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Name Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, 6th son of George III, 1773-1843 Place Florence, Italy

1. Add MS 15760

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Add MS 15760
Title:
Henricus Martellus Germanus, Insularium illustratum
Scope & Content:
This volume is one of only five surviving manuscripts of the Insularium illustratum (Illustrated Book of Islands), a descriptive atlas of island maps, made by Henricus Martellus Germanus (also known as Heinrich Hammer), a German miniaturist and cartographer who was active in Florence between 148...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1490
Extent:

1 volume

2. Add MS 50261

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Add MS 50261
Title:
LETTERS AND PAPERS OF THE REV. GEORGE CECIL WHITE, Rector of Nursling, his relatives and ancestors; 1761-1910, n.d. Many of the letters are addressed to John Strange, Resident at Venice (d. 1799), to White's grandfather, Edward Nares, Vicar of Biddenden and Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford (d. 1841), and Nares's first wife, Lady Charlotte Spencer (d. 1802). Printed, in part, by G. C. White, Glimpses of William IV and Queen Adelaide, 1902, and A Versatile Professor; Reminiscences ...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1b Florence, Italy: Membership diploma of Botanical Society, with view of Teatro Botanico,: 1759: Engr.f. 1b Leonardo Frati, Florentine artist: Designed and engraved: 1759.f. 1b Andrea di Ginori: Membership diploma of Botanical Society of Florence signed by, as Sec.: 1761: Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1761-1910
Extent:
1 item