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4.
Astrological and other occult or scientific treatises

Published / Created:
[ca. 1550]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 558
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment and paper of a multitude of texts. The principal author or collector of the present manuscript is Thomas Butler from Harlow in Essex, born in 1528. He gives the horoscopes of himself and several members of his family. Other con...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Digges, Leonard, d. ca. 1559., Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568., and Stoeffler, Johann, 1452-1531.
Subject (Topic):
Astrology, English literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Science, and Science, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Astrological and other occult or scientific treatises

5.
Henry William Herbert collection, 1833-1960

Creator:
Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858
Call Number:
YCAL MSS 573
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
8
Abstract:
The collection contains correspondence, writings, photographs, drawings, printed materials, and family and personal papers relating to nineteenth-century English author Henry William Herbert. Correspondence in the collection features autograph letters...
Description:
Henry William Herbert (1807-1858), English sportsman, author, historian, and translator also know by the pseudonym Frank Forester. The son of the Reverend William Herbert (1778-1847), he was educated at Eton and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridg...
Subject (Name):
Durand, A. B. 1796-1886. (Asher Brown),, Griswold, Rufus W. 1815-1857. (Rufus Wilmot),, Hart, Abraham, 1810-1885., Herbert, A. 1792-1855. (Algernon),, Herbert, Emily Elizabeth Falkines, 1843-1911, Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858, Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891., Mundy, Percy Charles Dryden, 1879-, Pond, Fred. E. 1856-1925. (Frederick Eugene),, Ross, George Gates, 1814-1856., Smith, Harry Worcester, 1865-1945., Caldrees Manor (Ickleton, England), Carey & Hart., and Lea & Blanchard.
Subject (Topic):
English literature and Authors, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Henry William Herbert collection, 1833-1960

6.
Joseph Conrad proof of The rescue: a romance of the shallows : manuscript

Creator:
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
Published / Created:
1920.
Call Number:
Osborn e26
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Printed proof with autograph corrections for the English publication of The Rescue: a Romance of the Shallows, by J.M. Dent & Sons in 1920. Includes a tipped-in typescript dedication page, to Frederic Courtland Penfield, with autograph annotations and...
Description:
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish writer who wrote in English after settling in England.
Subject (Name):
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924., Everitt, Samuel A., 1871-1953., Penfield, Frederic Courtland, 1855-1922., J.M. Dent & Sons., and Temple Press.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, Polish and English literature
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Joseph Conrad proof of The rescue: a romance of the shallows : manuscript

7.
Letters between B. Strutt and J. Pattison, 1778-1782

Call Number:
Osborn fc156
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Album containing the correspondence of Benjamin Strutt of Colchester and John Pattison Jr. of Witham. The letters are highly literary in nature, and contain many references to, playful imitations of, and comments on MacPherson's <title>Ossian</title>,...
Description:
Available on microfilm.
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796, Pattison, John Jr., 1758-1782., Strutt, Benjamin, 1754-1827., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Classical studies, English literature, English poetry, Friendship, Sentimentalism in literature, Students, Books and reading, and Intellectual life
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters between B. Strutt and J. Pattison, 1778-1782

8.
Papers relating to Catherine Talbot, 1694-1804

Creator:
Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770
Call Number:
OSB MSS 53
Container / Volume:
Box 2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
9
Abstract:
Papers relating to Catherine Talbot and her circle, including letters, essays and meditations by Talbot; letters to Talbot from Thomas Rundle, Thomas Secker, Agnes Talbot, and William Talbot; and third-party correspondence and writings by Sarah, Duche...
Description:
Catherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbo...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Anne., Cowper, Gilbert., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Howard, Francis., Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Rundle, Thomas, 1688?-1743., Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768., Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Duke of, 1660-1718., Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770., Talbot, William, 1658 or 1659-1730., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Warburton, William, 1698-1779.
Subject (Topic):
Women authors, English literature, and Women authors, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Papers relating to Catherine Talbot, 1694-1804

9.
Papers relating to Catherine Talbot, 1694-1804

Creator:
Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770
Call Number:
OSB MSS 53
Container / Volume:
Box 1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
45
Abstract:
Papers relating to Catherine Talbot and her circle, including letters, essays and meditations by Talbot; letters to Talbot from Thomas Rundle, Thomas Secker, Agnes Talbot, and William Talbot; and third-party correspondence and writings by Sarah, Duche...
Description:
Catherine Talbot was the only child of the Rev. Edward Talbot, who died before she was born. She was educated in the household of Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, where she was taught not only the Scriptures, but languages and astronomy. Talbo...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Anne., Cowper, Gilbert., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Howard, Francis., Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744., Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount, 1758-1805., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Rundle, Thomas, 1688?-1743., Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768., Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Duke of, 1660-1718., Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770., Talbot, William, 1658 or 1659-1730., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Warburton, William, 1698-1779.
Subject (Topic):
Women authors, English literature, and Women authors, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Papers relating to Catherine Talbot, 1694-1804

10.
Percy Bysshe Shelley collection, 1811-1873

Creator:
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1116
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
15
Abstract:
The collection consists of letters and documents regarding Percy Bysshe Shelley that primarily relate to Shelley's finances. The bulk of the collection is held in one bound volume containing fifteen autograph letters, signed, by Shelley's father Timot...
Description:
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English poet.
Subject (Name):
Clairmont, Charles., Clark, Edith Nicholls., Pilfold, John, 1769-1834., Shelley, Percy Florence, Sir, 1819-1889., Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822., Shelley, Timothy, 1753-1844., and Whitton, William.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, English and English literature
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Percy Bysshe Shelley collection, 1811-1873

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