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101. Kings MS 155

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Kings MS 155
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'DISCORSO Politico a fauore de Signori Venetiani contro le ragioni e pretendenze della Chiesa circa la nauigazione del mare, il Polesene [the peninsula, or province, of Rovigo], et inscrittione in memoria delli egregii fatti per santa Chiesa da detti Signori ': a dialogue between Pasquino and Ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

102. Kings MS 186

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Kings MS 186
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A POLITICAL COMPENDIUM, or short dissertation upon the various forms of Government in Poland, with a dedication to 'The Equestrian Order of the Kingdom of Poland' ; translated from, or possibly intended to be translated into, Latin (see last paragraph of the dedication, f. 14 b). The name of the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 item

103. Kings MS 206

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Kings MS 206
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OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS of reports made by the Governors of the several North American Colonies in obedience to instructions from the Lords of Trade, 1 Aug. 1766 (f. 2), and from [William Petty, Earl of] Shelburne, Secretary of State, 11 Dec. 1766-13 Jan. 1767 (ff. 35, III), giving (a) an 'Account ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

104. Kings MS 217

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Kings MS 217
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'DESCRIPCION y estado del Virreynato de Santa-Fee [Santa Fé de Bogotá, now Bogotá Nuevo Reyno de Granada, y relacion del govierno y mando del exmo senor Bailio Fr. Don Pedro Mesia de la Cerda, Marques de la Vega de Armijo', Viceroy of New Granada, by Dr. Don Francisco Antonio Moreno y Escandon, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

105. Kings MS 249

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Kings MS 249
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TRACTS on artillery and other military subjects, in French, with diagrams in pen-and-ink, dedicated to William III by an officer who signs himself 'Le C. D. O.'; Londres, 10 Oct. 1690. He says that he came to England to do the King some service, and having to wait longer than he expected has emp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1690
Extent:
1 item

106. Kings MS 256

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Kings MS 256
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'NOUVELLE THÉORIE sur la Science des Mines', by Bernard Forest de Bélidor; followed (f. 28) by 'Epreuves de mines et contremines faites par Mr. de Belidor proche le chateau de Bisy les 18 et 19 Juin 1753', and (f. 30) by copy of a letter to M. de Bélidor from Frederic the Great, King of Prussia,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

107. Kings MS 257-258

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Kings MS 257-258
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TREATISE on fortification, described (vol. i, f. 1) as 'Mémoire où l'on examine de quelle manière il convient de disposer les ouvrages d'un Front de Fortification'. Two volumes, vol. ii. containing the forty-one coloured plans. The name of the author, [Louis] de Cormontaigne (d. 1752), appears at the head of two anonymous supplements (vol. i, ff. 110, 143), each of which is described as 'Continuation du premier mémoire de Cormontaigne', and in the title of vol. ii, 'Plans et tracez apartenan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
2 items

108. Kings MS 311

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Kings MS 311
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SATIRICAL POEM ON James Stuart, the Pretender, with allusions to his marriage (1719) with the Princess Maria Clementina Sobieski. Beg. 'Bright sons of Bacchus, and Apollo'. In thirty-two eight-line stanzas, with explanatory notes in the margins. Imperfect, stanza 32 ending at the foot of f. 4 b,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

109. Kings MS 318

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Kings MS 318
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'CONCERT of antient vocal and instrumental music established A. D. 1776; with a catalogue of the several pieces performed since its institution.' The performances were at Tottenham Street (see title on back and art. 'Ancient Concerts' in Grove's Dict. of Music), and the catalogue gives the dates...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

110. Kings MS 326

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Kings MS 326
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'POESIE in lengua Zeneze de Giurian Rossi', consisting of twenty-eight poems in the Genoese dialect, preceded by a list of contents. For a similar collection in the same hand see Add. MS. 8819 Paper; ff. 107. Quarto. 83/8 in. x 53/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item