Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of an English translation of Macchiavelli's biography of Castracani. This volume also includes, in a variety of hands, "Short Collections on natural history," calculations for the "Dimensions of Englan...
Description:
Binding: full sheep (front board missing).
Subject (Geographic):
Lucca (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Castracani, Castruccio,--1281-1328., Mather, W.--(William),--fl. 1695., and Niccolo Machiavelli,--1469-1527.--Vita di Castruccio Castracani.
Subject (Topic):
Biography., Commonplace-books., English prose literature--17th century., and Workshop recipes.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of quoted proverbs on such subjects as youth, wisdom, wealth and poverty, sin and wickedness, and virtue, drawn from contemporary collections such as John Clarke's Paroemiologia Anglolatina, George Herbert...
Description:
Binding: half calf over machine-grain morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, John,--1609-1676., Herbert, George,--1593-1633., and Shirley, James,--1596-1666.
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms., Conduct of life--17th century., and Proverbs, English.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of notes concerning the French nobility. The manuscript begins with genealogical histories of various French noble houses, including those of Lorraine; Savoy; Languedoc; Luxembourg; and Orleans. Other en...
Description:
Binding: full limp parchment; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
France--Court and courtiers., France--Description and travel., France--Foreign relations--Switzerland., France--Kings and rulers., and Switzerland--Foreign relations--France.
Subject (Name):
Bouillon, Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne,--Duc de,--1555-1623. and Henry--IV,--King of France,--1553-1610.
Subject (Topic):
Genealogy--France., Nobility--France., and Travelers' writings, English.
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of about 44 amorous, erotic, religious, and political verses, as well as some Latin prose on historical and philosophical subjects. The volume includes a series of religious satirical p...
Description:
Binding: full calf.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century. and Ireland--History--1660-1690.
Subject (Name):
Church of England--Controversial literature., Church of England--Doctrines., Parker, Samuel,--1640-1688., Rawstorne, Edward--Autograph., Thomson, James,--1700-1748., and Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot,--Earl of,--1630-1691.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century., Epitaphs., Religious poetry, English., and Satirical verse, English.
Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of over a hundred poems. Many are serious verses on the subject of death, including An epitaph on Jo. Moon, sometime clark of Modbury, by Jos. King; An epitaph on Mrs. Honour Rich; The Earl of M...
Description:
Binding: full calf.
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William,--1670-1729., Dryden, John,--1631-1700., Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721., and Rochester, John Wilmot,--Earl of,--1647-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Acrostics., Death--Poetry., Elegiac poetry, English., English poetry--18th century., Epitaphs, English., Humorous poetry, English., Verse satire, English., Visual poetry., and Women--Conduct of life.
