Francesco Patrizi of Siena, De institutione rei politicae
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Contents: ff. 1r-187v: Franciscus Patricius Senensis (b. 1413, d. 1494), De institutione rei politicae. Decoration: Capitals in alternate red and blue. Running titles in red and blue.
This manuscript contains the second part of a 2-volume set of the Yearbooks of King Henry VI from Michaelmas Term in the 11th year of his reign until Trinity Term in the 22nd year of his reign (1432-1444). Contents: ff. 238r-414r: Yearbooks of King Henry VI, comprising the 20th, 21st and 22nd...
Poems and emblems in honour of Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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Contents: ff. 1r-8r: Illustrated poems in honour of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (b. 1619, d. 1683), Marquis de Seignelay. Decoration: Dedicatory frontispiece in colours and gold with the arms of Jean Baptiste Colbert (f. 1r). 7 full-page miniatures in colours and gold with verses and mottos in Col...
Contents: ff. 1r-303v: Law reports from 31 to 40 Elizabeth I [1588-1598] 'per Mr Pennyman, et aux per Mr Ware'; written in English, French and Latin; with later additions from the reign of King James I, and a report dated to 'Aprill 1639 at York'.
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 ...
Contents: ff. 1r-99v: Statutes from the reign of Edward III, 1327-1355. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 100r: A printed indulgence (dated 1508) for those who contribute to the construction of a church dedicated to St Peter, beginning: 'Willelmus, permissione divina Cantuariensis ...