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4551. Egerton MS 3870

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3870
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Scope & Content:
PALGRAVE JOURNALS. Vol. I. 'Architectural Notes made by Sir Francis Palgrave K.H. . . . during a Tour . . . Illustrated with sketches drawn upon the spot by Lady Palgrave'; 1836. The 'sketches' include ink and wash views and architectural drawings, with watercolours of Frejus (f. ) and Antibes (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 item

4552. Egerton MS 3870-3871

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3870-3871
Title:
PALGRAVE JOURNALS
Scope & Content:
Journals of a tour in France and Northern Italy by Sir Francis and Lady Palgrave; autumn 1836. The Palgraves travelled from Calais to Nice, and thence to Genoa and Milan. They returned via the St Gotthard Pass, through Switzerland and down the Rhine. Engraved portraits of Sir Francis and Lady Pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
2 items

4553. Egerton MS 3871

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Egerton MS 3871
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Scope & Content:
PALGRAVE JOURNALS. Vol. II. 'Journal of a Tour . . . by Lady Palgrave, to which are added the Letters written in the course of that Tour by herself and Sir Francis Palgrave K.H.' The Journal itself is in the form of a letter addressed to her children. The additional letters to other family membe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 item

4554. Egerton MS 3872

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3872
Title:
ROBERT COOKE: genealogical notes compiled from charters and enrolments by Robert Cook[e], portrait-painter, Clarenceux King of Arms and acting Garter (d.1593); n.d. Copies and extracts. Partly Latin. The present manuscript has not been identified in the inventory of Robert Cooke's writings and books made in Oct. 1593 in Lansdowne 75, ff. 68-74. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, June, 1994. Paper; ff. 15. Leaves of various sizes, roughly stitched into a brown paper wrapper. Watermarks a pot s...
Scope & Content:
Robert Cooke, alias Cook; Clarenceux King of Arms: Genealogical notes of Robert Cooke: 16th cent: Partly Lat: Copies and extracts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 item

4555. Egerton MS 3873

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3873
Title:
JOHN LEVETT: memorandum book of John Levett, lawyer, of London; 1688-1703, n.d. Formerly owned by Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of Crewe (bookplate, f. ii). Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, 22 July 1994. Paper; ff. v+144. 155 x 95mm. Black leather binding, blind-stamped on covers and spine, with gold tooled lines and gold wheatsheaf on front cover. Spine title, 'LEVETT'S MSS.', and date 1701.
Scope & Content:
Commonplace Books: John Levett, [of the Inner Temple?]: Memorandum book of John Levett: 1688-1703, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1688-1703
Extent:
1 item

4556. Egerton MS 3874

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3874
Title:
Detached leaf, possibly from an artist's patternbook
Scope & Content:
This manuscript comprises a single detached leaf believed to have formed part of an artist's patternbook. The recto of the leaf features two drawings, one depicting a swan wearing a crown around its neck attached to a ringed chain, the other depicting four cranes attacking a frog. The verso ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Middle
Date Range:
1st half of 15th century
Extent:

1 leaf

4557. Egerton MS 3875

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3875
Title:
ROBERT CLARKE (D. 1675), LATIN POET: 'Christiados Libri 18', in Latin hexameters, etc.; circa 1625-1650. Scribal fair copy. The earliest edition of this religious epic appeared at Bruges in 1670 under the title Christiados, sive De Passione Domini, Libri 17, with an approbation by Father Edward Daniel dated 13 June 1650. The present manuscript comprises an earlier state of the text, that in the printed edition being shorter by over three thousand lines and heavily revised throughout. The dis...
Scope & Content:
Poetry LATIN: Orders Religious. Carthusians: Robert Clarke, Carthusian and Latin poet: Our Saviour Jesus Christ: R. Clarke: `Christiados Libri 18', in hexameters: circa 1625-1650: Latin: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1625-1650
Extent:
1 item

4558. Egerton MS 3876

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3876
Title:
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF POLITICAL TRACTS AND LETTERS, ETC.; circa 1567-1639, n.d., with additions circa 1683-1699. Copies. Partly Latin. The collection consists largely of political tracts from the reign of James I, with some verses. The final section (ff. 211-226v), which includes correspondence (ff. 211-213v) of Elizabeth I with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and (ff. 214-215v, 223-226) of James I with Sir Walter Ralegh, also incorporates letters, etc. (see esp. ff. 145-147, 219, ...
Scope & Content:
Political Tracts: Miscellaneous collection of, etc.,: circa 1567-1699: Partly Latin: Copies. includes: f. ii Richard Montagu, bookseller: Note of purchase of manuscript from: 12 Feb. 1739/40.ff. 1-3v Sir Charles Cornwallis, diplomatist: Henry Frederick, Princes of Wales: `Short Remembrance...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1562-1639
Extent:
1 item

4559. Egerton MS 3877

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3877
Title:
SCOTT PAPERS: letter book of George Scott (d. 1780), D.C.L., F.R.S., F.S.A., of Woolston Hall, co. Essex, supplementing Eg. MSS. 3725-3755; 7 Nov. 1772-15 May 1773. Autograph. Includes many letters relating to St John's College, Oxford. Addressees are indexed on f. 41. This is 'Vol. 55' (f. ii) in the sequence of Scott's letter books. His bookplate is f. iii. Purchased at Phillips, 12 June 1998, lot 322. Paper; ff. iii+42. 225 x 145mm. Quarter calf, with marbled boards. 230 x 150mm. Both fr...
Scope & Content:
George Scott, DCL; FRS; of Woolston Hall; d.1780: Out letter book: 1772-1773: Autogr. Oxford. University of. St John's College: Letters of G. Scott rel. to: 1772-1773: Copies. includes: f. iii Bookplates and Book-stamps: George Scott, DCL; FRS; of Woolston Hall; d.1780: Armorial bookplate o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1772-15 May 1773
Extent:
1 item

4560. Egerton MS 3878

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3878
Title:
‘Leicester’s Commonwealth’; 1584. Copy, late 16th cent. This is one of many manuscript copies of the Catholic libel on Robert Dudley (d. 1588), Earl of Leicester, that circulated following the suppression of the printed version of 1586. The full title (f. 1) runs ‘The Copie of a Letter written by a Master of Arte in Cambridge to his friend in London concerninge some talke past of late betwen two worll and graue men about the present state, and some procedings of the Ea: of Leyc: and his f...
Scope & Content:
Religion: Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester: Political Tracts: Robert Parsons, SJ: Charles Arundel, English Catholic exile: 'Leicester's Commonwealth' erroneously attrib. to Robert Parsons attrib. to Charles Arundel rel. to Robert Dudley: late 16th cent.: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1584
Extent:
1 item

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