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1. A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order
- Published / Created:
- [between 1680 and 1710?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Description:
- In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first two; imprint below the last three; the columns are not separated by rules., Date range conjectural; other ballads with similar imprints are also undated; printer’s name conjectured from other imprints recorded by Wing., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In this setting line 24 begins with "straight"., Not in Wing., Mounted on leaf 52. Copy trimmed., Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1., and Sheet in two pieces repaired and mounted as one piece.
- Publisher:
- Printed by and for C.B. [Brown?] and sold by J. Walter, at the Hand and Pen in High Holborn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and vertuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children, wickedly performed by a heathenish and blood-thirsty blackamore, their servant, the like of which cruelty and murther was never before heard of. To the tune of The lady's fall, &c. Enter’d according to order
2. A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children
- Published / Created:
- [between 1701 and 1800?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Description:
- Caption title above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Topic):
- Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A lamentable ballad of the tragical end of a gallant lord and virtuous lady : together with the untimely death of their two children
3. Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850
- Creator:
- Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 129
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 72
- Abstract:
- 20 ALS and 2 autograph manuscripts by Chandos Leigh, first Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh. Almost all of the letters were written during his travels on the Continent. Ten were written to his parents and sister in 1818-19 while he was on the grand tour. Letters from Switzerland and the Alps describe the scenery, particularly near Vevey and Lake Como, and refer to the writings of Rousseau, Byron, and Thomas Moore. Letters from Florence and Rome detail his responses to art and architecture, particularly the Venus de Medici, the sculpture of Canova and Thorvaldsen, and "the pride, pomp and circumstance" of Roman Catholic churches and ceremonies, which "must disgust the severe taste of the English traveller." Leigh also mentions Lord Byron, Lady Drury and Lord Beauchamp, the "set of regular English Dandies" and English ladies in Rome, the unattractiveness of Roman women, and his own purchase of a Salvator Rosa painting and Three letters to Sir Egerton Brydges, written during the Leigh family's stay in Switzerland in 1837, concern Leigh's poetry, his health, and a possible visit. His letters to his nephew Frederick Colvile contain news of his health and family; travel descriptions; and advice on Colvile's education. A March 1836 letter announces that the trustees of Rugby School have "unanimously decided in favour of Dr. Arnold;" a December 1837 letter comments that "Dr. Newman's book" (Lectures on Justification?) "contains much that is...to an ordinary man unintelligible." Other topics include the 1850 death of Sir Robert Peel and Leigh's own Liberal Party politics. The collection also contains autograph manuscripts of two poems by Leigh: "The First Days of Spring" and "Hymn for the Consecration of the Church on Westwood Heath."
- Description:
- Chandos Leigh (1791-1850) was educated at Harrow School, where he met Lord Byron, and Christ Church, Oxford, following which he made the grand tour with Philip Shuttleworth. A distant cousin of Jane Austen's, and a generous literary patron to Leigh Hunt and others, Leigh privately published over two dozen collections of his own poems and essays. He was created Baron Leigh of Stoneleigh in May, 1839. Leigh traveled several times to the Continent for his heath, but died of apoplexy in Bonn in September of 1850; he was succeeded by his eldest son, William Henry Leigh. and Accompanied by a container list.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe., Alps, Florence (Italy), Italy, Rome (Italy), and Switzerland
- Subject (Name):
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824., Brydges, Egerton, Sir, 1762-1837., Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822., Colvile, Frederick Leigh, 1819-1886., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850., Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850, Leigh, James Henry, 1765-1823., Leigh, Julia, d. 1871., Leigh, Julia Twisleton, d. 1843., Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778, Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1770-1844., Catholic Church, and Rugby School.
- Subject (Topic):
- Books and reading, Death and burial, Influence, Customs and practices, Authors, English, Dandies, English literature, Grand tours (Education), Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Chandos Leigh family papers, 1814-1850
4. Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1475]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 652
- Image Count:
- 95
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper
- Description:
- In German., Watermarks: quatrefoil, var. Briquet 5576?; balance, var. Briquet 2454?., Script: Hand A copied ff. 1r-39r (quires I-IV, artt. 1-7) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria; Hand B copied ff. 41r-84v (art. 8) in Gothica Cursiva Currens; Hand C copied ff. 85r-89r (art. 9) in Gothica Cursiva Libraria., There is space for initials in artt. 8-9 but they have not been executed. In artt. 1-7 the decoration consists of red heightening of majuscules and red plain initials, 1-3 lines, with guide-letters. Headings in red., and Binding: Original undecorated brown pigskin over heavy unbevelled wooden boards, with two decorated brass clasps attached to the rear cover and five decorated brass bosses on each cover (the center bosses are circular; one corner boss on the front cover missing). Remnants of a 17th-century paper title label on the spine.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Books of hours, Devotional literature, German, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hours of the Virgin; Life of the Virgin; Description of the pilgrim churches in Rome
5. Journal : from Pisa on Monday Nov 17th 1817 to Arta on Sunday May 10th 1818. continued, Vol. II, 1817-1818
- Creator:
- Cornwall, Alan Gardner, 1797-1874
- Call Number:
- Osborn d424
- Image Count:
- 267
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Holograph diary tracing 6 months of Cornwall's extended foreign tour in the company of Henry Venn Elliott, his tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge. This volume covers his journey from Pisa through various Italian cities and his subsequent travels to Bari, Corfu and Albania. Cornwall's entries for Pisa, Florence, Rome and Naples are largely detailed description of the artworks, buildings, antiquities and museums he visited daily. He devotes over 30 pages to the Pitti Palace, for example, and lists the books and manuscripts he was able to view at the Riccardi Palace. In Rome, Cornwall also toured the Vatican Library, taking particular note of Henry VIII's letters to Anne Boleyn; attended Roman Catholic services, the profession of a nun, and Carnival; and took a series of guided walks through the city. His visit to Naples included extended tours of Pompei and Herculaneum and of the Naples museum of antiquities, where he observed archaeologists' efforts to unroll and preserve scrolls found at Herculaneum and In Corfu, Cornwall and Elliott met with Sir Thomas Maitland, British governor of the Ionian Islands, and obtained letters of introduction to Ali Pasha and advice on travel in Albania. Cornwall describes the great palace of Ali Pasha at Janina; records two lengthy interviews with Ali Pasha and details his dress and manner; comments on introductions to young men "who belonged to Ali's harem of boys;" and notes his disappointment at failing to see the seraglio. The volume ends as Cornwall's party sets out from Arta
- Description:
- Alphabetical index of placenames at back of volume., Volumes 1 and 3 not present., Inscribed on verso of front flyleaf: "Alan Cornwall. From his aff. friend H. V. Elliott. Pisa, Nov 15th, 1817.", and Binding: contemporary leather.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Albania, Florence (Italy), Iōannina (Greece), Naples (Italy), Pisa (Italy), and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Ali Pașa, Tepedelenli, 1744?-1822., Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824, Cornwall, Alan Gardner, 1797-1874., Elliott, Henry Venn, 1792-1865., Maitland, Thomas, Sir, 1759?-1824., Biblioteca apostolica vaticana., Catholic Church, Palazzo Medici Riccardi., and Palazzo Pitti.
- Subject (Topic):
- Influence, Customs and practices, Grand tours (Education), Travelers' writings, English, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Antiquities, and Festivals, etc
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal : from Pisa on Monday Nov 17th 1817 to Arta on Sunday May 10th 1818. continued, Vol. II, 1817-1818
6. Journal of a tour on the continent of Europe made in 1823 by Thomas Cowper Hincks and John Hincks and written by John Hincks, 1823
- Creator:
- Hincks, John, 1788-1842
- Call Number:
- Osborn d408
- Container / Volume:
- Volume 1
- Image Count:
- 98
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Holograph journal in two versions (original and fair copy) of a tour from London to Naples and return via Switzerland, Germany and the Low Countries made by the Hincks brothers between March 29th and December 8th, 1823, The brothers spent extended periods in Naples, Rome, Florence and Vienna; the journal records their sightseeing, their opinions of works of art and architecture, and the daily events of travel. Supplied with an introduction to William Richard Hamilton, the English ambassador and antiquary, they remained in Naples for three weeks, attending concerts, balls, and conversazioni, exploring the local antiquities, and climbing Vesuvius, Following their departure from Naples they spent a month in Rome, visiting museums, galleries, and the studios of Canova and Thorvaldsen; returned to Florence, where they met William Etty copying a Titian at the Uffizi; marveled at the new Simplon Road into Switzerland; and returned to England via Vienna and the Low Countries, Original annotated on front pastedown with title and note: "note upon the above (made on the day below written) Given to me by me (sic) dearest brother John Hincks, now no more.' T. C. Hincks, August 12, 1844.", Fair copy contains tipped-in portrait engraving of Francis Joseph Charles, Duc de Reichstadt, and laid-in advertising card for the hotel of Pooters and Decoster, Amsterdam, and With: 5 autograph letters, signed, to John Hincks from Thomas Hincks; 2 autograph letters, signed, to John Hincks from John Finkett-Maddock; autograph letters, signed, to Hincks from Rector R. Massin; notes, printed ephemera related to later members of the Hincks family; and a manuscript copy of "the Order of Sessions Made the 11th day of Jan.y 1827."
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe., Alps, France, Ital, Naples (Italy), Rome (Italy), and Switzerland
- Subject (Name):
- Canova, Antonio, 1757-1822., Etty, William, 1787-1849., Hamilton, William, 1777-1859., Hincks, John, 1788-1842., Hincks, Thomas Cowper, 1788-1865., and Thorvaldsen, Bertel, 1777-1844.
- Subject (Topic):
- Grand tours (Education), Tourism, Travelers' writings, English, Tourists, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal of a tour on the continent of Europe made in 1823 by Thomas Cowper Hincks and John Hincks and written by John Hincks, 1823
7. Landscape with peasants and cattle the Colosseum and the arch of Septimus Severus are seen int eh distance : Claude himself also is represented drawing / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, engraver
- Published / Created:
- [1 September 1775]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3669.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from accompanying List of plates published by Boydell., Alternative title etched below image., "From the original drawing, in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire.", "No. 115"--Lower left corner., Plate published in: Liber veritatis, or, A collection of two hundred prints / engraved by Richard Earlom from the original drawings owned by the Duke of Devonshire. London: Boydell and Co., 1777., The Lewis Walpole Library: Formerly housed as part of the SH Contents collection., See Object file for copy of the correspondence between E. Manwaring and W.S. Lewis., and Probably one of the set owned by Horace Walpole and later dispersed. See A.T. Hazen, Catalogue of Horace Walpole's library, no 3669.
- Publisher:
- Published Septr 1st. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682
- Subject (Topic):
- Views, Colosseum (Rome, Italy), and Triumphal arches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Landscape with peasants and cattle the Colosseum and the arch of Septimus Severus are seen int eh distance : Claude himself also is represented drawing / [graphic]
8. Liberianae Basilicae facies interior qva arae maximae obversa est. pl. 95
- Published / Created:
- 1621
- Call Number:
- 1976 Folio 121
- Collection Title:
- Basilicae S. Mariae Maioris de vrbe a Liberio Papa I vsqve ad Pavlvm V pont. max. descriptio et
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Description:
- Includes scale
- Subject (Geographic):
- Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Rome. Santa Maria Maggiore (Church)
- Collection Created:
- Romae, ex typographia B. Zannetti, 1621
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Liberianae Basilicae facies interior qva arae maximae obversa est. pl. 95
9. Mirabilia Romae; Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses
- Published / Created:
- 1471.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 762
- Image Count:
- 904
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper containing 1) Legendary history of the foundation of Rome. 2) Mirabilia Romae. 3) Note on Roman abbreviations especially for personal names. 4) Heading of an index to the Roman History of Livy (?). 5) Note on officials, functions and institutions of the Roman empire. 6) Note on the structure of Roman personal names. 7) Headings of the chapters of Books 1-9 of Facta et dicta memorabilia. 8) Giunta de Sancto Giminiano (14th century), alphabetical table to Facta et dicta memorabilia, from A to T, with ample blank spaces between each letter of the alphabet. 9) Mentions of Valerius Maximus and Livy in works of Thomas Aquinas and Nicholas of Lyre. 10) Valerius Maximus (1st century), Facta et dicta memorabilia, including the pseudepigraphic Book 10, De interpretacionibus nominum
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Cursiva Libraria, the text very large, the glosses small., Underlining, paragraph marks, headings, stroking of majuscules and plain initials (with guide letters), all in red., The pages damaged by the acidity of the ink., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter binding in brown leather, the cardboard covers covered with marbled brown paper. Gold-tooled spine with five raised bands and brown title label with gold-tooled inscription: “VALERIUS MAXIMUS / MANUSCRIPTUM”. Red sprinkled edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome (Italy)
- Subject (Name):
- Valerius Maximus.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Scholia, Description and travel, and History
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Mirabilia Romae; Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, with glosses
