Manuscript Commonplace Book, known (since 1985) as Edmond Halley's Commonplace Book, an attribution with no real foundation, and probably based on a misunderstanding, written in a number of hands, on literary and scientific topics ranging from religion and science to carpentry, fishing and the E...
Giovanni Boccaccio, Life of Dante, with other works. Ff 102 + ii. Sotheby's sale catalogue, 30 Nov 1965, lot 32. Phillipps MS 8451 Creation dates: Circa 1450 - 1475
Henry Fuseli, collection of 5 letters to James Carrick-Moore or members of his family 1802-1822, undated and an Italian sonnet by Fuseli signed 'Harry', and 5 letters of Fuseli's biographer, John Knowles Creation dates: 1802 - 1822
EUROPEAN ROYALTY, STATESMEN AND FEMALE WRITERS. A collection of 21 letters by Philip II, Charles de Bourbon, The Count Palatine of Zweibrucken, Sixtus V, Francesco Maria della Rovere, Ottavio Farnese, Cesare Gonzaga, and others. Creation date: 16th-19th centuries.
ITALIAN ACCOUNTS BOOK. 8 Leaves from an Italian account book (now used as end papers to a printed Atlas). Sotheby's, 29 Nov 1997, Lot 145* Creation dates: 15th century
Portolano de Venezia, or navigator's guide. 56 folios (1-58, missing 6 and 7). Article 2 corresponds fairly closely with Vat cod lat chart 5300. The other items differ from the printed editions and MSS in Konrad Kretschmer, Die italienischen Portolane des Mittelalters, 1909. Formerly owned by Ab...
Papers of Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch of Alexandria (1602-1631) and Constantinople (1621-1638). Formerly Phillipps MS 7844. Sotheby's, 15 June 1970, lot 1226 Creation dates: 1602 - 1638
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Polish, and Russian