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13172. Stowe MS 994-1009
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 994-1009
- Title:
- SPECIMENS of the signatures and handwriting produced (according to the title-page) "by me William Henry Ireland during my fabrication of the manuscripts which I wrote and attributed to Shakespeare," with Ireland's explanatory notes. Paper; ff. 9. XVIIIth-XIXth cent. Quarto. Accompanying this volume are sixteen printed tracts, containing Ireland's forged signatures and marginal notes of Shakespeare, most of them having on the titlepage the inscription "S[amuel] Ireland from his dear Son." The...
- Scope & Content:
- William Shakespeare: Signatures and marginal notes forged by W. H. Ireland: 18th-19th centt.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Extent:
- 16 items
13173. Stowe MS 1011-1012
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 1011-1012
- Title:
- COMMONPLACE-BOOKS of John Fortescue Aland, Justice of the King's Bench (1727) and of the Common Pleas (1729), cr. Lord Fortescue of Credan in 1746 (ob. 1746), partly legal, partly general, including such subjects as Non-jurors, the doctrine of Resistance, Escheators, Mahomet, Philosophy, etc., the entries for the most part being very brief. Two volumes; with an index of subjects at the end of each. Paper; ff. 116, 45. Belonged to Thomas Astle. Small Quarto.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 2 items
13174. Stowe MS 1023-1024
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 1023-1024
- Title:
- "IMAGINES seu Figuræ variarum Inscriptionum præcipue Sepulchralium, Lapidum in orbes depositorum, Substructionum quas Wallici Kromlech et Kistvêan nominant, cipporum quos cruces dicimus, castrorum seu castrametationum antiquarum, in Angliâ, Scotiâ et Hiberniâ, curâ Johannis Anstis, Fecialium Principis cognomento Garter, delineata et ob oculos posita": a collection of drawings of stone-circles, crosses, cromlechs, camps, tombs, brasses, etc. In two volumes. Only the title-page and a few pages...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Extent:
- 2 items
13175. Stowe MS 1027-1028
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 1027-1028
- Title:
- ENGRAVINGS and drawings of antiquities, coins, seals, etc., discovered in Great Britain; compiled by Thomas Astle, Keeper of the Records in the Tower of London, with descriptions often in his handwriting. Two volumes. Paper. Late XVIIIth cent. Folio. The contents are:-
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Extent:
- 2 items
13176. Stowe MS 1029-1043
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 1029-1043
- Title:
- COLLECTIONS by John Anstis, Garter King-of-Arms [1718- 1745], relating to matters of historical, legal, and antiquarian interest, in fifteen volumes. They consist of extracts, almost all in the hand of Anstis, from Patent and Close Rolls, Rolls of Parliament, Pleas of various courts, MSS. in the Cotton Library, Cartæ Antiquæ in the Record Office, and other similar sources. Some of the volumes are devoted to special subjects systematically arranged; in others there is no pretence of order. Th...
- Scope & Content:
- Law OF ENGLAND: Collections by T. Anstis: 18th cent. England General Chronicles and History: Miscellaneous historical collections by T. Anstis: 18th cent. John Anstis, heraldic writer and Garter King of Arms: Historical, legal, and antiquarian collections: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- [1718-1745]
- Extent:
- 15 items
13177. Stowe MS 1077-1078
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 1077-1078
- Title:
- MEDICAL, cookery and other recipes, mostly collected and written by Sir Peter Temple, Knt., of Stanton Barry, co. Bucks. Two volumes. In vol. 1. the medical recipes are arranged in rough alphabetical order, and are followed by other recipes under the following heads, viz.: Cookery, f. 109; Made wines, f 115; Perfumes, f 116; Husbandry, f 119; Horses, f. 122; Dogs, f 135; Fishing, f. 136; Rabbits, f. 137; Experiments, f 138. Inserted at the end (f. 141) are "The true Receipts of that valuable...
- Scope & Content:
- Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Barry: Medical, cookery and other recipes: 17th cent. Recipes: Medical, culinary, etc., collected by Sir P. Temple: 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 2 items
13178. Zweig MS 12-13
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Zweig MS 12-13
- Title:
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Letters to Dr. Johann Bihler; [1813, 1817]
- Scope & Content:
- Autograph. These letters consist of very brief notes, the first simply of greeting, the second giving Bihler the address in Vienna at which he might visit ‘this poor, persecuted and despised Austrian musical drudge’.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- German
- Date Range:
- 1813-1817
- Extent:
- 2 volumes
13179. Zweig MS 22-23
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Zweig MS 22-23
- Title:
- Johannes Brahms: Letters to Peter Joseph Simrock; 1861, [1865]
- Scope & Content:
- Autograph.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- German
- Date Range:
- 1861-1865
- Extent:
- 2 volumes
13180. Zweig MS 64-67
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Zweig MS 64-67
- Title:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Letters to Maria Anna Thekla Mozart (Mozart’s cousin, whom he calls ‘Bäsle’)
- Scope & Content:
- Autograph.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- German
- Date Range:
- 1777-1779
- Extent:
- 4 items