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Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3863
Title:: LAWSON WOOD: sample book of Lawson Wood (b.1878, d.1957), artist, containing water-colour examples of his book illustrations, posters, etc.; n.d. Notes in shorthand on ff. 1-4. See A. E. Johnson, Lawson Wood (1910). Purchased from John Grant, Booksellers, from the Bridgewater Fund, June 1989. Paper; ff. i+89. Some leaves cut or excised. 167 x 102mm. Watermark: 'T. H. Saunders 1883'. Full binding of brown calf, blind-tooled, 178 x 114mm.
Scope & Content:: Lawson Wood, book illustrator: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Sample book of Lawson Wood: n.d.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: d 1957
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3864
Title:: SIR WILLIAM DUGDALE, GARTER KING OF ARMS: epitaph for Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Bart. (d. 1 March 1681/2), and his first wife, Lucia (d. 1671); 1682. Autograph draft. Latin. An expanded version is inscribed on a brass, formerly erected by his widow Elizabeth in the now-demolished church of St Crux in York, surviving in the present parish room. It is described by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, City of York, vol. V (1981), p. 11. The epitaph is drafted on the blank verso of a lett...
Scope & Content:: includes: f. 1 Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet: Lucia Herbert, 1st wife of Sir T Herbert, 1st Baronet: Epitaphs: York, City of. Church of St Crux: Sir William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms: Epitaph by Sir William Dugdale for Sir T. Herbert's and L. Herbert's brass in St Crux, York: 1682: Lat: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: 1682
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3865
Title:: RUTHVEN TODD: calligraphic list of books in his library, with occasional comments and bibliographical details, by Ruthven Todd (b.1914, d.1978), poet and writer; circa 1941. Autograph. Many of the books are by or relate to William Blake, in whom Todd had a lifelong interest. Ownership inscription, 'Ruthven Todd, 41 Mansionhouse Road, Edinburgh', on inner front cover. Purchased from Mrs K. O'Brien from the Bridgewater Fund, 2 May 1990. Paper; ff. i+26. 187 x 121mm. Binding of red cloth with...
Scope & Content:: William Blake, poet and painter: List of books in the library of Ruthven Todd, many by and rel. to Blake: circa 1941. Inventories: Ruthven Todd, poet and writer: Books in his library: circa 1941: Calligraphically written.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1941
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3866 A
Title:
Scope & Content:: MEDICAL NOTES. Vol. I A. Bound notebook, with index; 18th cent., n.d. ff. i+106. 200 x 155mm. Medicine and Surgery: Medical practitioner's notebook and pharmacopoeia: 18th cent.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3866 A-B
Title:: MEDICAL NOTES
Scope & Content:: Medical practitioner's notebook and pharmacopoeia; 18th cent. The anonymous author's connection with the Gibson family of Quernmore Park and White Lee, Goosnargh, co. Lanc., is suggested by the inclusion in the notebook of letters and prescriptions addressed to Robert Gibson and the Reverend Joh...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3866 B
Title:
Scope & Content:: MEDICAL NOTES. Vol. I B. Letters and prescriptions removed from Eg. 3866 A; [1750?]-[1760?] , n.d. At f. 1 is a letter containing medical advice and a prescription from Nathan Alcock, M.D., F.R.S. (b.1707, d.1779). ff. 26. British Library arrangement. Medicine and Surgery: Medical practitione...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1750?]-[1760?]
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3867
Title:: DORA CARRINGTON CORRESPONDENCE: letters from Dora Carrington (b.1893, d.1932), painter and companion of Lytton Strachey, to Poppet John, daughter of Augustus John; 26 Jan. 1928 - Dec. 1929, n.d. These letters are unpublished. For further Carrington material, see Add. 62888-62897, 65158, 65159. See also G. Gerzina, Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington (1989). Purchased from Mrs Poppet Pol from the Farnborough Fund, 22 March 1991. Paper; ff. 38. 342 x 224mm.
Scope & Content:: Dora de Houghton Carrington, painter and companion of Lytton Strachey: Poppet John, afterwards Pol; daughter of Augustus John: Letters to Poppet John from Dora Carrington: circa 1928-1929.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Jan 1928-Dec 1929
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3868
Title:: SPENCER ARMORIAL: armorial of the Spencer family of Wormleighton, co. Warw. and of Althorp. co. Northt. compiled by Mercury Patten, Bluemantle; dated at end 29 May 1611. Text in French, Latin and English. Dedicated (f. 1) in Latin to Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer (d.1627). At f. 2 is the full Spencer achievement in colour. The shields of the families quartered thereon are blazoned and drawn in colour on the following folios: Spencer (ff. 2v-4), Deverell (ff. 4v-5), Lincolne (ff. 5v-6), W...
Scope & Content:: Heraldry: Mercury Patten, Bluemantle: Spencer family: Armorial of the Spencer family of Wormleighton and Althorp by Mercury Patten: 1611: Fr., Lat. and Engl. includes: ff. 4v-5 Heraldry: Deverell family: Arms of the Deverell family blazoned and drawn in colour: 1611: Fr., Lat. and Engl.ff. 5...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and Latin
Date Range:: 29 May 1611
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Egerton MS 3869
Title:: DAWSON TURNER: manuscript version of an 'Account of a tour in Normandy' based on three successive tours undertaken in 1815, 1818, and 1819 by Dawson Turner (b.1775, d.1858), botanist and antiquary; circa 1820. Copy, partly autograph. The account, which concerns chiefly the architectural antiquities, history and inhabitants of the Duchy, was published in two volumes by J. and A. Arch, (London, 1820). It is in the form of thirty letters supposedly addressed (according to f. 1 of the present MS...
Scope & Content:: Voyages and Travels: Normandy, France: Dawson Turner, FSA; botanist and antiquary: James Layton, curate of Eastry with Worth: Account of a tour in Normandy by D. Turner addressed to J. Layton (?): circa 1820: Copy: Partly autograph.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c 1820
Extent:: 1 item

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