MISCELLANEOUS autographs, acquired in 1877 and 1878.
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Egypt: Translation of a Hieroglyphical inscription, by C. Simonides: 1863. f.1 Constantine Simonides: Letter to -: 1863. ff. 3, 27 Giovanni Battista Ricciardi, Professor at Pisa: Letter to, from S. Rosa: circ. 1650-1660, 1670. ff. 3, 27 Salvator Rosa: Letters to G. B. Ricciardi: ...
B. 1. S[alvator] R[osa] to Giovanni Battista Ricciardi, of Pisa, asking him to write a preamble for his "Timone"; circ. 1650-1660?. Ital. f. 3. 2. Giovanni Maria, Cardinal Mastai [afterwards Pope Pius IX.], to Camillo Alessandroni; 19 Jan. 1842, 1 June, 1846. Ital. ff. 5, 7.
C. [Marie Jeanne, Comtesse du Barry], to M. Dutrez, to pay money on her account; Louvecienne, 2 Nov. [1779]. French. f. 9. Presented by Mons. C. Vatel.
D. R[odolph] E[ric] Raspe to [Captain James Cook], suggesting mineralogical observations to be made during his third voyage round the world; Chelsea, 28 Apr. 1776. f. 11.
E. 1. Jo[hn] Sprint, Dean of Bristol, to [Robert Dudley], Earl of Leicester, relative to Bradford parsonage, 00. Wilts ; 19 June, [ 1581 f. 13. 2. Sir E[dward] Stanhope, Constable of the North, to his brother, Sir John Stanhope, Treasurer of the Chamber and Master of the Posts, on a conspiracy...
I. 1. S[alvator] R[osa] to Giovanni Battista Ricciardi; 5 Doe. 1670. Ital. f. 27. 2. Franc[esc]o Albani to Girolamo Bonvisi, of Bologna,' referring to pictures painted by himself and Paolo Moscardini for a cardinal, and to other private matters; 13 July, 1655. Ital. f. 29.