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151. Kings MS 189-190

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Kings MS 189-190
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'An Account of Russia, 1767', written by Sir George Macartney, Envoy Extraordinary to St. Petersburg [cr. Earl Macartney, 1794], as his official report on the historical, political, and economical state of the country (cf letter (f. i) from Joseph Planta, jun., Under Secretary of State, to [Frederick Augusta] Barnard [the King's Librarian], dated Foreign Office, i Nov. i82o); with an introduction addressed to Henry Seymour-Conway, Secretary of State, and numerous tables to illustrate the rep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

152. Kings MS 300

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Kings MS 300
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'A PRETIE and mery new Enterlude : called the Disobedient Child. Compiled by Thomas Ingelend late Student in Cambridge': transcript by John Henderson (sale-cat. lot 852) from the edition 'imprinted at London ... by Thomas Colwell' [1570?]. Paper; ff. 30. Quarto. 83/4 in. x 71/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

153. Kings MS 434

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Kings MS 434
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TREATISE 'sur l'education d'un Prince': five letters in French, apparently to some reigning German prince, who is addressed as V[otre] A[ltesse] S[érénissime]. The author, whose name is not given, appears to have been at one time attached to the service of the Hereditary Prince of Württemberg (f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

154. Kings MS 444

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Kings MS 444
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'THE ACCOMPLISH'D RAKE: a comedy', in five acts. Characters, Sir John Gaylove, Teachwell, Mr. Friendly, Lady Gaylove, Sir John's mother, Miss Friendly, &c. Paper; ff. 62. Quarto. 77/8 in x 61/4 in. XVIII cent. Book- Stamp of arms of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe (sale-cat. 1812, lot 4036)....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

155. Kings MS 41

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Kings MS 41
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'REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS made upon several of the sea-ports in France and Spain during a journey in those countries in the years 1767 and 1768, performed by Major Hugh Debbieg of the Corps of Engineers', with elaborate coloured plans; preceded by the author's letter, dated London, 16 Jan. 1775,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

156. Kings MS 147

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Kings MS 147
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'HISTORIE VENETE' : a chronicle of Venetian history from the time of Attila to the death of Doge Andrea Contarini in 1382, by Giovanni Giacomo Caroldo, Secretary of the Council of Ten [early 16th cent.]. Italian. In ten books, the first seven (to Sept. 1354) having a 'Tavola delle cose piu notab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

157. Kings MS 207

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Kings MS 207
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OFFICIAL DUPLICATE REPORTS and papers relating to the Laws and Government of the Province of Quebec, drawn up, by Order in Council dat. 28 Aug. 1767, under the superintendence of Guy Carleton [Baron Dorchester, [1786], Governor of Quebec. Preceded by his letter to [Wills Hill,] Earl of Hillsboro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

158. Kings MS 215

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Kings MS 215
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THREE TREATISES, in Spanish, relating to Mexico (see Gayangos, Cat. of MSS. in the Spanish Language in the Brit. Museum, 1875-1893, ii, p. 430), as follows:- 1. ' Relazion sumaria y puntual del tumulto y sedizion que hubo en M[exico] los 15 de Henero de 1624 y de las cosas mas notables que le p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

159. Kings MS 260

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Kings MS 260
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'TRAITÉ de (al. des) fortificacions', in four books, with coloured plans at the end of each book. The subjects of the books are: (i) De la simple enceinte;- (ii) De la fortification moderne ;-(iii) Des dehors et des citadelles;-(iv) Des fortifications irregulieres. A second part is promised, '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

160. Kings MS 265

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Kings MS 265
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TRANSCRIPTS of military and naval papers, chiefly of temp. Chas. I. The contents, so far as they relate to military science in general and the war in the Netherlands particularly, rather suggest some connexion with the Veres, but from f. 264 the papers seem to be those of Commissioners for Muste...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item