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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...
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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.
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...
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Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Barry: Medical, cookery and other recipes: 17th cent. Recipes: Medical, culinary, etc., collected by Sir P. Temple: 17th cent.
Miscellaneous, mostly single-sheet, maps produced for limited circulation, covering China, Hong Kong, East Africa, Nigeria, and other parts of the world.
The areas most strongly represented in this part of the War Office Archive are Nigeria, Gold Coast, British East Africa and Sierra Leone. There are also significant holdings of material relating to Cape Colony and Abyssinia. All other areas of direct British interest are represented. The material...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1950
Extent:
2,700 map sheets and 600 pages of text, approximately
The holdings in this part of the War Office Archive principally relate to China, Turkey-in-Asia, and Arabia. The material includes route surveys and itineraries, in many cases with accompanying topographical notes and name lists
Ludwig van Beethoven: Letters to Dr. Johann Bihler; [1813, 1817]
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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’.
Richard Strauss: Opera in three acts, ‘Die schweigsame Frau’ (libretto, Stefan Zweig, after Ben Jonson), op. 80
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Autograph. Vocal score, the orchestral part in short and compressed score on up to five staves. Written in blue-black ink. Includes full stage directions and spoken dialogue; the scenes within each act, which mostly follow one another without a break, are not always indicated. Staves are frequen...