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31. Add MS 5257

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Title:
“Habitus variarum Nationum in Regno Transylvaniae occurrentium utriusque sexus humani patent". Album of costumes from Transylvania, in watercolour
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of the costumes of peoples from different regions of the early modern Transylvanian Principality. A description of each figure in costume is inscribed in ink in Latin below most watercolours. The drawings are executed directly onto the folios of the manuscript, both recto and verso.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:

1 volume (76 folios)

32. Add MS 5259

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Title:
Drawings and notes on human and animal anatomy
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains anatomical images and representations of pathological conditions affecting the human body. Some of the inscriptions on these drawings feature historic language. Where these inscriptions have been transcribed, they are enclosed in inverted commas. Drawings and manuscript...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (231 items)

33. Add MS 5260

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Title:
Drawings of comparative anatomy related to Samuel Collins's A Systeme of Anatomy (London, 1685)
Scope & Content:
Please note that this album contains anatomical drawings. Drawings of animal and human anatomy executed in a variety of techniques, chiefly related to Samuel Collins' comparative anatomy book A Systeme of Anatomy, treating the body of man, beasts, birds, fish, insects and plants (London, 1685)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 volume (196 items)

34. Add MS 5262

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Title:
Drawings of shells, crustaceans and fish by Everard Kick, George Jago and others
Scope & Content:
176 drawings executed in a variety of techniques, some of which are signed and dated. The drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted down on the folios of the manuscript. Summary description of contents: 1-7. Ink and grey wash studies of various types of fish with their name and a b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (176 items)

35. Add MS 5263

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Title:
Drawings of birds by George Edwards, Mark Catesby and others
Scope & Content:
Drawings of birds from North America, Jamaica, Suriname, Ambon and other places, all pasted on the folios of the manuscript and numbered progressively. The majority are watercolours by George Edwards, dated between 1737 and 1743. Exceptions are: 'i-iii': 3 pages of letterpress text in English w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (155 items)

36. Add MS 5264

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Title:
Drawings of birds by George Edwards and others
Scope & Content:
Watercolours of birds from North America, Argentina, Mexico and India among other places. All drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted onto the folios of the manuscript. The majority are by George Edwards and are dated between 1732 and 1743. Most drawings bear inscriptions in penci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (143 items)

37. Add MS 5265

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Title:
Drawings of birds by George Edwards and others
Scope & Content:
Drawings of birds, primarily from North and Central America and Europe. All drawings are executed on paper or parchment and pasted on the folios of the album. Some have an additional drawing or inscription on the verso. Most drawings are inscribed in pencil and ink by different hands with the na...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
late 17th century - 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (135 items)

38. Add MS 5266

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Title:
Drawings of birds with inscriptions in Hans Sloane's and Thomas Browne's hand
Scope & Content:
Drawings of birds executed in a variety of techniques and by different draughtsmen. The only exceptions are items 82, 91 and 93, which are prints of birds. The drawings are executed on paper and pasted onto the folios of the manuscript. Many drawings bear inscriptions in Hans Sloane's and / or S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (164 items)

39. Add MS 5267

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Title:
Drawings of fish by George Jago, Mark Catesby and others, from the collection of James Petiver
Scope & Content:
Drawings of fish executed in a variety of techniques. Items 48 and 135 are the only exceptions, being two proof stage engravings of various types of fish. All drawings are executed on paper and pasted down on the folios of the manuscript. Several drawings bear inscriptions in English and Latin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 volume (152 items)

40. Add MS 5268

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Title:
Watercolours of fish and crustaceans by Louis Renard
Scope & Content:
A volume of watercolours of fish and crustaceans from the Moluccas [Maluku islands] made by French-born Louis Renard (c. 1678-1746), active in Amsterdam as book publisher, dealer and agent to the British Crown. An inscription in French at the beginning of the manuscript introduces the contents a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch and French
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (118 folios)