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171. Kings MS 164

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Kings MS 164
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'ESSAI HISTORIQUE sur le caractere de Henri le Lion' [Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, d. 1195], by Johann Daniel Gruber, Counsellor and Librarian to George II at Hanover, preceded by the author's letter presenting the MS. to the King, signed and dated Hanover, 30 July, 1735. Engravings are given (a)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1735
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1 item

172. Kings MS 205

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Kings MS 205
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OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS of reports on the state of the British Colonies in North America and the West Indies; 1721-1766. 1. ' Representation of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations' made to the King, 8 Sept- 1721, viz.: (a) On Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769-1775
Extent:
1 item

173. Kings MS 233

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Kings MS 233
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'EXTRAIT d'une lettre concernant les operations de la campagne de l'an 1739, ecrite du camp de l'Armée Russienne sous le nouveau Fort de Saint Jean construit sur le Pruth en Moldavie, en date du 25e de Septembre v. st., 1739' : an account of the movements, April-Sept. 1739, of the Russian army u...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

174. Kings MS 236

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Kings MS 236
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'MÉMOIRE de la Campagne de Portugal en 1762': an account, written by one attached to the Portuguese army, of the operations of that army, assisted by the English, under the command of Gen. Frederick William Ernest, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, in repelling the invasion of the Spaniards in 1762. P...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

175. Kings MS 237

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Kings MS 237
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'A NARRATIVE of the operations of the combined Army under [Charles William Ferdinand,] the Duke of Brunswick, in France in 1792': short journals of (a) 'the operations of the Prussian Army from its being cantoned at Coblentz to the taking of Verdun '; 19 July-3 Sept. f. 2;-(b) 'the proceedings o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

176. Kings MS 261

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Kings MS 261
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'TREATISE OF ARTILLERY', in two parts, the first part containing tables of weights and measures for the use of artillerists, the second (f. 12) treating 'of guns' ; with many drawings. Anonymous and undated. There is a reference (f. 35 b) to experiments by Mr. Hauksbee [? Francis Hauksbee the yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

177. Kings MS 262

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Kings MS 262
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'TABLES OF ARTILLERY', made for, and presented to, George, Prince of Wales [afterwards George III], by Charles Frederick [K.B. 1761], Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, illustrated by Indian-ink drawings; 1760. Paper; ff. 38. Quarto. 9 in. x 7 1/4 in. A.D. 1760. Calligraphically written, with th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 item

178. Kings MS 291

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Kings MS 291
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'MODO di piantar, nudrir e seminar i Fiori': a brief treatise on the cultivation of certain flowers, methods of changing their colour, extirpation of pests, &c. Paper; ff. 20, Quarto. 77/8 in. x 55/8 in. XVIII cent. Belonged (f. 1) to John Strange, F.R.S. (sale-cat. 14 Apr. 1801, lot 4819).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

179. Kings MS 304

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Kings MS 304
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'THE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY, a comedy from The King and no King of Beaumont and Fletcher', in five acts. Ascribed in the Roxburghe Catalogue, lot 5625 (cf nos. 302, 303), to J- Phipps, Paper; ff. 124. Quarto. 91/2 in. x 71/2 in. XVIII cent. Stamp of the Roxburghe arms on f. 3 b.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

180. Kings MS 305

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Kings MS 305
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'COUNT EDMUND, or the Unhappy Marriage', a tragedy in five acts [by Horace Walpole Earl of Orford 1791], generally known as 'The Mysterious Mother' and printed under that title at Strawberry Hill, 1768. Preceded (f. 1) by a 'Postscript to the Mysterious Mother' (somewhat amplified at the end of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item