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1. Add MS 4439

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 330). (1) Raimond Cap to the Royal Society, on the squaring of the circle; Château Thierry sur Marne, 20 Feb. 1749. French. ff. 1-3. (2) Fulgence Depourier, 'de l'ordre des Augustins,' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, with problems on 'La Trissection...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1749-1757
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 8293

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MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION of historical papers; circa 1350-1631. Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Copies, 17th cent. The collection is separable into two parts. The first part (ff. 3-107v) relates to the Papacy and its relations with Savoy and other Italian states, France, the German Empire, Portugal, Scotland, England, and Spain from Paul III (1534-1549) to Paul V (1605-1621). It contains papal instructions to nuncios and other ambassadors between 1537 (art. 3) and 1616 (art. 1), including instr...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: late 17th cent. includes: ff. 3-107v Rome; Court of; and Popes, Bishops of. General: Papal instructions: 1537-1616: Ital: Copies. ff. 90-90v Paul III; Pope: James V of Scotland: Latino Giovenale Manetti, of Rome; poet and apostolic secretary: David Beaton, Bishop...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
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1 item

3. Add MS 8338

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HISTORICAL PAPERS RELATING TO ROME, ETC.; 1784-1804. Italian, Latin, French and German. Mostly printed. The papers relate largely to the Papacy's responses to the French Revolution and the French invasion of Italy and more particularly to the events accompanying the short-lived Roman Republic of 1799. Table of contents (ff. 1-8v). Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. Purchased from R.H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, [lot no. unknown]. Paper; ff. 714+i, p...
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Pius VI; Pope: Pius VII; Pope: Printed Matter: Papers rel. to Rome, etc.,: 1784-1804: Ital., Lat., Fr., and Germ. includes: ff. 9-10 Hugon de Basseville, French consul: Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae; printers: Printed Matter: Pro-memoria per il Console di Francia in Roma: 1793: It...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1784-1804
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 8353

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COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS relating to military and political events during the Thirty Years War, especially in Italy as a theatre of conflict between France and Spain, France during the Fronde, and the island of Corsica under Genoese rule in the early 17th century; 1622-1649. Italian and Latin. Copies, largely printed. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '65' in ink on spine; in top left hand corner of f. 1 the numbers '13', '290', '10...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 18th cent. includes: ff. 1v-39v Agriculture: Island of Corsica: Luigi Sesino, priest, from Corsica: Essay on agriculture on Corsica: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 41-122v Island of Corsica: Description of the island: late 16th cent.: Ital: Copy. ff. 137-138v P...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1622-1649
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 34930

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Vol. XXIX. (XXVIII. ff. 337). 17 June-31 Aug. 1805. includes: f. 1 Samuel Gambier: Letters, as Navy Commissioner, to Lord Nelson: 1803-1805. f. 1 Henry Duncan: Letters, as Navy Commissioner, etc., to Lord Nelson: 1803-1805. f. 1 Sir Francis John Hartwell, 1st Baronet: Letters, as ,Navy Commiss...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Spanish
Date Range:
17 Jun 1805-31 Aug 1805
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 41200

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Vol. IV(ff. 266). 1796-1803 and n.d., with some extraneous matter of later date. Paper. Folio. A.D. 1761-1803. Purchased at Sotheby's (salecat., 27 May, lots 745, 747-755). includes: f. 1 A- Ross, of Ross and Ogilvie, bankers: Letter to -, conc. Sir W. Hamilton: 1796.f. 3 General Oliver D...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1796-1803
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 42069

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HAMILTON AND GREVILLE PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 247). Contents:- (1) Correspondence and papers of Sir William Hamilton, Envoy to Naples; 2 Sept. 1754-24 June 1802, n.d. A few original letters (ff. 103, 148-150) and autograph drafts by Hamilton are included. ff. 1-219. (2) Letters addressed to the Re...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
2 Sep 1754-24 Jun 1802
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 47384

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Vol. CLXIV, n.d. includes: ff. 18, 19 Art. Illuminations and Drawings: RUSSIAN. Drawings of the 1822 eruption of Vesuvius, and of a young girl, [by Princess Lieven?]: n.d. f. 19 Vesuvius: Water-colour drawing [by Princess Lieven?] of the 1822 eruption: n.d. f.19 Italy: Water-colour drawing, by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822
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1 item

9. Egerton MS 3700 B

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Egerton MS 3700 B
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BARRETT COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 145). Literary papers, etc., as follows:- (1) Papers of Charles Burney, Mus. D.; 1782, 1786, n.d. Viz.:-(a) Commonplace book (fragmentary) containing notes on contemporaries, including (ff. 1-3b) Dr Samuel Johnson. ff. 1-10b;-(b) Epithalamia (ff. 11b-16) and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1776-1814
Extent:
1 item

10. Sloane MS 2039

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Sloane MS 2039
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Sloane 2039 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 199, Sec. XVII. 1. 'Specimen commentarii in loca Scripturae Sacrae physica, mathematica et medica.' ff. 1-8. 2. 'Bibliotheca mineralogorum.' ff. 9-12. 3. 'Bibliotheca zoologorum.' ff. 13-16, 27, 28. 4. 'Bibliotheca botanicorum.' ff. 17-20. 5. Suecia a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item