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Title:
[Usul-name] - [اصول نامه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a copy of the Usul-name, also known as the Kitab-i Usul, of Yahya Bey of the Dukagjini family of Albania. It was likely composed during his exile to the Sancak of Zvornik, Bosnia. The current manuscript was likely copied in the 17th century.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 100 ff

2. Add MS 59780

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Title:
BULSTRODE WHITELOCKE: 'Lectures uppon Particular Occasions by a Father to his Family': exposition of the Scriptures delivered to his family; 1666. Autograph. In the same note-book, accounts, etc.; 1745-1748. Companion volumes of 'Lectures' are Eg. 997 and Add. 53728. Purchased from L. E. Tobin, 23 Aug. 1976. Paper; ff. i+239. 153 x 100mm. B.L. binding (1984).
Scope & Content:
Bulstrode Whitelocke, Keeper of the Great Seal: Bible. Commentaries: Exposition of the Scriptures by Bulstrode Whitelocke: 1666: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1666
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 59781

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Title:
COMMENTARIES ON THE APOCALYPSE, ETC.: commentaries in Latin on the Apocalypse and the Song of Solomon (cf. Royal 2 C.xii, f. 1), together with extracts from the Polyhistor of Solinus; 12th-13th cent. Purchased from W. & A. Houben, 12 Aug. 1976. Vellum; ff. 34. 157 x 112mm. 2 col. 42-63 lines. Gatherings i13 ii20 (ff. 14, 15, 32, 33 wrapped round ff. 16-23 and ff. 24-31). In disorder. 1. ff. 1, 3, 7, 8, 9v, 10, 13-15. Commentary on the Apocalypse entitled 'Apokalipsis pro parte glossa...
Scope & Content:
Bible. Commentaries: Commentaries on the Apocalypse and Song of Songs: 12th-13th cent: Lat. includes: ff. 2v, 12r, 12v, 9r Caius Iulius Solinus: Extracts from the 'Polyhistor' of: 12th-13th cent: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-13th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 59782-59783

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Title:
SULIVAN PAPERS
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Laurence Sulivan, Deputy Secretary for War; [1794-1797]-1863, n.d. Mainly letters written to Sulivan by his brother-in-law, the 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and including a document signed by the 1st Duke of Wellington as Lt.-Col., 33rd Foot (1794-1797). Purchased from M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1794-1797]
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 59784

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G. B. SHAW LETTERS: ten letters of George Bernard Shaw, mainly concerned with Fabian Society affairs, to Edward Reynolds Pease, Secretary of the Fabian Society, 1890-1913; 1890-1900. Purchased at Sotheby's, 23 July 1976, lot 158. See also Add. 50557; 50680; 50681. Paper; ff. 15. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:
Edward Reynolds Pease, Secretary, Fabian Society: Correspondence with G. B. Shaw of Edward Reynolds Pease: 1886-1940: Mainly copies. Edward Reynolds Pease, Secretary, Fabian Society: George Bernard Shaw, author: Letters to Edward Reynolds Pease from George Bernard Shaw: 1890-1900.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890-1900
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 59785

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LETTERS OF WILLIAM HAMMOND (circa 1635-1685): letters of William Hammond, of St Alban's Court, Kent, to his father Anthony Hammond at Wilkerton, written from the continent; 1657-1658. 18th cent. copies. Purchased at Sotheby's, 12 Aug. 1976, lot 349. Paper; ff. ii+90. 254 x 190mm. Late 18th century gilt-stamped binding.
Scope & Content:
William Hammond, of St Alban's Court, county Kent: Anthony Hammond, at Wilkerton: Letters to his father from William Hammond: 1657-1658: 18th cent. copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1657-1658
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 59786

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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE PAPERS: miscellaneous letters and papers of Florence Nightingale; 1860-1895, n.d. Also included (ff. 104-131) are copies of letters to Lord Carlingford from Henry Riversdale Grenfell, M.P.; 1865-1890. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, 27 Aug. 1976. Paper; ff. 131. Various sizes. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:
Florence Nightingale, OM: Letters to Florence Nightingale: 1860-1895, n.d.: Partly copies. includes: f. 1 Florence Nightingale, OM: Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury: Letter to 7th Earl of Shaftesbury from Miss F. Nightingale: 1860: Printed.ff. 8-41 passim William Farr, statis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1860-1895
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 59787

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Title:
GEORGE WILLIAM HERVEY: administrative index as Secretary and Comptroller General of the National Debt Office and Life Annuity Office; 1872-1897. Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, 19 Oct. 1976. Paper; ff. 70+i. 254 x 201mm.
Scope & Content:
George William Hervey, Secretary, National Debt Office and Life Annuity Office: Official administrative index of of George William Hervey: 1872-1897.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872-1897
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 59788

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Title:
SIEGE OF PARIS: album of letters, printed ephemera, etc., compiled by Emmanuel Roch during the siege of Paris; 1870-1871. Presented by Mrs L. Y. Cutter, 2 November 1976. Paper; ff. ii+93. 306 x 230mm. Pink cloth-covered boards.
Scope & Content:
Art. Cartoons and Caricatures: Emmanuel Roch, of Paris: Siege of Paris: France; Sovereigns of, and transactions in particular reigns. Third Republic: Printed Matter: Album of letters, printed ephemera, etc., compiled by Emmanuel Roch during the siege of Paris: 1870-1871: Fr: Partly printed. inc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1870-1871
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 59789

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HERBERT SPENCER: letter to 'George Eliot' congratulating her on Adam Bede; 30 Sept. 1859. Accompanying the letter are a printed form letter, with MS. additions, from Spencer to , 21 June 1901, and a letter from Arthur Morrison to Mr Wilson, 22 Dec. 1929. G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters, vol. viii (1978). D. P. Waley, 'The Department of Manuscripts' George Eliot holdings', The British Library Journal 6 (1980), pp. 123-129. Purchased from Jolly's of Bath, 21 Sept. 1976, lot 288. Paper...
Scope & Content:
Marian Cross, née Evans; alias 'George Eliot'; novelist: Herbert Spencer, philosopher: Letter to 'George Eliot' from Herbert Spencer: 1859. includes: f. 7 Arthur Morrison, of 3 York Mansions, Cavendish Sq: Wilson: Letter to — Wilson from Arthur Morrison: 1929.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1859
Extent:
1 item