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Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 450
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. IV. (ff. 20). " A Journal [by the same] from Venitia into Lombardy "; 1 Nov.-5 Dec. 1686. Among the places visited are:-Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua, Parma, Reggio , Rubbiera, Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara; of many of which he gives very full accounts, largely extract...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Nov 1686-5 Dec 1686
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 451
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. V. (ff. 31). "A Journal [by the same] from Venitia to Zante, with a Diary of the Venitians' proceedings and conquests in the Morea"; 31 Mar.-10 Sept. 1687. He reached Zante 12 Mar., and gives sketches of various islands, etc., sighted on the voyage. After joining the V...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 31 Mar 1687-10 Sep 1687
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 452
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VI. (ff. 29). " Traité de 1'Artillerie, Par le Sieur Guillaume Dilichij, traduit de l'Alleman en François ": in the hand of Jacob Richards. The original, by Wilhelm Dilich, was published at Frankfort, 1689. The vellum covers are stamped with the arms of William III. J...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: after 1689
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 453
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VII. (ff. 147). " Receuil (sic) de plusieurs Deuis des places que l'on a fortifiées en France " : details of the fortifications of Dunkirk, St. Omen, Ypres, Sedan, and other places about the Flemish frontier, with accounts of the sieges of Luxembourg, Pignerol, Charlem...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1677-1693
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 456
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Scope & Content:: Vol. X. ff. 94. includes: f. 89 Newbury, Berkshire: Map of: 17th cent. f. 89 Maps and Plans: Map of Newbury, co. Berks: 17th cent. f. 90 Lombard, Artillery instructor at Auxonne: Épreuves du tir des bombes avec le canon: 1787.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 457
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XI. (ff. 78). "Eight Books of the Ellements of Euclid with the Use of the Propositions " ; 1700. In the hand of Jacob Richards. He breaks of, however, at the end of the 2nd book. He does not follow Euclid's method in the treatment of parallel straight lines or in the p...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1700
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 458
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. Xll. (ff. 22). Diary of Jacob Richards, of the artillery train in Flanders, narrating events up to the battle of Landen; 8/18 Apr.- 20/30 Jul)-, 1693. He was present, among other places, at Ghent, Greinbergen, Vilvorde, and Pare Abbey near Louvain, and gives plans of t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1693-1695
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 459
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Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIII. (fr. 76). Diary of John Richards; 30 Jan. 1696/7 - 29 May, 1699. He started from Dublin to London, and thence through Holland and Germany to Venice, which he reached on 2 April. He served the campaign with his brother Jacob in the Morea; and at its conclusion the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Jan 1697-29 May 1699
Extent:: 1 item

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