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Container Reference (shelfmark) Kings MS 1-446

111. Kings MS 184

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Kings MS 184
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ORDINANCES of the Sheriffs, Burgomasters, and other officials of Antwerp touching matters of small importance, made and proclaimed 6 Aug. 1685; followed by some additional orders made 30 Sept. 1688. Flemish. Copy. Probably loose leaves escaped from the preceding collection. Paper; ff. 3. Quarto....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1724-
Extent:
1 item

112. Kings MS 185

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Kings MS 185
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'SOLIDA atque in Actis Publicis et Pactorum Tabulis fundata demonstratio quod statibus Curlandiæ tanquam Vasallis feudi inclyto Poloniæ regno certis conditionibus oblati ducale regimen ac ius habendi et eligendi Germanum principem vigore pactorum utique competat. Anno mdccxliii.' In two parts, p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1743
Extent:
1 item

113. Kings MS 186

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Kings MS 186
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A POLITICAL COMPENDIUM, or short dissertation upon the various forms of Government in Poland, with a dedication to 'The Equestrian Order of the Kingdom of Poland' ; translated from, or possibly intended to be translated into, Latin (see last paragraph of the dedication, f. 14 b). The name of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 item

114. Kings MS 187

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Kings MS 187
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'LA FORME DU GOVERNEMENT etablie par sa Majeste et par les Etats du Royaume [de Suède], à Stockholm le 2 de May l'an 1720': a translation of the ratification in 1720 of the form of government established in the previous year by Ulrica Eleonora, Queen, and the States of Sweden, on her relinquishi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

115. Kings MS 188

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Kings MS 188
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DESCRIPTION of the Town of Sigtuna, in Sweden; 'auctore Mart. Laur. Aschanei, Pastore in Fresta et Hammarbÿ, regnique antiquario, qui vixit centum ante annos'. The original title stated that the author was unknown, but his name has been added, as above, and the colophon (f. 14) states that ' the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

116. Kings MS 189-190

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Kings MS 189-190
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'An Account of Russia, 1767', written by Sir George Macartney, Envoy Extraordinary to St. Petersburg [cr. Earl Macartney, 1794], as his official report on the historical, political, and economical state of the country (cf letter (f. i) from Joseph Planta, jun., Under Secretary of State, to [Frederick Augusta] Barnard [the King's Librarian], dated Foreign Office, i Nov. i82o); with an introduction addressed to Henry Seymour-Conway, Secretary of State, and numerous tables to illustrate the rep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

117. Kings MS 191

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Kings MS 191
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EIGHTEEN coloured drawings illustrating the costumes and manners of Russia, as follows : a Strelit soldier (f. 2), a Strelit officer (f. 3), a drummer (f. 4), a Strelit under-officer or Poltsotneck (f. 5), a travelling sledge (f. 6), a town sledge (f. 7), a peasant of Ukraine (f. 8), a Polack (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

118. Kings MS 192

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Kings MS 192
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'OBSERVATIONS sur l'etat actuel de l'Empire Ottoman en résponse aux informations qui en ont été demandées d'ordre du Roy par [George Montagu-Dunk] le Comte de Halifax cy-devant principal Secretaire d'Etat, le 26 Mars 1765', being the official report by Henry Grenville, Ambassador to Turkey, on t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1766
Extent:
1 item

119. Kings MS 193

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Kings MS 193
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'DECADA PRIMEIRA de Antonio Bocarro, chronista de sua Magestade, do estado da India, dos feitos dos Portugezes no Oriente; dedicada a serenissima Magde de el Rey Phelliphe 40 das Espanhas, e terceiro de Portugal', being a continuation of the work of João de Barros (d. 1570) who wrote Decades i-i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

120. Kings MS 194

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Kings MS 194
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'A Book containing upwards of 4000 miles of Roads in the Carnatick, with tables of the principal stages on the grand roads ... the bearings of places from many of the hills, forts and pagodas, and the latitudes and longitudes of ... cities and places in the Carnatick, by John Pringle, Captain of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1785
Extent:
1 item