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  Commonplace book. English law : manuscript

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  A bound manuscript volume, possibly in the hand of George Wither; includes notes on court cases, legal opinions, etc. Half-bound in maroon morocco over cloth with ex-libris of Thomas Brooke, and an unidentified ex-libris; spine reads "Wither's M.S. Note-Book 1650-1660."

  mssHM 103

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  Indian drawings volume

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  The volume contains 20 colored drawings featuring Indian people in various professions and dress. Drawings have descriptions in French. Drawings on vellum, interleaved with bark. Possibly created in the Deccan Plateau. Contains auction description.

  mssHM 1115

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  Devotions, in Dutch : [manuscript]

  Manuscripts

  ff. 1-21v, 54v-95v, 218, 139-163v, 173-177v. [Meditations]. Dutch. A collection of meditations, sermons and prayers arranged according to the liturgical year, with many excerpts from such authors as Bonaventure, Bernard, Augustine, Anselm and Gregory. The text includes numerous added/inserted shorter texts; it is misbound and many leaves are missing. ff. 177v (rubric only), 182-217v, 164-172v. [Gerard Zerbolt van Zutphen] Van geestelijke opclimmingen. Dutch. This is the Dutch translation of De spiritualibus ascensionibus. ff. 218-231. [Pseudo Bernard] Prekel der mynnen. Dutch. This is the Dutch translation of Stimulus amoris; for the Latin text, see PL 184:953-966. Back flyleaf. [Breviary?] Latin. Containing part of the rite for visiting the sick, here with feminine forms in the original text, and the masculine forms supplied in superscript. Parchment 105 x 145 mm (measurement as given are from a cropped leaf). Germany, between 1150-1199.

  mssHM 1048

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  Commonplace book : manuscript

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  A manuscript commonplace book, with text written in several different hands. The volume is written mostly in English but also contains French and German; though no country of origin is identified, it appears to be mainly British in subject. The text includes seven pages of index in the beginning of the volume; there are also rough drawings in pencil and pen, as well more finely executed pen and ink illustrations. The text covers an extraordinary range of subjects, including technical inventions and developments, animal husbandry, recipes, political comment, sports, current events, travel, medicinal cures, economics, wine, and many other topics. The volume is bound in late 18th century three-quarter calf gilt, red edges, with some wear to the binding.

  mssHM 83388

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  Commonplace book--poetry

  Manuscripts

  A volume containing about thirty poems, copied out in two hands, possibly compiled by an English Catholic in exile. Both covers are detached, spine is missing and pages are loose.

  mssHM 84419

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  François Arago letter to James Silk Buckingham

  Manuscripts

  Letter written by François Arago to James Silk Buckingham. Arago wrote the letter from Paris in his capacity as secretary of the Académie Royale des Sciences, Institutes de France, addressing Buckingham as the Commandent de Buckingham, Paris. The letter regards Buckingham's published prospectus for a voyage around the world, Esquisse d'un Plan de Voyage autour du Monde par la Route des Indes, de la Chine, du Japon et des îles de l'Océan Pacifique: Ayant pour but les Intérêts Combinés des Découvertes, de la Civilisation et du Commerce. The letter is in French. A second page of writing consists of Buckingham's address.

  mssHM 83058