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 on paper, in a single hand, of a near-daily journal documenting the seige of Budapest, beginning June 16, 1686 to Sept. 2. After the entry from August 9, the manuscript copies "A Letter to the E. of M. which continues this to the 15th." F...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Buda (Hungary)
Subject (Name):
Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, 1643-1690., Mountjoy, Viscount., and Buda Castle (Budapest, Hungary)
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of an abridgement of a work by John Foxe (1516-87), including a discussion against Papists and a history of England's rulers, important religious figures, and those burned as heretics
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Foxe, John, 1516-1587. and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Protestant authors, Doctrines, Christian martyrs, Church history, Persecution, History, Kings and rulers, and Religious life and customs
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 in two parts. Part I (ca. 1700): 1) Treaty between Edward the Elder, King of England and Guthrun II, King of the Danes in East Anglia, 905-906. 2) Leges Edouardi regis, the Laws issued by King Edward the Elder (ca. 902-ca. 924) or ...
Manuscript on paper of Annales Sanctae Iustinae. The Annals deal with the regional history of Lombardy and the March of Treviso, but also with world history and cover the years 1207-1270. With Mantissa. Notes on the history and buildings of Padua from...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Lombardy (Italy), Padua (Italy), and Treviso (Italy)
Manuscript on parchment (trimmed) of 1) Tacitus, Annales XI-XVI. 2) Tacitus, Historiae I-V. Possibly written for Alfonso II, Duke of Calabria, King of Naples
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
Subject (Name):
Alfonso II, King of Naples, 1448-1495. and Tacitus, Cornelius.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin prose literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
