Capt. Basil Hall, R.N., 'Notes of an Interview with Bonaparte, At S. Helena, on the 13 Aug. 1817'. Signed (f. 12v). Compiled by Hall from notes made immediately after the Interview (f. 4v). An extended and more literary version of the text was first published by Hall in Account of a Voyage of Di...
One of two transcripts (for the other see Add MS 51995 B), in different hands, of the narrative poem 'Psyche, or the Legend of Love', by Mrs. Mary Tighe (d. 1810), evidently made (with some verbal variations) from the privately printed first edition (1805); watermark 1806. For a similar transcrip...
One of two transcripts (for the other see Add MS 51995 A), in different hands, of the narrative poem 'Psyche, or the Legend of Love', by Mrs. Mary Tighe (d. 1810), evidently made (with some verbal variations) from the privately printed first edition (1805); watermark 1806. For a similar transcrip...
'An authentic Memoir of the Life of Don Pedro [Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil (b. 1798, d. 1834)]', covering his early years until 1826: an unpublished work by Maria, Lady Callcott formerly Graham, based on her experiences in Brazil in 1824-1825, partly as governess to the Emperor's daughter, Donna ...
Journal of a tour to Italy via France and Switzerland, returning via Austria, Germany and Belgium. Endorsed on the cover by Gen. Charles Richard Fox, 1862, and includes (ff. 116b, ii, iii) notes by Gen. Fox on the journal.
Journal of a tour to Italy via France and Switzerland, returning via Austria, Germany and Belgium. Endorsed on the cover by Gen. Charles Richard Fox, 1862. Reversing the volume, ff. 104b-103b contain notes by J. Allen on Latin inscriptions, followed (f. 102b) by an extract from John Selden's Tit...
Journal of a tour to the Netherlands and France, followed (ff. 82b-84b) by notes, 1817, on the constitution, etc., of the Netherlands. The cover (f. i) is endorsed by Gen. Charles Richard Fox, 1843.
Miscellaneous notes, by Allen and others, relating to Spain, 1799-1833, undated, (ff. 1-73), and Portugal, [circa 1801]-1803, (ff. 74-110). Partly Spanish and Portuguese.
1. ff. 1-59. Bonaparte family; 1814-1835. 2. ff. 60-68v. 'Inventario De' Libri appartenenti alla Principessa [Pauline] Borghese in Roma'; [1825?]. Partly Italian. Possibly the list cited by G.S.H. Fox-Strangways, Chronicles of Holland House 1820-1900, p.71, the books being bequeathed by Princes...