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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Kings MS 1-446 Level [40] File

291. Kings MS 290

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Kings MS 290
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL collections, &c., viz. 1. ' De methodico studio botanices absque prxceptore': copy of a plan for a 3 years' course of study in systematic botany, compiled probably for an English correspondent by a Swiss botanist (possibly Albrecht von Haller, or Johann Gesner) about 1732-17...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

292. Kings MS 291

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Kings MS 291
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'MODO di piantar, nudrir e seminar i Fiori': a brief treatise on the cultivation of certain flowers, methods of changing their colour, extirpation of pests, &c. Paper; ff. 20, Quarto. 77/8 in. x 55/8 in. XVIII cent. Belonged (f. 1) to John Strange, F.R.S. (sale-cat. 14 Apr. 1801, lot 4819).
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

293. Kings MS 292

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Kings MS 292
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'ENTOMOLOGIA ITALICA', anonymous treatise on the Insects of Italy. Followed (f. 194) by a description (with extracts) by Giovanni Domenico Agnani, Librarian of the Biblioteca Casanatense at Rome, of a MS. work of Saverio Scilla on the Butterflies of Italy entitled 'Disegni sull' Eruche'. At the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

294. Kings MS 293

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Kings MS 293
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'PLATES on Philidor's Games of Chess ', being 179 plates containing six diagrams each to illustrate the examples in Chess Analysed by [François] A[ndré] D[anican, dit] Philidor, written and presented to the King (see the author's letter, f. 1, dated Tower, 15 July, 1807) by James Douglas, Captai...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1807
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1 item

295. Kings MS 294

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Kings MS 294
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TRANSCRIPTS by Henricus Pynyot, 'Philosophiæ studiosus' at Geneva, of the following academical lectures: (a) 'D. D. [Antonii] Legeri, in Academia Genevensi olim Philosophiæ at nunc S. S. Theologiae Professoris celeberrimi , Metaphysica'. f. 1 ;-(b) Eiusdem 'Ethicescursus'. f.27;-(C)'Pneumatologi...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1714
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1 item

296. Kings MS 295

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Kings MS 295
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'ANACREONTE, tradotto dal testo Greco in rime- Toscane da Alessandro Marchetti, Accademico della Crusca, e da lui dedicato all' Altezza Reale di Ferdinando, Principe di Toscana.' The subscription (f. 64), dated 12 Sept. 1703, states that the translation complies with the rules regarding language...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
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1 item

297. Kings MS 296

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Kings MS 296
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M. ANNAEI LUCANI Pharsalia, Liber I, translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe. The latter's name does not appear, but, with the exception of the first few lines, the MS. agrees with his version, printed in 1710. It is not autograph. Beg. 'The slaughter of Emathia's purple plain'. Paper ; f...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
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1 item

298. Kings MS 297

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Kings MS 297
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'TH'ENTERLUDE of Youth ': transcript of the edition 'Imprinted at London by John Waley' [1557], made by John Henderson, actor (see sale-cat. Feb. 1786, lot 661). Paper; ff. 12.. Quarto. 87/4. in. x 71/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

299. Kings MS 298

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Kings MS 298
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'A NEW AND MERY ENTERLUDE, called the Triall of Treasure, newly set foorth', &c.: transcript by John Henderson (sale-cat. lot 696) from Malone's imperfect copy (now in the Bodleian, it wants its last leaf) of the earliest edition imprinted at London ... by Thomas Purfoote, 1567'. Paper; ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

300. Kings MS 299

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Kings MS 299
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'A NEWE MERY AND WITTIE COMEDIE or Enterlude, newely imprinted, treating vpon the Historie of Iacob and Esau': transcript by John Henderson (sale-cat. lot 662) Of the edition 'imprinted at London by Henrie Bynneman ... 1568'. Paper; ff. 28. Quarto. 81/2 in. x 71/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item