Language: Latin / Level: [36] Series - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4407-4431
Title:: PELL PAPERS (4th Series) Mathematical collections of John Pell, consisting of treatises, geometrical and other problems and their solutions, tables and calculations of logarithms, etc., chiefly autograph. For other collections made by Pell see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4396 and 4397-4404. The names of the writers of a few original letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Twenty-four volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:: John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Mathematical and scientific collections: 1617-1681, n.d.: Mainly autogr. Mathematics: Mathematical collections of J. Pell: 17th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: [1609-1678]
Extent:: 25 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4432-4448
Title:: ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS Collections relating to the Royal Society (incorporated in 1662) made by Thomas Birch while Secretary of the Society (1752-1765), consisting of letters, articles or communications sent for consideration, many of which were subsequently printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, draft minutes, etc. 1660-1765. Seventeen volumes. Paper. Folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:: Royal Society: Papers rel. to: 1662-1765.: Engl., Lat., Fr. and Germ.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1660-1765
Extent:: 17 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4456-4457
Title:: BIRCH'S POETICAL COLLECTIONS Poems, etc., collected by Thomas Birch, some being written by him; circa 1625-1760. Partly autograph. Two volumes. Small folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
Scope & Content:: Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: T. Birch: verses written and collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat., Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:: c 1625-1760
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4458-4459
Title:: BIRCH'S MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS Miscellaneous papers collected by Thomas Birch; 1631-1757. Two volumes. Small folio. Viz:-
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:: 1631-1757
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4476-4477
Title:: BIRCH MISCELLANEA Miscellaneous letters and papers collected by Thomas Birch, interspersed with numerous rough drafts of letters, sermons, memoranda, etc., in his hand. Two volumes. Folio. The names of the writers of letters are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. Other items include:-
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:: [1625-1770]
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4740-4746
Title:: DAVENANT PAPERS. Vols. I-VII (ff. 273, i+256, 227, 196, 290, 250, 230). Letters written to Henry Davenant or to his secretary, B. Zollicoffre; 1703-1711. Many of the letters are autograph; others were transcribed by secretaries, with autograph endings and signatures. French and English. The names of the writers are to be found in the Index of the present Catalogue.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 1703-1711
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4773-4776
Title:: MILLES COLLECTION. Vols. XX-XXIII. Receipt books for crown rents and other revenues in the four provinces of Ireland, with tables of contents and totals for each province. Latin. For a later volume in this series see Add. MS. 4768, ff. 1-91.
Scope & Content:: Ireland: Books of receipts for crown rents and other revenues: 1667-1669.: Lat. Accompts: Receipt book for crown rents and other revenues in Ireland: 1667-1669.: Lat.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: [1667-1669]
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4783-4801
Title:: MILLES COLLECTION. Vols. XXX-XLVIII. Collections of the Irish historian Sir James Ware (d. 1666), relating mainly to Irish history from fabulous times to the seventeenth century. English, Latin and Irish. The material consists of notes and copies made by Ware and his assistants, taken mainly from Irish annals, lives of saints, ecclesiastical, public and municipal records, and printed works. Also included are some original documents which are listed in the descriptions below. For other MSS. f...
Scope & Content:: Sir James Ware, d 1666 the younger; historian: Historical collections of: 5th-17th centt.: Partly autogr. Ireland: Collections of Sir J. Ware rel. to: 5th-17th centt.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Irish, and Latin
Date Range:: [400-1699]
Extent:: 19 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4821-4822
Title:: POCOCKE COLLECTION. Vols. XI, XII (ff. 242, 53). Collections of the Irish historian Sir James Ware (d. 1666). Cf. Add. MSS. 4783-4801.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: [1395-1683]
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 4933 A-B
Title:: THORESBY PAPERS. Notes from sermons apparently all preached in the West Riding, in several hands, chiefly that of the Rev. Elkanah Wales, Perpetual Curate of Pudsey, nr. Leeds; circa 1609-1661. The names of the preachers will be found in the Index of the present Catalogue. 4933 A also contains the following:- (a) Arguments against the religion of the Quakers. f. 153. (b) Discussion on Aristotelian propositions; 1615. Latin. Imperfect. ff. 154-161b. (c) Calculation of the date of the coming...
Scope & Content:: Elkanah Wales, nonconformist minister: Sermons by (?): circ. 1610-1661. includes: ff. 171b-172b Reverend Beron, of the W Riding, county Yorkshire: Notes of sermons preached by: 17th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1609-1661
Extent:: 2 items

Search