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MILITARY COLLECTIONS of the three brothers Jacob, John, and Michael Richards, sons of Jacob Richards; 1685-1714. For the military careers of all three brothers, see the Dictionary of National Biography. Thirty-four volumes. Paper. Folio, etc.
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Army; England: Military collections of Jacob, John and Michael Richards: 1685-1714.
RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XXIX. (ff. 134). Letter-book of John Richards, as Governor of Alicante, continued; 31 Oct. 1707- 26 Feb. 1709. The letters relate to the affairs of his Spanish regiment; the victualling, etc., of Alicante and Denia, and their siege by the Spaniards; the surrender of Le...
"CORRECCION de la Historia de Mallorca": historical notes by Guillermo Terrassa correcting the histories of Majorca by Juan Bautista Benimelis (1595) and by Juan Demeto and Vicente Mut (1632-50), chiefly upon ecclesiastical matters; 1774. With an index. Spanish. Paper; ff. 110. Folio. Guillermo...
"PRIMERA PARTE de Medicina y Cirugia": a treatise on medicine by the Licentiate Juan de Vidos y Miro, "Beneficiado" of the church of St. Paul, Saragossa. Spanish. A fac-simile copy made por los Indios Guaranis de las antiquas Misiones del Paraguay" from the printed edition, Saragossa, 1699, begi...
Collection of papers removed from Yates Thompson MSS
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A collection of modern papers removed from other Yates Thompson MSS. Contents: [ir-iir]: Table of contents. ff. 1r-3r: A 1453 bond by Jean, Bastard of Orleans, count of Dunois and of Longueville, to Bertrand de Beauvais, for 200 crowns, with a 1469 and notarial certificate of receipt (ff. 1r-...