Manuscript containing botanical, musical and dramatic writings
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ff. 1-34 Medicine. Botanical: Collectanea de oleis, balsamis, etc.: 17th cent. ff. 35-39 A collection of flageolet music entitled 'Lessons for the Flajolet', signed by Humphrey Rant, of Yelverton, Norfolk, 1674, and in tablature on two staves of six lines. Comprises: 'An Ayre' (f. 35), 'Sure,...
Sloane 1146-1153 Chartacei, in 12mo, in tomis quatuor compacti, ff. 100, ff. 40, ff. 56, ff. 44, ff. 37, ff. 50, ff. 40, ff. 66; Sec. XVI; ab eadem, qua Cod. 1098, manu exaratus. Collectanea amplissima de lapide philosophorum, excerpta ex variis auctoribus, partim Latine, partim Anglice.
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Alchemy: General collections and anonymous treatises and processes in prose and verse; in chronological order: 14th-18th centt.
Sloane 1154 Paper, in 12mo., ff. 80, written in the years 1700-1701. 1. An English translation of Cicero's treatise De Officiis. ff. 1-77. Begin: — 'What is there not expected from thee, O my son Marcus.' 2. Excerpta quaedam ex Ciceronis operibus. ff. 78-80. includes: ff. 1-77 Marcus Tulli...
Sloane 1155 Chartaceus, in 12mo, ff. 83, Sec. XVII. 1. Observationes medicae de variis morbis. ff. 1-29. 2. Collectanea medica, manu Doctoris Johannis Woollaston, ut videtur, scripta. ff. 30-39. 3. Formulae remediorum praescriptae anno 1692. ff. 40-71. Reversing the volume:— 4. Alphabetica...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Account of the journey of Henri Auguste de Loménie de Brienne, Seigneur de la Ville-aux-Clercs, to England as Ambassador Extraordinary, 1624
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This is an account of the journey of Henri -Auguste, Seigneur de la Ville-aux-Clercs, later Comte de Brienne (1594-1666), to England, 20 Nov 1624-15 Jan 1625, as Ambassador Extraordinary to ratify the articles of marriage between Henrietta Maria and the Prince of Wales, afterwards Charles I. Alo...
Sloane 1157 Paper, in 12mo, ff. 70, XVII century. A collection of receipts in medicine and alchymy, in English and Latin. ff. 1-70. Medicine. Charms and Receipts: Orationes et receptæ medicæ.: 10th-18th centt.: Lat., Fr., Dutch, Engl., Germ., Ital., and Span. Alchemy: General collections and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Sloane 1158 Chartaceus, in 12mo., ff. 128, sec. XVI ab eadem qua Codd. 1146-1153 manu exaratus. Excerpta de variis morborum remediis. Index morborum a manu recentiori in fine suppletur. Medicine: Treatises on diseases: 11th cent.
Sloane 1159 Paper, in 18mo., ff. 47, XVII Century. 1. Pars operis cujusdam, in libros tres distincti, de remediis chymicis, cum indice capitum in fine. ff. 1-13. 2. 'Compendium de curatione morborum per remedia chymica, ex propria experientia.' f. 14. 3. Chymical receipts, chiefly of the mak...