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Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 454-456
Title:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vols. VIII.-X. (ff. 80, 27, 94). Treatise on Artillery, in French, in the hand of Jacob Richards. Three volumes, the last two containing illustrations. Inserted at the end of the third (f. 89) is a map of Newbury, co. Berks; followed (f. 90) by a French treatise entitled " Épreuves du Tir des Bombes avec le Canon par M. Lombard, Professeur royal aux Écoles du Corps-Royal de 1'Artillerie à Auxonne, 1787."
Scope & Content:: Ordnance: Treatise on Artillery, with plates: 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 456
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. X. ff. 94. includes: f. 89 Newbury, Berkshire: Map of: 17th cent. f. 89 Maps and Plans: Map of Newbury, co. Berks: 17th cent. f. 90 Lombard, Artillery instructor at Auxonne: Épreuves du tir des bombes avec le canon: 1787.: Fr.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 457
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XI. (ff. 78). "Eight Books of the Ellements of Euclid with the Use of the Propositions " ; 1700. In the hand of Jacob Richards. He breaks of, however, at the end of the 2nd book. He does not follow Euclid's method in the treatment of parallel straight lines or in the p...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1700
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 458
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. Xll. (ff. 22). Diary of Jacob Richards, of the artillery train in Flanders, narrating events up to the battle of Landen; 8/18 Apr.- 20/30 Jul)-, 1693. He was present, among other places, at Ghent, Greinbergen, Vilvorde, and Pare Abbey near Louvain, and gives plans of t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1693-1695
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 459
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIII. (fr. 76). Diary of John Richards; 30 Jan. 1696/7 - 29 May, 1699. He started from Dublin to London, and thence through Holland and Germany to Venice, which he reached on 2 April. He served the campaign with his brother Jacob in the Morea; and at its conclusion the...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 30 Jan 1697-29 May 1699
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 460
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XIV. (ff. 45). Copies of letters to and from Jacob Richards, and of other documents connected with his engagement in the Venetian service as "Sergente Generale"; 29 Nov. 1696-30 Mar. 1699. Italian. They deal principally with the organisation of the artillery, fortifica...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 29 Nov 1696-30 Mar 1699
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 461
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XV. (ff. 45). Letter-book of Jacob Richards, principally in Venice and Napoli di Romania [Nauplia]; 14 June, 1697-14 Aug. 1700. The letters relate chiefly to the subjects touched upon in vols. xiii., xiv; and in the last he appears to be taking service under the King o...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 14 Jun 1697-14 Aug 1700
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Stowe MS 462
Title:
Scope & Content:: RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. XVI. (ff. 97). Diary by John Richards on a journey from Napoli di Romania [Nauplia] to Constantinople and thence to Vienna, on his discharge from the Venetian service; 15 July, 1699-21 Sept. 1700. Among the places he describes are Napoli di Malvasia, Canea, Candia, Rho...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 15 Jul 1699-21 Sep 1700
Extent:: 1 item

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