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161. Kings MS 284

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Kings MS 284
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LEONARDO DA VINCI, Trattato della Pittura, with the life of Leonardo [by Rafaelle Trichet du Fresne] prefixed and the set of drawings as engraved in Trichet du Fresne's edition, Paris, 1651. These illustrations, as explained in the dedication to the edition, were executed by [Charles] Errard, wh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

162. Kings MS 296

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Kings MS 296
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M. ANNAEI LUCANI Pharsalia, Liber I, translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe. The latter's name does not appear, but, with the exception of the first few lines, the MS. agrees with his version, printed in 1710. It is not autograph. Beg. 'The slaughter of Emathia's purple plain'. Paper ; f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

163. Kings MS 338

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Kings MS 338
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COLLECTION of rôles of various French plays, apparently copied out for use by an actress at rehearsals, the cues being given. Other verses in French, written in the same large hand, are included, the full contents being: (a) 'Le Rolle de l'Ephigenie', from Racine's Iphigénie (1674). f. 1;-(b) 'L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

164. Kings MS 11

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Kings MS 11
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PROPER LESSONS from the Old Testament for Sundays and Holydays throughout the year, followed (f. 79) by the New Testament; written in shorthand, according to the system of James Weston, 1727. Paper; ff. i+199. 7 in. x 41/4 in . XVIII cent. Book-plate of P[hilip A[ugusts] Hanrott. Belonged (see f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

165. Kings MS 15

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Kings MS 15
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'LETTERE di Monsignore Carlo Visconte, vesc 0 di Ventimilia [Cardinal 1565, d. 1565], al Cardinale Carlo Borromeo nel tempo di Papa Pio IV, pertinenti al sacro Concilio di Trento': copies of the letters and reports to Borromeo from Visconti, when acting as confidential minister of Pope Pius IV a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

166. Kings MS 50

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Kings MS 50
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'A DESCRIPTION of an ancient picture in Windsor Castle, representing the interview between King Henry VIII and Francis the First, King of France, together with a short account of the history and occasion of that extraordinary triumph. By Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Bart. Read at the Society of Antiquari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770
Extent:
1 item

167. Kings MS 54

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Kings MS 54
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'MANIFEST van Prince van Walles voor syn recht tot de croone van Engelant': a Dutch translation of the manifesto of James Francis Edward Stuart issued as James III of England at Plombières, 29 Aug. 1714 (see Add. MS. 35164). Paper; ff. 4. Octavo. 8 in. x 5 1/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

168. Kings MS 105

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Kings MS 105
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'AN OECONOMICAL HISTORY of the Hebrides or Western Islands of Scotland', by John Walker, D.D., Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. According to the author's letter(f.3),which is unsigned and addressed to 'H.M. Commissioners at the Board of Annexed Estates', at whose desi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

169. Kings MS 151-153

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Kings MS 151-153
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HISTORIE VENETE et altre a loro annesse libri otto, cominciando dall' anno 1597 e successive, scritte dal serenissimo D. D. Nicolò Contarini'[Doge 1630, d. 1631]. Three volumes,comprising thirteen books. Vols.I and II, containing books i-iv, v-iii, are in one hand, with 'Fine dell' opera' at the end of book viii. Vol. III (books ix-xiii) is in a different hand, but each of its five books is entitled Dell' Istoria Veneziana del serenissimo Doge Nicolo Contarini libro nono' (-decimo terzo). Th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
3 items

170. Kings MS 156

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Kings MS 156
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COMMISSION and form of oath of Hieronymus Zane, eques, as Procurator S. Marci super commissariis de Citra Canale, at Venice. The oath (f. 13 b) binds him to observance of ordinances since 22 Oct. 1319, but the first sixty-four chapters are apparently a codification (dated 27 Mar. 1320) of orders...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1568
Extent:
1 item