COTTON, Sir Robert (1571-1631). CAMDEN, William. Manuscript on paper entitled 'The Etimologie Antiquitye and Office of the Lord High Steward, Constable, and Marshall of England', comprising various pieces by Cotton, Camden and others, written in at least two scribal hands, [London]. Creation da...
STILL, Elijah. AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. Autograph Letter Signed account by Elijah Still, writing home to his sister and cousins, reporting information he has received from his brother Jabez, of the attack on Fort Susquehanna. Creation dates: May 1779
PARSONS, William C. TRAVEL. Manuscript autobiography of an English seaman, describing events on the Pacific coast of South America and elsewhere. With an Autograph Letter Signed dated Philadelphia July 1849 addressed to his mother describing the contents of a chest he had sent home, signed by Pa...
ADAMS, Thomas. 2 manuscript poems, the first by Adams entitled 'Spare Rib's Soliloquy or Cato's famous Soliloquy paraphrased', and the second an anonymous piece not in Adams' hand beginning 'Tis Time to weep, good Northumbrian all'. Creation dates: [Circa 1780]
DARWIN, Charles. Review copy of 'Origin of Species', from the libraries of the author's sons William Erasmus Darwin and George Howard Darwin, with pencil annotations and markings by the latter. Sotheby's, LO 9777, 17 Dec 2009, Lot 17. Creation dates: 1900
BOOK OF HOURS. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, being a Book of Hours, use of Paris. Containing 8 large miniatures as follows: St John on Patmos; The Annunciation; David in prayer; The Crucifixion; Pentecost; Burial service; Virgin and Child; God the Father. Creation dates: Circa 1475
TONYN, Charles William. WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION. Tonyn's manuscript diaries including his service in the War of the Austrian succession. Sotheby's, LO 9777, 17 Dec 2009, Lot 3. Creation dates: 1722 - 1750
REPTON, Humphrey (1752-1818). 'A Red Book of Vinters in Kent by Humphrey Repton', comprising 7 watercolour views of the grounds by Repton, a map possibly by him, a view of the house in another hand, together with a manuscript description of Repton. Creation dates: Undated
WILKES, John. BERWICK-UPON-TWEED ELECTION, 1754. Manuscript being a transcription, made in 1756 by the attorney Thomas Adams of Alnwick, of depositions dated 1754 from 16 voters regarding alleged attempts to induce them to vote for John Wilkes at the Berwick-upon-Tweed election. Creation dates:...