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211. Kings MS 166

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Kings MS 166
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'A COPIE of the last enstructions which ye Emperoure Charles the fiueth gaue to his sonne Philippe before his death, translated oute of Spanishe, by Lord Henry Howard [cr. Earl of Northampton 1604], preceded by his letter presenting the work to Queen Elizabeth. This is the original presentation ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

212. Kings MS 210-211

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Kings MS 210-211
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'REPORT of the General Survey in the Southern District of North America: delivered to the Board of Trade and Plantations in three seperate returns and sections, entering with the history of South Carolina and Georgia, then proceeding to the history of East Florida', &c. ; by William Gerard de Brahm, appointed Surveyor-General of the District 26 June, 1764. The report is compiled (see vol. 1, f. 2 b) from his surveys and observations made 1751-1771, and is accompanied by numerous maps and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1773-1774?
Extent:
2 items

213. Kings MS 252-253

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Kings MS 252-253
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'TRAITTÉ de la Fortification', by F- E- Schenck, with dedicatory letter, dat. La Haye, 10 Dec. 1709, to Frederick Louis, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, [afterwards Prince of Wales], then two years of age. Two volumes, the second volume containing the coloured plans. Paper; ff. 65, 32. Folio. 13 7/8 in. x 9 1/4 in. A. D. 1709. Sprinkled calf binding. Royal arms added later.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1709
Extent:
2 items

214. Kings MS 301

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Kings MS 301
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'THE ISLANDERS, or Mad-Orphan', by John O'Kelly, of the Inner Temple : comedy in five acts, the scene being laid in Jamaica, with prologue and epilogue to the Prince and Princess of Wales [George, afterwards George II, and his wife Wilhelmine Caroline, d. 1737]. Characters, Col. Blithe, Triffler...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

215. Kings MS 388

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Kings MS 388
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CATALOGUE of that portion of the library of Grímr Jónsson Thorkelin, the Danish Antiquary (d.1829, which was acquired for the Library of King George III and is now in the British Museum. The marginal references are to the complete catalogue of the Library (see no. 389). Paper ; ff. 138. Folio. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item

216. Kings MS 51-52

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Kings MS 51-52
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ABRIDGEMENT of the Historical Collections of John Rushworth, 1618-1642 (i.e. to the end of pt. iii, vol. i of the original work). Two volumes. Vol. i, 1618-1632; vol. ii, 1633-1642. It does not seem to be connected with the printed work, Mr. Rushworth's Hist. Collections abridg'd and improv'd, 1703. In vol. 1 (f. 1) are transcribed in a formal minuscule hand some very poor verses beginning 'Cloe now absent from mine eyes'. Paper; ff. 163, 190. Quarto. 83/4in.x61/2 in. XVIIIcent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
2 items

217. Kings MS 140

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Kings MS 140
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TRANSCRIPTS of letters and papers relating principally to the House of Hanover, many of them being addressed to the Electress Sophia, wife of Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and (1692) Elector of Hanover; 1650-1700. French. Preceded (f. 2) by a dedicatory letter dated Hameln, 20 Feb....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1729
Extent:
1 item

218. Kings MS 255

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Kings MS 255
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'TRAITÉ DES SIÉGES sur l'attaque et la deffense des places fortes', &c. : another copy of Vauban's work (the title giving the date of his death wrongly as 1727), cf. King'S 250, 251. The text of the Défense section (beg. f. 104) is (as in De Hondt's edition) almost entirely spurious, being t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

219. Kings MS 177

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Kings MS 177
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TRANSACTIONS of the Diet of Saxony, Sept. 1766- Jan. 1770. German. At the end is the note (autograph) 'from Mr. Osborn' and at the beginning (f. 1) is inserted a letter from John Osborn, British Envoy at Dresden, to [Henry Howard,] Earl of Suffolk [Secretary of State] dat. 8 July, 1774, enclosin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1774
Extent:
1 item

220. Kings MS 208-209

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Kings MS 208-209
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'A GENERAL DESCRIPTION of the Province of Nova Scotia, and a Report of the present state of the Defences ...by Lieut.-Col. [Robert] Morse, Chief Engineer in America', drawn up by direction of Gen. Sir Guy Carleton, Commander-in-Chief of H.M. Forces in N. America; 1783-1784. Two volumes. Vol. ii contains the coloured plans referred to in vol. i, preceded (f. 1) by the Admiralty Chart of 'the Coast of Nova Scotia, New England, the Gulph and River of St. Lawrence, the Islands of Newfoundland, C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1783-1784
Extent:
2 items