Biography of Alice Thornton, manuscript, including transcribed extracts from her papers, n.d. On a preliminary page is an "extract of a letter from William Danby of Swinton, Yorkshire, May 31, 1815," manuscript, containing genealogical data. Bound w...
Description:
Thomas Comber (1765-1835) was a son of Thomas Comber (d. 1778).
Subject (Name):
Danby family., Thornton, Alice Wandesford, 1627-1707., Wandesford, Christopher, Viscount Castlecomer, 1592-1640., and Wandesford family.
Autograph narrative, extensively illustrated by Mrs. Kenah, of two journeys in Europe taken by the Kenah couple with friends in 1821-24 and in 1827-29. On the first tour, accompanied by Walter Burrell, MP for Sussex, and "Mrs. Crutchley of Sunning Hil...
Description:
Spine title reads: "Journal. Vol. I."
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Lucca (Italy), Naples (Italy), and Vesuvius (Italy)
Ethnic costume, Grand tours (Education), Landscape drawing, Travelers' writings, English, Views, Women authors, Women travelers, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Eruption, 1822
Agreement between Henry L. Webb, John W. Audubon, son of John James Audubon, and Henry C. Mallory, of the first part, with Edward W. Whittlesey, forming an overland company for California
Description:
Probably printed in New York.
Subject (Name):
Audubon, John Woodhouse, 1812-1862., Mallory, Henry C., Webb, Henry Livingston., and Whittlesey, Edward W.
Contemporary scribal copy in several hands of this travel account. Tommaso del Bene left Florence with his suite on 21 July 1695 and returned on 7 April 1696. On both the outward and return journies he travelled by way of the Brenner, Germany and the ...
Description:
Another MS of this work is in the Archivio di Stato, Florence.
Subject (Geographic):
Europe and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Cosimo III, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1642-1723., Del Bene, Tommaso., and Lord Mayor's Show
Manuscript on paper of mercantile statutes of Florence in three Books, revised by a committee of experts and promulgated by Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici of Tuscany (1574-1587); the basis for the revision were the statutes of 1393 ("statuto vecchi...
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Statutes, and Politics and government
Manuscript on paper. Includes notes on arithmetic and accounting for merchandise; a romance of Tristan; list of spices; astronomical and astrological information; charms and prayers; recipes; extracts in Venetian; and poems
Description:
In Italian and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Venice (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Accounting, Arithmetic, Astrology, Astronomy, Medieval, Formulas, recipes, etc, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Merchants, Prayers, Tristan (Legendary character), and Economic conditions
Manuscript on paper of Ovid, Metamorphoses, translated into Italian and with allegorical interpretations by Giovanni Bonsignori (Citta di Castello, d. after 1377), finished 29/30 Nov. 1377. With various Italian poems by different poets. The scribe Gio...
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Subject (Topic):
Classical literature, Italian poetry, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - 17 A.D.), Metamorphoses. With Franciscus de Aretio (Francesco Accolti, 1416/1417-1488), Epigramma Ovidii Metamorphoseos; Life of Ovid, based on that by Arnulf of Orléans
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Subject (Topic):
Biography, Latin fiction, Epic poetry, Latin, and Manuscripts, Medieval
