Scrapbook compiled by Sir Edwin Arnold possibly for a projected publication titled "North and south, being an account of the coronation at Moscow and a description of the island of Teneriffe, reprinted with permission from The Daily Telegraph, by Sir Edwin Arnold with illustrations and original sketches." The scrapbook is composed of pasted-in clippings from The Daily Telegraph of articles written by Arnold between February and May 1896. Articles include a travel series on Tenerife island, editorials on morality and theater, and an account of the Moscow coronation of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. Pasted throughout to illustrate the articles are 8 watercolor drawings, 31 albumen photographs, 1 cyanotype photograph, and 1 sketch. An additional albumen photograph is laid in. The volume is accompanied by a printed speach by Arnold presented at a dinner in honor of Sir Edward Levy-Lawson Burnham's elevation to the peerage (1903), 13 copies
Description:
Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) was an English writer best known for his work as a journalist, his translations of Asian literature, and for his poetical works, including The Light of Asia (London: Trubner, 1879). and In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Russia., Great Britain., Canary Islands., Moscow (Russia), and Tenerife (Canary Islands)
Subject (Name):
Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904., Burnham, Edward Levy-Lawson, 1833-1916., and Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
Subject (Topic):
Coronations, Journalists, Travel writing, Voyages and travels, and Description and travel
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single hand, of a Middle English copy of the "Defective Version" of the Book of Sir John Mandeville
Alternative Title:
Itinerarium. English
Description:
In Middle English., Four leaves preceding the Mandeville text contain numerous pen trials, a Latin prayer, medical advice organized by month, and a list of the archbishops of York. Two leaves following the text contain pen trials and Latin notes on the life of St. Wilfrid?., Layout: single columns of 20-23 lines., Script: English bookhand., Decoration: decorated border on opening leaf of text incorporating coat of arms of the Norton family of Yorkshire; a few initials in blue ink with red penwork., and Binding: contemporary light brown doeskin over wooden boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Mandeville, John, Sir.
Subject (Topic):
English prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Voyages and travels
The brig Lydia was on a fur trading voyage from Boston to the northwest coast of North America in 1804-05, Capt. Samuel Hill in command. Along with the log the volume contains an abstract from Joel Richardson's journal regarding the Atahualpa massacre, the 1805 log of the Atahualpa which sailed from the northwest coast to Canton, China, and the 1807 log of the Swift which sailed from Canton to New York
Subject (Geographic):
Northwest Coast of North America and Northwest Coast of North America.
Subject (Name):
Hill, Samuel. 1777-1825., Hurd, Isaac, 1782-1828., Richardson, Joel., Atahualpa (Ship), Lydia (Brig), and Swift (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Fur trade, Massacres, Voyages and travels, History, and Seafaring life
Manuscript on parchment of a Middle English text of the Book of Sir John Mandeville, probably related to the "Defective Version." Biblical quotations in Middle English on f63v-f64v
Alternative Title:
Itinerarium. English
Description:
Sir John Mandeville is the suppositious author of the "travel" book known as the Book of Sir John Mandeville, or Mandeville's Travels. Written in the 14th century in Anglo-Norman French, it was widely popular and thought to be an accurate account of a knight's journey through Europe, the Middle East and Asia., In Middle English., Title supplied by cataloger., Annotation, in a later hand, on f1r: Sir John Mandevile's Travails., Script: cursive anglicana hand in brown ink; 32 lines per page., Side notes and notation marks in various hands, 15th-17th century., Opening illuminated initial with ivy-leaf sprays into margins and 17 blue initials with extensive red penwork flourishing. Three contemporary or near-contemporary marginal drawings, one with color wash, of manicula., and Binding: 18th-century full mottled calf, gilt. Spine label reads: Mandevil's travails.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Mandeville, John, Sir.
Subject (Topic):
English prose literature, Voyages and travels, and Manuscripts, Medieval
