Sir Philip Sidney, ‘The Old Arcadia’ and ‘The Lady of May’
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Copy of the first version of the pastoral romance ‘The Arcadia’, composed by Sir Philip Sidney, author and courtier (1554-1586), between c. 1577 and c. 1580, and first published in 1590. With ‘The Lady of May’, an entertainment written for the visit of Queen Elizabeth I to Wanstead House in May ...
William Briton's miscellany of Tudor prose and verse, including Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella
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A largely autograph miscellany of Tudor prose and verse, which belonged to William Briton (1564–c. 1636) of Kelston, Somerset. The manuscript began life as a household account-book (ff. 116v–120r) of his father, John Briton or Bryton (d. circa 1586). It consists mainly of entries made by William...
Papers relating to William Briton's miscellany of Tudor prose and verse (Add MS 61822)
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A collection of notes by William Ringler Jr, R. B. McKerrow and Quaritch on William Briton's miscellany of Tudor prose and verse (Add MS 61822), kept in a separate folder as Add MS 61822/1. ff. 1r–7r: Typewritten, signed description of Add MS 61822 by William Ringler Jr, 12 August 1950: 'The Ho...
CHANDOS MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II. G. F. Handel, 'Chandos' Anthems 'Let God arise' (ff. 2-60v), 'Have mercy upon me O God' (ff. 61-101) and 'O be joyful' (ff. 104-159). Full score. Inventory nos. 10, 11, 12. ff. iii+159. Red leather binding, gilt-tooled, [18th cent.?]. 300 x 240mm. George Fr...
WYATT PAPERS. Vol. I. A collection of documents by and relating to members of the Wyatt family, [1496?]-early 18th cent., compiled by Richard Wyatt (d. 1753); 1727. Partly copies. Partly Latin. Chiefly by and concerning Sir Henry Wyatt (d. 1537), Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder (1503-1543), Sir Thomas Wyatt the younger (1520-1554), George Wyatt (1554-1624) and Sir Francis Wyatt (d. 1644).
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WYATT PAPERS. Vol. I. A collection of documents by and relating to members of the Wyatt family, [1496?]-early 18th cent., compiled by Richard Wyatt (d. 1753); 1727. Partly copies. Partly Latin. Chiefly by and concerning Sir Henry Wyatt (d. 1537), Sir Thomas Wyatt the elder (1503-1543), Sir Thoma...
New Year's Gift Roll of Queen Mary I, 1557, with wedding, christening and other gifts made by the Queen, 8 Feb 1556-10 Feb 1557
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New Year's Gift Roll, 1557. This records gifts exchanged between Queen Mary I and her Court on New Year's Day, 1 Jan 1557 (3 & 4 Philip and Mary). Signed by the Queen in four places at the head and foot of each side of the roll ('Marye the quene'), and once (on the recto) by Richard Wilbraha...
William Lambarde's map of beacons in Kent, endorsed, in a hand resembling Lambarde's, 'Carde of the Beacons in Kent'. In the 1580s and 1590s Lambarde was deputy lieutenant to Lord Cobham, who commissioned the map in order to have multiple copies made as a guide to the effective use of beacons. ...
GIACOMO PUCCINI: opera 'Madame Butterfly'; [1903]. Preliminary sketches in short score for parts of Act II, towards the end of the opera. Autograph. Two leaves, the verso of the second blank; written in pencil. The passages represented are identified by reference to the cue numbers in the vocal score of the original two-act version, published Milan: G. Ricordi & C., 1904. See Dieter Schickling, Giacomo Puccini: Catalogue of the Works (Kassel, 2003), p. 261. Purchased from Richard Macnutt...
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Giacomo Puccini, composer: Sketches for parts of Act II of 'Madame Butterfly' by Giacomo Puccini: [1903]: Autogr.