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Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur E70-E72
Title:: Manuscript material for 'An Account of the Fishes found in the River Ganges and its branches, etc.'
Scope & Content:: Manuscript field notes, texts and drawings, which were used for the compilation of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton's An Account of the Fishes found in the River Ganges and its Branches (Edinburgh: A Constable & Co, 1822).
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Bengali, English, and Latin
Date Range:: 1790-1822
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F88 Series 2
Title:: Mountstuart Elphinstone: Chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives
Scope & Content:: Comprises the private and semi official correspondence of Mountstuart Elphinstone. This makes up a large part of the collection and has been arranged into four sub-series: juvenile and family correspondence; chiefly private correspondence with friends and relatives while in India; chiefly private...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English, French, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Marathi, and Persian
Date Range:: 1776-1859
Extent:: 141 files

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F88 Series 12
Title:: Mountstuart Elphinstone: Miscellaneous home papers from c 1831; and accounts and bills, 1808-1859
Scope & Content:: Comprises a wide range of home papers, including papers on the Church Commission [Mss Eur F88/404] and Club papers. There is a file of correspondence with John Elphinstone, 13th Lord Elphinstone on the Indian Mutiny [Mss Eur F88/404]. It also contains accounts and bills of Mountstuart Elphinstone...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English, Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 1700s-1800s
Extent:: 32 files

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.23.g.21-R.M.23.g.22
Title:: R.M.23.g.21-22. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Torri (Pietro) or Steffani (Agostino). Briseide; 17th century, 18th century. ‘Dramma per Musica da recitarsi alla Corte Elettorale d’Hannover per il Carnevale dell’Anno 1696’, in 3 acts; for solo voices, chorus and instruments (woodwind and strings, and the bass is figured intermittently). Several ballets are included. Two copies. [Ascribed to Torri in Add.MS.32581, but ascribed by various authorities to Agostino Steffani]. Paper. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:: [Pietro?] Torri, composer: Vocal music: 17-18th cent: Lat, Ital: Copies. Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 17-18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 17th century-18th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.23.l.1-R.M.23.l.3
Title:: R.M.23.l.1-3. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Steffani (Agostino). 80 Duets; early 18th century. A set, in 3 numbered volumes, of 80 duets all by Steffani, except nos. 16 and 18 in volume II which are by Pietragrua, and nos. 17 and 19 in volume II which are probably by Pietragrua; with bass accompaniment only, in score. There is a list of contents prefaced to each volume. In the same hand throughout. Paper. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:: Agostino Steffani, composer: Vocal music: 17-18th cent: Ital: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: Early 18th century
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.24.f.4-R.M.24.f.9
Title:: R.M.24.f.4-9. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Byrd (William). Gradualia, Book II; 18th century. A late copy of the 1610 edition of the Gradualia, Book II, including the composer’s preface. Nos. 40, 42 and 43 are missing or incomplete in every book. 6 partbooks. In the same hand as R.M.24.f.10-15. and R.M.24.h.1-6. Paper. Six volumes.
Scope & Content:: William Byrd, composer: Music manuscripts: circa 1600-18th cent: Eng, Lat: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.24.f.10-R.M.24.f.15
Title:: R.M.24.f.10-15. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Tallis (Thomas) and Byrd (William). Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur; 18th century. A late copy, in the same hand as R.M.24.f.4-9. and R.M.24.h.1-6., including prefatory matter, of the edition published in 1575. Paper. Six partbooks.
Scope & Content:: Thomas Tallis, composer and organist: Vocal music: circa 1600-18th cent: Lat, Eng: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.24.f.16-R.M.24.f.20
Title:: R.M.24.f.16-20. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Byrd (William). [Liber Primus] Sacrarum Cantionum; 18th century. A late copy of the volume published in 1589 under the above title. 5 partbooks. In the same hand as R.M.24.d.1. Paper. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:: William Byrd, composer: Music manuscripts: circa 1600-18th cent: Eng, Lat: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: R.M.24.f.21-R.M.24.f.24
Title:: R.M.24.f.21-24. ROYAL MUSIC COLLECTION. Marcello (Benedetto). Madrigali a Quattro Voci, Libro Primo; 18th century. A copy, including the composer’s preface, of the edition published in 1592, here erroneously dated 1582. 4 partbooks. Paper. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:: Luca Marenzio, composer: Music manuscripts: circa 1600-18th cent: Lat, Ital, Eng: Copies.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 4 items

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