Manuscript on paper of a collection of texts by Nicolas de Locques, in which practical laboratory procedures are mingled with speculative and mystical alchemy
Manuscript on paper containing twenty-seven poems, mostly Court satires, including works by Andrew Marvell; John Wilmot, earl of Rochester; Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset; and Sir Carr Scroope. With other unattributed texts including "Peyton's Fat...
Description:
Bookplate: The Rt. Hon.ble John L.d Brownlowe, Baron Charleville. & Viscount Tyrconnel in the Kingdom of Ireland.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685. and Belton House (Lincolnshire, England)
Subject (Topic):
Political poetry, English, Political satire, English, and History
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a diary of a journey from Dublin to England and then to Cork, written in a lighthearted and sometimes satirical manner. Traveling with his father, his friend Valerius, and a servant, the Irish author records his impre...
Description:
Author of the manuscript is an unknown Irishman.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Liverpool (England), London (England), and Nottingham (England)
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Travelers' writings, English, Women, Conduct of life, Description and travel, and Buildings, structures, etc
Manuscript current account, signed, detailing financial transactions between the Massachusetts whaler Joseph Sturges and his Native American employee, Jacob Zakry (or Zachary) over a three-year period ending on March 4, 1719. Items charged to Zachary ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Massachusetts. and Massachusetts
Subject (Name):
Sturges, Joseph. and Zachary, Jacob.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Master and servant, Whaling, and History
Manuscript on paper of a variety of alchemical writings, partly with considerable literary pretension, including two at the beginning largely or wholly in verse. Including several works ascribed to Jean Saunier and Johann Isaac, as well as two anonymo...
Manuscript on paper (watermarks hidden in gutter) of alchemical texts including works by Albertus Magnus, Johannes Andreae, and Paracelsus. With treatises on the Philosopher's Stone and alchemical recipes
Description:
In Latin and German.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280., Giovanni d'Andrea, approximately 1270-1348., and Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, German poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a treatise on the conjuration of angels. The manuscript begins with directions to conjure the airy spirits on Sunday, followed by instructions for conjurations on the other days of the week. Each entry incl...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Astrology, Incantations, Magic, Theater, and Tragicomedy
