Manuscript volume, in a single hand, containing the text of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica, followed by the text of the Historia brittoum of Nennius; a brief biography of Merlin; and Sybilline prophecies
Description:
In Latin., Numerous marginal notes in contemporary and later hands., Bound with: parchment leaf of accounts kept by Robert de Staynford, steward of Lady Idoyne Percy, wife of Henry, Lord Percy (d. 1365)., Laid in: manuscript fragment, on paper, of a contract, in English (ca. 1574), formerly the back pastedown., Layout: single columns of 42 lines., Script: gothic text hand., Decoration: Rubricated. Numerous penwork initials and line fillers in red and blue ink. Ten larger illuminated initials, gilt and red and blue ink., and Binding: original oak boards covered in pink doeskin; remains of clasps.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, Great Britain, Church history, and History
"Portrait of John Charles Brooke, half-length standing directed to right, looking towards the viewer, holding a rolled document in right hand at waist level, wearing ceremonial robes decorated in fleur-de-lis and lions, chain of office and powdered wig with a queue; after Maynard; state before plate reduced and Wilkinson added to publication line."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Charles Brooke Esqr. F.S.A.
Description:
Title etched below image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1850,1014.282., and Bound in opposite page 470 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Publish'd Mar. 20, 1794, by G. Nayler, Coll. Arm. London
"View of a fairly large house in Green Park, surrounded by trees and shrubbery, three figures on pathway in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Lord William Gordon's lodge, in the Green Park
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Bound in before page 247 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Green Park (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Gordon, William, 1744-1823
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, Parks, and Dwellings
Notice of a Meeting of the Council of the Medical Society of London
Alternative Title:
Sir, I beg leave to inform you, that there will be a Meeting of the Council, on Monday next
Description:
Title from item., Letterpress text, with a woodcut illustration of the seal of the Medical Society of London., Form completed in manuscript on 29 August 1826, to specify that the meeting would occur on "the 4th day of Septr. at 8 in the evening." An additional ink annotation at the bottom notes that "The Library Committee will meet at 7 oclock.", Mounted to 27.2 x 21 cm., and Mounted opposite page *468 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
Compton & Ritchie, printers, Middle Street, Cloth Fair, London
Ticket to the Anniversary Meeting of the Medical Society of London, to occur at the Society's House on Bolt Court, Fleet Street
Alternative Title:
This ticket admits the bearer to the Anniversary Meeting at the Society's House, Bolt Court, Fleet Strt
Description:
Title from item., Entirely engraved; illustrated at top with an image of Apollo with bow and arrow seated over a slain serpent, signed "W. Grainger inv. sc." in lower right., Monogrammatic initials "MSL" within circle in lower left., Completed in manuscript with details of the meeting, including the date of 8 March 1821 and time of 3 o'clock. "Mr. Callaway" is noted as giving the oration, and the ticket is numbered "No. 144" in lower right., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.9 cm., and Mounted before page 469 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"View of buildings of Whitehall Palace from the river, from an inlet of the Thames in Lambeth Marsh; boats in the foreground, Banqueting House in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at top of plate., Restrike (probably retouched) of a print by Hollar that was originally published in 1647 as part of a series of eight. See Adams., Approximate publication date from Adams, who notes that printsellers such as Laurie & Whittle were selling impressions on wove paper of the prints in this series at the turn of the 19th century. Decades earlier, the publishers Sayer and Bennett had offered impressions "on very good paper" in their 1775 catalogue, writing that the original plates had been "carefully cleaned" (that is, the worn lines had likely been re-engraved)., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image from right and left sides., Mounted to 20.9 x 27.1 cm., and Mounted after page 172 in volume 4 part 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Caption title., First lines: The Court of Examiners chosen and appointed by the Masters, Wardens and Assistants of the Society of Apothecaries, of the City of London, in pursuance of a certain Act of Parliament, "For better Regulating the Practice of Apothecaries throughout England and Wales," passed in the 55th year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, have determined ..., Signed "John Watson, Secretary" and dated "London, November, 1816.", Folded to 23 x 14 cm; mounted to 27.1 x 20.7 cm. Mounted on the preceding leaf is a contemporary printing of: Extracts from the Act "For better Regulating the Practice of Apothecaries throughout England and Wales.", and Mounted after page 384 in volume 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
"Cross section of the cross showing the route up to the observatory, supported by scaffolding, erected for the purpose of creating a panorama of London."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5930., Mounted to 27 x 21 cm., and Mounted before page 5 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hornor, Thomas, 1785-1844. and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
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
