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1. Add MS 4925

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Add MS 4925
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'ROUSSEAU JUGE DE JEAN JAQUES'; 1776
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Autograph copy of part of an autobiographical work in dialogue form by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. According to a note by Brooke Boothby (7th Bart. 1789) on f. 1 'Ce manuscrit me fut mis entre les mains le 6 avril 1776 par M.J.J.R.'. Rousseau had written three autobiographical dialogues during the pe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1776
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 21514

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AUTOGRAPH letters and signatures of literary and scientific artists and savans in France and the Netherlands; 1612-1835: 1. Jacques Auguste de Thou, the historian, to Isaac Casaubon; Paris, 10 Dec. 1613. Fr. f. 2. 2. Agreement between Charles de la Rivière, Sire de la Mothe Suhard, and François Malherbe, the poet; 20 Feb. 1612. Fr. f. 5. 3. Chanson by François Malherbe. Fr. f. 7. 4. Pietro Pauolo Rubens to Palamede Fabri, Sieur de Valares; Antwerp, 16 Dec. 1627. Ital. f. 9. Nicolo Pous...
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France General Chronicles and History, etc: Letters and documents of savans: 1612-1835. includes: f. 2 Jacques Auguste de Thou, historian: Letter to I. Casaubon: 1613.: Fr. f. 2 Isaac Casaubon: Letter to, from J. A. de Thou: 1608.: Fr. f. 5 Charles de La Rivière, Lord of La Moth Suhard: Covena...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1612-1835
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 22935

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ORIGINAL letters, chiefly from eminent botanists, to Antoine Gouan, Professor of Botany at Montpellier; 1760-1813. The writers are [Adam] Afzelius; Upsal, 23 Nov. 1787. Fr. f. 6. Ignace d'Asso [y del Rio]; Madrid, Amsterdam, 3 Feb. 1780-22 Jan. 1781. Fr. ff. 9-15. [Giovanni Battista] Balbis; Tur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1760-1813
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 23102

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MISCELLANEOUS original letters of eminent foreigners, principally Frenchmen; 1558-[circa 1840]. The writers are: 1. Count F[rancesco] Algarotti to General , concerning David Garrick; Pisa, 5 Mar. 1764. Fr. f. 6. 2. [Henri François] D'Aguesseau [Chancellor of France] to [Guillaume] de Lamoignon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1558-[c 1840]
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 24024

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ORIGINAL letters, etc., of Royal and distinguished foreign personages; 1550-1833. l. Petition of John Quentel, of Cologne, printer, to the Emperor Charles V., for a privilege to print certain theological books; n.d. Lat. Holograph. Endorsed with a reference for decision to [Antoine Perrenot] Bishop of Arras, 20 Sept. 1550; and the note "Fiat ad 6 annos" etc., 4 Nov. 1550. f. 1. 2. Francis II. of France to [Gilles] de Noailles, French Ambassador in England; Blois, 25 Dec. 1559. Fr. Signed; ...
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Antoine Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis d'Effiat; French Ambassador to England: Correspondence: 1624-1625.: Fr. and Lat. includes: f. 1 Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Cardinal, Bishop of Arras, Minister of Charles V and Philip II: Licence for printing to J. Quentel: 1550.: Lat. f. 1 John Quentel, Pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1550-1833
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 29626

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ORIGINAL letters of, and relating to, Jean Jacques Rousseau, chiefly addressed to Richard Davenport; 1766-1769. The writers are:- J[ean] J[acques] Rousseau; Wootton, etc., 22 Mar. 1766-17 Mar. 1769, and n.d. Fr. ff. 3-10, 23, 28, 34-42, 45-54, 56, 57, 61, 70, 74-82 ;-to-Vaillant; n.d. Fr. f. 83. -Du Peyron to [David Hume?]; Neufchatel, 4 May, 1766. Fr. f. 11. David Hume; London, 26 June-2 Sept. 1766, 1 July, 1767, ff. 13, 17, 19, 21, 25, 30, 67. -De Lapujade; Paris, 2 July, 1766. Fr. f. 15....
Scope & Content:
Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Letters of, and relating to, chiefly addressed to R. Davenport: 1766-1769. Richard Davenport: Correspondence with J. J. Rousseau, D. Hume, and others: 1766-1769. includes: f. 11 David Hume, historian: Letter to, from M. du Peyron: 1766.: Fr. f. 11 Du Peyron...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1766-1769
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 29627

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WILL of Jean Jacques Rousseau. Fr. Holograph; without signature or date, but endorsed by Richard Davenport "given into my hands by himself Munday 27 May, 1766." Included also are:-Original letters respecting the above will from Edward Mainwaring to J. Davenport, with drafts of letters from the latter to E. Mainwaring and William, Lord Bagot; 18 Aug.-26 Sept. 1784, ff. 4-8;-Copies of French vaudevilles, f. 9;-Musical "Morcaux," in the hand of J. J. Rousseau, f. 21. Paper. Quarto.
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includes: f. 1 Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher: Will: 1766.: Fr.: Autogr. f. 1 Richard Davenport: Endorsement of J. J. Rousseau's Will: 1766. ff. 4, 5, 6 J- Davenport: Correspondence with E. Mainwaring: 1784. ff. 4,5,6 Edward Mainwaring: Correspondence with J. Davenport: 1784. f. 9 Poetry: V...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1766-1784
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 31677

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French vocal compositions, apparently predominantly taken from Operas, by anonymous authors.
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Vol. II. French vocal compositions, most of which, if not all, appear to be taken from Operas. Except where the contrary is stated, they are for a single voice without accompaniment, and anonymous; ff. 2b-15 are in the hand of Jean Jacques Rousseau, and the others were probably written at his ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1752-1753
Extent:
1 volume (58 folios)

9. Add MS 32491 A-E

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Add MS 32491 A-E
Title:
AUTOGRAPH Letters:- Paper; ff. 18. Folio.
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includes: f. 1 William Collins, poet: Letter on his monument, by J. Flaxman: 1791. ff. 1, 2, 4 John Flaxman: Letters to W. Hayley and others: 1791, 1798, n.d. f. 5 Hannah More: Letter to Mrs. Nash: 1811. f. 7 Margaret Sleigh, wife of Sir Samuel Sleigh, of Etwall, county Derbyshire, MP: Letter t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1640-1811
Extent:
5 items

10. Add MS 32587

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Harpsichord compositions by Francesco Geminiani and Alessandro Scarlatti. - Piano compositions by, or transcribed by, Johann Baptist Cramer. - Catches and glees by William P. Stevens.
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-15. Pieces for the Harpsichord. Before 1740. Belonged to S[arah] S[ophia] Banks, sister of Sir Joseph Banks, in 1767, 1768. Oblong quarto and octavo.1. Sonata in B minor. 'Francesco Geminiani.' Apparently autograph. f. 1. 2-5. Harpsichord arrangement of nos.1-3 (wanting in each case the la...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)