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1. Add MS 4101-4478

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Manuscripts collected by Thomas Birch (b. 1705, d. 1766), D.D., and bequeathed by him to the British Museum, of which he was a Trustee from 1753 until his death
Scope & Content:
They comprise not only original documents (including some of Birch's own private papers) but also a number of transcripts, many of which were made by Birch himself, from originals preserved in public and private collections. Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Collections of, bequeathed to the Britis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1200-1799]
Extent:
378 items

2. Add MS 4432-4448

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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

3. Add MS 4438

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Scope & Content:
ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 268). (1) Sigismund Ferdinand Weismüller to the Secretary of the Royal Society with (a) printed tract 'Speculum Dei mundum fabricantis in septenario ad mentem Philonis de opificio mundi, 1742';- (b) an essay, 'Quadratura circuli e Tetraëdro et prismate', etc....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
1735-1747
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 5027 A

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Maps, charts, notes and draft material mostly from Joan Blaeu's workshop in Amsterdam
Scope & Content:
Maps, nautical charts and related draft material mostly from the Amsterdam mapmaking office of Joan Blaeu, official cartographer for the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Some of the maps, charts and notes are signed by assistants of Blaeu, namely Dionysius Paulusz. van Husum and Jan Alberts. All ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, German, Latin, Portuguese, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (133 items)

5. Add MS 6878

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Title:
Ecclesiastical documents, chiefly originals brought from the archives of the College of the Order of Jesuits at Goa
Scope & Content:
Ecclesiastical documents, chiefly originals brought from the archives of the College of the Order of Jesuits at Goa
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Portuguese
Date Range:
1592-1616
Extent:
2 cases

6. Add MS 6878/2

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Title:
Confirmation charter of Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, in favour of the Order of Jesuits in India
Scope & Content:
Confirmation charter of Don Sebastian, King of Portugal, in favour of the Order of Jesuits in India
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1572
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 6878/13

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Title:
Tirado da Censura de Fr. Joaō Ponce de Leaō, das memorias de Margaita de Valois’
Scope & Content:
‘Tirado da Censura de Fr. Joaō Ponce de Leaō, das memorias de Margaita de Valois’, relative to a Spanish translation of these memoirs by Jacinto de Herrera. ff. 2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

8. Add MS 8709

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Title:
TRACT ON THE SUCCESSION TO THE PORTUGUESE CROWN; circa 1578-1580. Portuguese. 17th cent. Copy. A treatise concerning the succession of King Henry of Portugal (1578-80). The son of Manuel I, Henry was educated for the priesthood and created a cardinal in 1545. He acted as regent for King Sebastian, and succeeded to the throne when Sebastian was killed at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir during an expedition against Morocco in 1578. Henry had no heir and so in March 1579 he ordered the Cortes to e...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: 19th cent. Philip II of Spain: Antonio, Grand Prior of Crato; self-styled King of Portugal: Emanuel Philibert; Duke of Savoy: Henry I of Portugal: Ranuccio Farnese; Duke of Parma: Catherine de Braganza, widow of John, 6th Duke of Braganza: Treatise conc. clai...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Portuguese
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 11681

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Title:
TREATISE of the Court of Star-Chamber, compiled by William Hudson, of Gray's Inn, Esq. ; copied out by his son Christopher Hudson, in the year 1634 ;-Cases in Banco Regis, from Trinity term, 4 Jac. I., to Michaelmas term, 5 Jac. I. xvii. cent. Folio. [11,681.]
Scope & Content:
Court of Star Chamber: Treatise on the Court of, by W. Hudson. Portugal: Book of privileges granted to the English, Scotch, and Irish Merchants, in Portugal: confirmed in 1536 and 1584.: Portuguese. Law OF ENGLAND: Cases in Banco Regis, 4, 5 Jac. I. William Hudson: Treatise of the Court of St...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Portuguese
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 11682

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Add MS 11682
Title:
BOOK of Privileges granted to the English, Scotch, and Irish merchants in Portugal, by successive Kings of that country, as confirmed by John III. in 1536, and Philip II. in 1584; in Portuguese. Vellum, xvith cent. Small Quarto. [11,682.]
Scope & Content:
Merchants: Book of privileges granted to the English, Scotch, and Irish merchants in Portugal: in Portuguese.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item