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61. Kings MS 221

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Kings MS 221
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'GOVIERNO de Cumanà': thirteen chapters ('nota 1-13') forming a precis of the geography of the province of Cumana in Venezuela; 22 Dec. 1761. Beg. 'Dase una noticia general del Govierno'. See Gayanges, ii, p. 493. A transcript, wanting the last note, is in Add. MS. 36339, f 389. Paper; ff. 75. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

62. Kings MS 274

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Kings MS 274
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'Account of some observations tending to investigate the construction of the Heavens' : a paper on nebulae and star-clusters by William [afterwards Sir William] Herschel. Holograph, and signed (f. 8b) with the date 'Datchet, near Windsor, April, 1784'. At the end (ff. 9,10) are eighteen figures ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784
Extent:
1 item

63. Kings MS 281

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Kings MS 281
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'DEGLI ERRORI degli Architstti per Teofilo Gallaccini ...finito nell' anno del Giubbileo 1625 e presentato a monsignor Giulio Mancini, Medico e Camarier Segreto di N. S. Papa Urbano VIII [1623-1644] e veduto di sua Santità, preceded by the letter of presentation, and illustrated by pen-and-ink d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1625
Extent:
1 item

64. Kings MS 295

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Kings MS 295
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'ANACREONTE, tradotto dal testo Greco in rime- Toscane da Alessandro Marchetti, Accademico della Crusca, e da lui dedicato all' Altezza Reale di Ferdinando, Principe di Toscana.' The subscription (f. 64), dated 12 Sept. 1703, states that the translation complies with the rules regarding language...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

65. Kings MS 297

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Kings MS 297
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'TH'ENTERLUDE of Youth ': transcript of the edition 'Imprinted at London by John Waley' [1557], made by John Henderson, actor (see sale-cat. Feb. 1786, lot 661). Paper; ff. 12.. Quarto. 87/4. in. x 71/4 in. XVIII cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

66. Kings MS 325

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Kings MS 325
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'POESIE SATIRICHE del Sig. Cav. Bartolommeo Dotti' (d. 1712), consisting of fifty-three satires and sonnets. Two volumes in one. A volume of Dotti's Rime e Sonetti was published at Venice in 1689, while the Satires were-- first printed at Geneva (or perhaps Paris, see article quoted below, p. 57...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

67. Kings MS 390

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Kings MS 390
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'CATALOGUE d'une bibliotheque choisie d'auteurs Portugais dans toutes les classes des sciences et des arts.' The title is followed by a note, dated 5 Sept. 1782, explaining the marks made against certain books and editions in the list, to indicate their relative importance, and, in another hand,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1782
Extent:
1 item

68. Kings MS 241

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Kings MS 241
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'REMARKS on the Prussian Troops and their movements, by Col. D[avid] Dundas, Quarter-Master-General of Ireland, 1785'; made during the author's attendance at the Prussian manoeuvres in Silesia, at Berlin, at Potsdam, and at Magdeburg, in 1785; with many coloured plans. He has affixed his signatu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 item

69. Kings MS 178-180

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Kings MS 178-180
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'JAER-BOECKEN der Stadt van Antwerpen bij een vergadert door Joannes Franciscus Verbruggen', notary apostolic, &c. : a chronicle of events affecting the history of Antwerp from A.D. 610 to 1725 (with additions to 1744), profusely illustrated with engravings, especially portraits, a few drawings, maps and plans, arms, printed tracts, proclamations, broadsides, &c. There are many thousands of chronograms. Three volumes, with separate dedications. Paper; ff. 471, 376, 503. Folio. 12 1/2...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1719-1744
Extent:
3 items

70. Kings MS 181-183

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Kings MS 181-183
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'APPENDIX tot de Jaer-boecken der Stadt van Antwerpen gemaekt door Joannes Franciscus Verbruggen': a further collection of documents, portraits, printed tracts, &c., to illustrate the history of the City, but not arranged in chronological order. Some additions have been made to as late a date as 1803, Flemish and Latin. Three volumes. The principal contents are as follows:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
3 items