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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 447-480

1. Stowe MS 447

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Stowe MS 447
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. 1. (ff. 12). " A Journal [of Jacob Richards] from London to Vienna, and so to Buda " ; 1 Nov. 1685 (O.S.)-21 June, 1686 (N.S.). Preceded by instructions from the Ordnance Office " to improve himselfe in Forreigne Parts beyond Seas, to be employ'd at his return as one o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1685-1686
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 448

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Stowe MS 448
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. II. (ff. 19). A Diary by the same of the siege of Buda, from 15 June, 1686, down to its capture on 2 Sept. ; continued to the return of J. Richards to Vienna on 17 Sept. Among the generals, etc., mentioned during the siege are.-The Duke of Lorraine; Field Marshal Count...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1686-2 Sep 1686
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 449

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Stowe MS 449
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. III. (ff. 11). "A Journal [by the same] from Vienna to Venitia," in company with Lord George Savile, and " Mr. Steward, my Lord Monjoixe's [Mountjoy's] son"; 24 Sept.-10 Oct. 1686, N.S. Among the places he passed through are:-Neustadt, Neuenkirchen (with chapel reputed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Sep 1686-10 Oct 1686
Extent:
1 item

4. Stowe MS 450

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Stowe MS 450
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. IV. (ff. 20). " A Journal [by the same] from Venitia into Lombardy "; 1 Nov.-5 Dec. 1686. Among the places visited are:-Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua, Parma, Reggio , Rubbiera, Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara; of many of which he gives very full accounts, largely extract...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1686-5 Dec 1686
Extent:
1 item

5. Stowe MS 451

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Stowe MS 451
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. V. (ff. 31). "A Journal [by the same] from Venitia to Zante, with a Diary of the Venitians' proceedings and conquests in the Morea"; 31 Mar.-10 Sept. 1687. He reached Zante 12 Mar., and gives sketches of various islands, etc., sighted on the voyage. After joining the V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1687-10 Sep 1687
Extent:
1 item

6. Stowe MS 452

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Stowe MS 452
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VI. (ff. 29). " Traité de 1'Artillerie, Par le Sieur Guillaume Dilichij, traduit de l'Alleman en François ": in the hand of Jacob Richards. The original, by Wilhelm Dilich, was published at Frankfort, 1689. The vellum covers are stamped with the arms of William III. J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
after 1689
Extent:
1 item

7. Stowe MS 453

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Stowe MS 453
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RICHARDS COLLECTIONS. Vol. VII. (ff. 147). " Receuil (sic) de plusieurs Deuis des places que l'on a fortifiées en France " : details of the fortifications of Dunkirk, St. Omen, Ypres, Sedan, and other places about the Flemish frontier, with accounts of the sieges of Luxembourg, Pignerol, Charlem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1677-1693
Extent:
1 item

8. Stowe MS 454-456

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Stowe MS 454-456
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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."
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Ordnance: Treatise on Artillery, with plates: 17th cent.: Fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

9. Stowe MS 457

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Stowe MS 457
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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

10. Stowe MS 458

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Stowe MS 458
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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