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11. Add MS 72850

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Add MS 72850
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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. I. General correspondence of Sir William Petty; 1649-1687. Including (f. ii) a list of contents by the 6th Marquess of Lansdowne, labels by James Matthews (ff. iii, 167), and annotations throughout by both. For an item by item list, see Slatter, 'Report', I, pp. 44-62, and for...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1649-1687
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 72898

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Add MS 72898
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PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIX (ff. 138). Papers relating to scientific and educational institutions: Gresham College, the Royal Society, the Dublin Philosophical Society, philosophy, mathematics, education, etc.; 1575-1687. Most formerly Bowood Box H. 1. ff. 1-14. Papers concerning Petty's Gresham Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1575-1690
Extent:
1 item

13. Egerton MS 1910

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Egerton MS 1910
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"LEVIATHAN, or the matter, forme and power of a commonwealth ecclesiasticall and civil. By Thomas Hobbes, of Malmesbury. Anno Christi 1651." With a few corrections and some of the sidenotes in the handwriting of the author, and which are not in the printed edition. Prefixed is an allegorical dra...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1651
Extent:
1 item

14. Egerton MS 2005

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Egerton MS 2005
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THE Elements of Law, Naturall and Politique," with a dedicatory epistle to William [Cavendish], Earl of Newcastle, 9 May, 1640; by Thomas Hobbes. The treatise was printed in 1650, in two parts, with the titles, "Humane Nature, or the Fundamental Elements of Policie," and "De Corpore Politico, or...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

15. Egerton MS 3377

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Egerton MS 3377
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LEEDS PAPERS. Vol. LIV (ff. iii+127). 'The Epitome of the Civill Warrs of England', by Thomas Hobbes, first printed in 1679. Contemporary copy, in three hands. Included are marginal notes and (ff. 126-127b) an index of subjects. Another copy is in Stowe MS. 77, ff. l-64. Both texts resemble the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1679
Extent:
1 item

16. Harley MS 1325

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Harley MS 1325
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic
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The Elements of Law, a treatise on political theory and the origins of the state, was completed by Thomas Hobbes on 9 May 1640 (see f. 2v), dedicated to William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, and distributed in manuscript copies produced by professional scribes. Contents: f. 1: Title page ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640s
Extent:
1 volume

17. Harley MS 1625

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Harley MS 1625
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Miscellaneous historical papers
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Folio manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-13v: Character of Edward Montagu, Earl of Sandwich, Vice-Admiral of England, who died at the Battle of Solebay, 1672. Written in French at Bourg-Charente, 10 October 1684. ff. 14-44: Account of the Papal Conclave held 1655 after the death of Pope Innocen...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 volume

18. Harley MS 1844

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Harley MS 1844
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, Historia Ecclesiastica Romana
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‘Historia Ecclesiastica Romana Autore Pereximio Viro Thoma Hobbesio Malmesburiensi’. Contemporary manuscript of the complete poem by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), in a professional hand, with marginal corrections and annotations. The last four lines are written in the same hand as the annotations. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1667
Extent:
1 volume

19. Harley MS 5219

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Harley MS 5219
Title:
Thomas Hobbes, The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword
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Autograph manuscript volume containing a treatise on fencing by Thomas Hobbes, with two printed plates. Hobbes titled the treatise 'To compare the strength of two swords that presse each other', which he inscribed on f.2. The title 'The Mathematicall demonstrastion off The Sorde' is inscribed ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640s
Extent:
1 volume

20. Sloane MS 904

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Sloane MS 904
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includes: ff. 1-13 b LITERATURE OF Germany: Catalogue of German and Dutch books: circ. 1700. f. 14 Thomas Hobbes, philosopher: The principles of: 17th cent. ff. 15-25 b Court of Rome: Nuovo discorso sopra il diluvio di, di L. Parigiuolo: 1579. ff. 15-25 b Lorenzo Parigi: Nuovo discorso sopra il...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1574-c 1700
Extent:
1 item