2 leaves wanting between ff. 85-86., Bibliographic notes by Edward Robinson and Justin Perkins tipped in inside front cover., In black and red ink., Modern arabic foliation in pencil., and Written in modern Syriac.
Contemporary MS copy, titled, "The discourse of John Selden, Esq. or, his sense of various matters of wright and high consequence relating especially to religion and state." and This manuscript appears to be based on early manuscripts, and not on the printed edition of 1689.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, consisting of aphorisms, axioms, and pithy commentary on such subjects as "Wisdom, "Money," "Retalliation," and "Parliament." Prefaced by a dedication to Lord Chief Justice Matthew Hale, Edward Heywood, John Vaughan, and Rowland Jenkes, signed by Selden's secretary Richard Milward, who "had the opportunity to hear his discourse twenty years together."
Description:
9 preliminary leaves, front and back, some lined but otherwise blank, not digitized., Armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale., Binding: contemporary full leather., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Includes alphabetized table of contents.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649 and Great Britain--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Hale, Matthew,--Sir,--1609-1676, Lowther, Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale--Bookplate, Milward, Ri.--(Richard),--1609-1680, and Selden, John,--1584-1654--Table-talk
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms--17th century, Conduct of life--17th century, and Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc
An ex-libris on leaf 211 verso is dated A.H. 674 (A.D. 1276). and Commentary on the Koran. Volume I, covering sūrahs I-III.
Description:
C. Landberg ascribed the authorship tentatively to al-Zarkashī (presumably Muḥammad ibn Bahādur al-Zarkashī; Brockelmann, II, 91; S II, p. 108), whose name appears in an ex-libris, dated A.H. 804(?), on leaf 211 verso. But the date of the other ex-libris, A.H. 674, makes this chronologically impossible. and Leaves 125-134 misbound after leaf 44.
"The author's autograph edition of the Writings of J. Fenimore Cooper is limited to sixty-three signed and numbered sets, of which this is number [blank]"--Leaf following t.p. of every vol. Printed signature of the publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons., [1] The deerslayer -- [2] Last of the Mohicans -- [3] The pathfinder -- [4] The pioneers -- [5] The prairie -- [6] The spy -- [7] The pilot -- [8] Red Rover -- [9] Wing and wing --[ 10] The water-witch -- [11] The two admirals -- [12] The sea lions -- [13] Homeward bound -- [14] Home as found -- [15] The crater -- [16] Afloat and ashore -- [17] Miles Wallingford -- [18] Jack Tier -- [19] Precaution -- [20] Lionel Lincoln -- [21] Wyandotte -- [22] Wept of Wish-ton-Wish -- [23] The bravo -- [24] The ways of the hour -- [25] The redskins -- [26] Mercedes of Castile -- [27] The chain-bearer -- [28] Satanstoe -- [29] The Heidenmauer -- [30] The headsman -- [31] The monikins -- [32] Oak openings -- [33] Ned Myers., BEIN Za C786 B906W: Number 56. Tipped in to The spy: J.F. Cooper manuscript holograph leaf ( 32 x 21 cm.) for Oak openings., Each volume has separate t.p., and Illustrations by F.O.C. Darley and others.
Publisher:
G.P. Putnam's Sons : and The Knickerbocker Press,
Subject (Name):
Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851--Ms. notes and Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
Journal of a Voyage of Discovery in the Pacific and Beering’s Straits : on board H.M.S. Blossom
Image Count:
27
Abstract:
The journal describes the 1825-28 voyage of the ship Blossom from Spithead, Isle of Wright to Cape Horn, Chile, the Society and Hawaiian islands, then Kamchatka and the Bering Sea. The ship went back by way of California, Hawaii, the Philipines, and China. The ship continues through Awats Bay, Bering Strait, to San Francisco, Mexico, Chile, around Cape Horn to Brazil, the Azores,and Spithead. Appendices include notes of Blossom’s other voyages, an Esquimaux vocabulary, and star and weather readings.
Description:
Blanks not included in pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Pacific Ocean --Exploring expeditions
Subject (Name):
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, Blossom (Ship), and Wolfe, James, 1807-1848
Subject (Topic):
Meteorological records--19th century, Northwest Passage, and Voyages around the world
Topographical notes and observations on the Alabama River / by Howell Tatum
Image Count:
109
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Howell Tatum, appointed topographical engineer of the 7th military district by General Andrew Jackson, records his survey of the Alabama River, its navigability by keelboats, and the fertility of the soil which makes the area suitable for growing cotton and tobacco. He concludes his report with a description of incidents which took place at the end of the war with the Creek Indians.
Subject (Geographic):
Alabama River (Ala.)--Surveys, Fort Bowyer (Ala.), Fort Jackson (La.), Fort Mims (Ala.), Fort Montgomery (Ala.), Fort Stoddard (Ala.), Mobile (Ala.), and Pensacola (Fla.)