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31. Add MS 4240

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OLDYS MEMOIRS MEMOIRS relating to the family of Oldys, by William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms (d. 1761), including a pedigree of the family from 1366 (f. 14); n.d. Autograph. Paper; ff. 28. Small quarto. XVIII cent. William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms: Memoir of his family and pedigree: 18th cen...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

32. Add MS 4245

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COMMONPLACE BOOKS, viz.:- (1) Commonplace book of Thomas Birch consisting of biographical notes, epitaphs, literary memoranda, etc.; circ. 1765. ff. 2-58. (2) Commonplace book of William Oldys, Norroy King of Arms (d. 1761), containing biographical notes, poetical and literary extracts, apot...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

33. Add MS 4132

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'AN HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE NEGOTIATIONS between the Court of England, France and Brussels from the year 1592 to 1617, Extracted chiefly from the MS. State Papers of Sr Thomas Edmondes, Knt., Embassador in France and at Brussels ... And of Anthony Bacon, Esq.', etc., by Birch, the original autogr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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before 1749
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1 item

34. Add MS 4248

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LISTS OF STATE PAPERS, etc., relating to affairs between England and Scotland, tempp. Henry VIII-James I, contained in various MSS. now in the British Library; 18th cent. (1) Lists of part of the contents of Harley MSS. 4644-4653; 18th cent. ff. 2-26. (2) Similar lists, in the hand of Patric...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

35. Add MS 4147

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LETTER-BOOK OF HENRY MONTAGU, Viscount Mandeville, afterwards (1626) Earl of Manchester, as Lord High Treasurer, consisting of copies of letters and warrants to farmers and collectors of customs at various ports; 16 Dec. 1620-4 Sept. 1621. Included also are (a) 'Fees and disbursements' on his c...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1620-1635
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1 item

36. Add MS 4235

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'The Life of Mr. Edmund Spenser', by Thomas Birch; 1751. This is the draft of his 'Life' prefixed to his edition of The Faerie Queene, 1751, 3 vols. At the beginning are the 'Proposals' for printing the work. Paper; ff. iii + 39. Quarto. A.D. 1751. Edmund Spenser, poet: Life of, by T. Birch: 17...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1751
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1 item

37. Add MS 4212

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'CERTAINE SELECTED CHAPTERS TRANSLATED OUT OF NICHOLAS MACHIAUELL his 3 bookes of discourses'; 17th cent. The chapters chosen are from N. Machiavelli's Discorsi. . . 'sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio', Bk. I. 11-16, 26, 27, 41, 55, 59. Bk. II. 3, 5, 10, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 23-27, 29, 30. Bk. II...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

38. Add MS 4478 D

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BIRCH COMMONPLACE-BOOK Commonplace-book of Thomas Birch, written in his student days, 1725 and 1726, and consisting chiefly of extracts in Latin, Greek, and English, from classical and modern writers on abstract subjects. There are also some poems written by Birch, including (f. 56) a Latin poe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1721-c 1732
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1 item

39. Add MS 4366

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EDWARD HERBERT OF CHERBURY TREATISE Treatise on the Christian religion, in dialogue form, by Edward Herbert, 1st Lord Herbert of Cherbury, d. 1648 (see preface to printed edition). Imperfect copy, wanting one or two leaves at the beginning; 18th cent. The work was printed in 1768 under the titl...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
18th century
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1 item

40. Add MS 4468

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EXTRACTS FROM THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS OF FRANCIS BACON, as edited by Isaac Gruter, Francisci Baconi Scripta in naturali et universali philosophia . . ., Amsterdam, 1653. The title-page and pages 62-74 of the printed edition (containing Gruter's translation of Sir Thomas Bodley's letter (1607) to...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1653-1799
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1 item