collection includes original letters of English ambassadors to France and S...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Edmondes, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1592-1633, with additions 1470-1663.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1592-1633
Extent:
12 items

16. Stowe MS 103

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Stowe MS 103
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1. "ABRÉGÉ de l'Estat present de l'Empire Ottoman": an accouut of the various officials of the Turkish government and army, with a list of the administrative divisions of each province, dated Paris, 1709. Fi.ench. ff. 1-37. 2. Privileges bestowed on English merchants, travellers, etc., by Sult...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1709-1741
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 30

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Stowe MS 30
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Prayer book presented to Queen Elizabeth I
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Illustrated prayer book, in various languages, dated 1578 and presented to Queen Elizabeth I for New Year. Written in inks of various colours, with illuminated titles and initials. Possibly presented by William Absolon (Lawson, ‘This Remembrance of the New Year’, p. 143). Previously also associ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1578
Extent:
1 volume

18. Stowe MS 460

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Stowe MS 460
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIV. (ff. 45). Copies of letters to and from Jacob Richards, and of other documents connected with his engagement in the Venetian service as "Sergente Generale"; 29 Nov. 1696-30 Mar. 1699. Italian. They deal principally with the organisation of the artillery, fortifica...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
29 Nov 1696-30 Mar 1699
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 101

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Stowe MS 101
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PAPERS relating to the House of Savoy and the kingdom of Sardinia, in Italian, viz.: — 1. Record of the Princes of the House of Savoy who have acquired territories for it, with a list of the territories thus acquired, and of the manner of acquisition, arranged geographically; 1755. ff. 1, 18. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 759

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Stowe MS 759
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1. EPIT0ME Of Church history, from the birth of Christ to 1612. ff. 3-49 b. Followed (ff. 50-59) by notes, in the same hand, on the Apostles and Evangelists, the early Bishops of Rome, Jerusalem, and Alexandria, and other Fathers of the Church. At ff. 1 b, 2, are memoranda of commercial transact...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item