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Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9434
Title:
Scope & Content:: LE HERMITE, Jacques. 'The Lord L'Hermite his voyage into the Sowthe Seas Thorrow the Straits Lemar in the year 1623 ...', being a manuscript written in English in perhaps two early 17th century hands, possibly derived from a 1628 account of the voyages in Latin. Creation dates: [After 1626]
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 16 Jan 2009
Extent:: 7 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9435
Title:
Scope & Content:: DIGBY, John, of Landenstown, county Kildare, Ireland. Manuscript treatise by Digby, addressed to his daughter-in-law Mrs E Digby, comprising 'A Letter wrote by John Digby ... to his Children on ye sacrament', followed by two allegorical dreams expressed in the form of a letter from a sister to h...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Jan 2009
Extent:: 51 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9436
Title:
Scope & Content:: CLARKSON, Thomas. SOUL, Joseph. SLAVE TRADE. 8 Autograph Letters Signed from Clarkson to Soul on the slave trade and the abolitionist movement, circa 1844-1845. 2 Autograph Letters Signed from Clarkson's wife Catherine to Soul, July and Dec 1846. Creation dates: Circa 1844 - Dec 1846
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 22 Jan 2009
Extent:: 20 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9437
Title:
Scope & Content:: BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, use of Rome, the artist probably to be identified with the Master of Philippa of Guelders, including 11 large miniatures. France, probably Paris. Creation dates: Early 15th century
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French and Latin
Date Range:: 22 Jan 2009
Extent:: 3 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9438
Title:
Scope & Content:: BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, from a Book of Hours, showing the Pentecost with 4 lines of Latin text, the artist to be identified with the Master of Jacques de Besançon. France, Paris. Creation dates: Circa 1485
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 11 Jan 2009
Extent:: 1 photocopy

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9439
Title:
Scope & Content:: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge [Lewis Carroll]. 2 Autograph Letters Signed to Mrs [Elizabeth] Hussey, May 1886 and Oct 1890. Sotheby's, LO8411, 17 Dec 2008, Lot 159. Creation dates: May 1886 - Oct 1890
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 19 Jan 2009
Extent:: 6 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9440
Title:
Scope & Content:: COMTE, Auguste. Autograph Note Signed to Sarah Austin, March 1844. Autograph Letter Signed to Sarah Austin, May 1846. Creation dates: March 1844 - May 1846
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Jan 2009
Extent:: 4 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9441
Title:
Scope & Content:: BOYD, James. TRAVEL JOURNAL. Autograph manuscript by the army surgeon Boyd, entitled 'Notes on Principal Occurrences in my Journey from Scotland to Madras ...', dedicated to his friend Miss Jane Brownriss of Temple Sowerby, and detailing life on board ship and related medical matters. Creation ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 26 Jan 2009
Extent:: 9 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9442
Title:
Scope & Content:: AUSTRALIA. REEVES, Thomas. Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas and Charlotte Reeves in New South Wales to family in the United Kingdom about life in Australia. Creation dates: Jan 1861
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 28 Jan 2009
Extent:: 2 photocopies

Reference (shelfmark):: RP 9443
Title:
Scope & Content:: RUSKIN, John. 14 Autograph Letters Signed to Lily Armstrong, 1864-1877. Autograph Letter Signed to Sergeant Armstrong, Sep 1870. Creation dates: 1864 - 1877
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1 Feb 2009
Extent:: 16 photocopies

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