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31. Add MS 4467

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COMMONPLACE-BOOK, etc., 17th- 18th cent.; as follows:- (1) Commonplace book, consisting of illustrations, drawn chiefly from the times of the Greeks and Romans, of the meanings of various abstract nouns, anonymous; 17th cent. With an index (f. 1b). ff. 1b-51, 52b-59b (rev.) and 131 b- 133b (re...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

32. Add MS 4334

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PELL SERMONS Collection of sermons, fragments and notes of sermons, prayers, etc., mainly by Dr. John Pell (d. 1685).The volume contains a sermon on 14 Prov. 32 in another hand (ff. 1-8). For other Pell Papers see Add. MSS. 4278-4280, 4394-4404, 4407-4431. Paper; ff. 316. Small quarto. XVII-XVI...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

33. Add MS 4335

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DUCHAL SERMONS Presumptive arguments for the truth and divine authority of the Christian religion, in ten sermons; to which is added a 'Sermon upon God's moral government', preceded by a preface, by James Duchal, M.A. (d. 1761); n.d. but printed in 1753. The copy prepared for the press. Imperfe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1753
Extent:
1 item

34. Add MS 4347

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BRASENOSE COLLEGE SERMONS Sermons (eight) and notes for sermons preached at Brasenose College, Oxford; circ. 1617-1618 (cf. the opening prayer, in which the preacher prays for the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, the Principal of Brasenose, etc., by name). Possibly the work of John Pickering, Fello...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1617-1618
Extent:
1 item

35. Add MS 4356

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CONCORDANTIAE BIBLIORUM (Aaa-Zelpha), by an unknown author. Vellum. ff. ii+ 146. Small quarto. XIV cent. Gatherings, excluding fly-leaves, of 12 leaves (with the exception of ii10) and xiii4) and signatures. Notes of ownership: 'Memorandum quod iste liber est Magistri T Wyche ex empcione a I Mor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
1 item

36. Add MS 4268-4272

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BIRCH PRIVATE PAPERS. Five volumes. Various sizes.
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Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Private papers: 1720-1766.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Latin
Date Range:
[1621-1799]
Extent:
5 items

37. Add MS 4216

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FREINSHEIM'S LIVY EPITOMES The Epitomes and Supplements to certain lost books of Livy's 'Historia Romana' (viz. Bks. XII-XX, XLVI-XLVIII, XLIX, ch. i-xxxv), by Johann Freinsheim (d. 1660), the classical scholar, translated into English; 18th cent. Book XII, ch. i-xv, have been corrected by Birc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

38. Add MS 4389

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'THE HISTORY of the Trade and Navigation of the Ancients, address'd to Monsr. [Jean Baptistel Colbert, Minister and Secretary of State to Lewis 14th of France, by Peter [Daniel] Huet, Bishop of Avranches, Sub-Preceptor to the Dauphin'. A translation from the original French work first printed in...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1730
Extent:
1 item

39. Add MS 4336-4345

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HENLEY LECTURES Heads of 'Lectures' and 'Discourses' of the Rev. John Henley, the 'Orator' (d. 1756), for delivery on the five Sundays in December, 1750. Ten volumes, bound in three. Autograph. For similar MSS. of his see Add. MSS. 10346-10349, 10576-10578, 11768-11801, 12199, 12200, 19919- 19924. Paper; Small quarto. A.D. 1750.
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Sermons: J. Henley: heads of lectures and discourses: 1750. John Henley, Orator: Heads of discourses and Iectures: 1750.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1750
Extent:
3 items

40. Add MS 4456-4457

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BIRCH'S POETICAL COLLECTIONS Poems, etc., collected by Thomas Birch, some being written by him; circa 1625-1760. Partly autograph. Two volumes. Small folio. The chief contents are as follows:-
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Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: T. Birch: verses written and collected by: circ. 1625-1760.: Lat., Engl. and Fr.: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
c 1625-1760
Extent:
2 items