Sloane 1429 Paper, in folio., ff. 113, Sec. XVII . 1. Several extracts from Letters Patent and Charters of 23 Henr. III. AD 1139, relative to Coteland and Ruskington, co. Lincoln. f. 1b. 2. The Heraldical Collections of Philip Constable de Hough, written in 1653; being chiefly transcripts fro...
Sloane 1435 Paper, in folio, ff. 203; beginning of XVIII century. 1. A letter in the handwriting of John Bagford upon the origin of the art of printing. n.d. ff. 1-4. 2. Another letter in the same handwriting upon "the book at Haarlem." etc. n.d. ff. 5-7. 3. "An account of printing at Harlem...
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Sloane 1437 Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 112, Sec. XVI. Anonymi cujusdam Liber de Divinatione; partim Latine, partim Anglice, scriptus. ff. 1-112. Incip. 'Capitulum istud continet 10 tabulas ad extrahendam figuram hanc, de 2 figuris paris numeri et duabus figuris disparibus, et erunt 8 figurae,...
Sloane 1441 Paper, in 4to, ff. 123, XVII Century. 1. Opinion on the question, whether, if a man commits a trespass, and dies, his executors are chargeable in law, abridged from Christopher Saint-Germans work, intitled 'The Doctor and Student,' lib. II. cap. x. f. 2. 2. Prayers and Psalms take...
Sloane 1448 A Vellum, in 4to., ff. 30, XVII Century; bound with Nos. 901, 1803. 1. Copies of capital letters, taken apparently from different MSS. ff. 3-29. Prefixed is a short note of the manners, etc. of the Cochin Chinois extracted from the History of Christopher Borri. 2. Pars, ut videtu...
Sloane 1456 Paper, 4to, ff. 130, XVII century. 1. The temperature and virtues of plants collected chiefly out of Gerarde’s Herbal, with references seemingly to some other book, in alphabetical order; a Latin preface is prefixed, and a few medical receipts are here and there interspersed. f. 2....
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Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Sloane 1459 Paper, 4to., ff. 229, XVII Century. 1. Liber de praxi medica in capita lxii divisus. ff. 3-192. 2. Various medical receipts. ff. 194-219. 3. Tractatus de 'praeclara totius hominis structura.' ff. 220-229. includes: ff. 3-192b Medicine: Practica medica: 14th-16th cent.: Lat., En...
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Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Sloane 1465 Paper, in 4to., ff. 235, XVII Century. Copies of various letters and papers, chiefly by Mr. John Dury, respecting the Church. 1. 'A memoriall concerning Mr. John Dury.' f. 1. 2. 'Copia Instrumenti Theologorum Britannorum, sive, Exemplar Literarum quibus ad promovendum pacis et co...
Sloane 1468 Paper, 4to, ff. 280, XVII century; made up of various MSS. 1. A Treatise of Fevers. ff. 1-43. 2. A Spanish and English vocabulary, with the pronunciation of the letters. ff. 49-74. 3. Extracts from a work entitled the "Castle of Helth" probably Powell’s. ff. 75-121. 4. Extracts ...