Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., Published in Harper's Weekly, 13 February 1864., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):
Gettysburg (Pa.). and United States
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Military, Public health, Tents, Organizations' facilities, Flags, and History
Modern history. Dutch and Tegenwoordige staat van alle volkeren
Description:
Mixed set., Title varies slightly., Some vols. have added engr. t.p. in place of frontispiece., Vol. 1-10, each in six parts, paged continuously (except v. 6) with individual t.p. for each part; vol. [27, 34-37] in two parts each, v. [29] in three parts, each of these vols. with individual t.p. for each part, paged continuously., Vol. 16, 23, 26, 33 have also individual t.p.: Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; v. [24-25, 31-32] have this individual t.p. only. Vol. 6, pt. 5-6, have t.p.: Vervolg van den tegenwoordigen staat van't koningryk Polen., Vol. [21-22] have on t.p.: 20.21. deel., Vol. 27 in two parts, paged continuously, each with individual t.-p., Vol. 33 has also t.p.: Tegenwoordige staat van het Landschaap Drenthe., Vol. [34-41] have no general t.p., Vol. 1 has added general t.p. (following vol. t.p.): Hedendaegsche historie, of Tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren ... / nieuwlings in 't engelsch beschreven door den Heere Salmon, in 't nederduitsch overgebragt, en met byvoegselen vermeerdert door M. van Goch, M.D. Deerde druk. Te Amsterdam: By Isaak Tirion ... 1731., Vol. 11-15, 17-22, 27-30 have series t.p. only; v. 24-25, 31-32 have no series t.-p.; v. 33 has also individual t.p., Vol. 10-16, 21, 23 by Jan Wagenaar; v. 22 by M. Tydeman and R. van Noort; v. [34-35] compiled from works by Salmon, Chamberlayn, Miege, Bolton, Maitland, Rapin Thoras, and others., Molhuysen ascribes authorship of v. 11-15, 21, 23, and 26 to Jan Wagenaar; authorship of other parts to S. Stijl, A. Ypey, J. H. Knoop and others., Vol. 1, no. II, derde druk, 1735; v. 1, no. V, twede druk, 1735; v. 2, lste-6de stukje, twede druk 1739; v. 11, tweede druk, 1739., and Vol. 30, no more pub. after stuk 1.
BEIN: Imperfect: title-pages mutilated., Vol. 3 [pt.2] has half-title: Preuves servans à l'Histoire de Lorraine., and First issue of the 1st edition. cf. F.J.B. Noël, Catalogue raisonné des collections lorraines, t.1 (1850/1) p. 24-101; also Aug. Prost in Polybiblion, t.20 (2. sér., t. 6, 1877) p. 74-84, 151-166, 245-256, 356-370.
BEIN: Imperfect: title-pages mutilated., Vol. 3 [pt.2] has half-title: Preuves servans à l'Histoire de Lorraine., and First issue of the 1st edition. cf. F.J.B. Noël, Catalogue raisonné des collections lorraines, t.1 (1850/1) p. 24-101; also Aug. Prost in Polybiblion, t.20 (2. sér., t. 6, 1877) p. 74-84, 151-166, 245-256, 356-370.
BEIN: Imperfect: title-pages mutilated., Vol. 3 [pt.2] has half-title: Preuves servans à l'Histoire de Lorraine., and First issue of the 1st edition. cf. F.J.B. Noël, Catalogue raisonné des collections lorraines, t.1 (1850/1) p. 24-101; also Aug. Prost in Polybiblion, t.20 (2. sér., t. 6, 1877) p. 74-84, 151-166, 245-256, 356-370.
Manuscript on paper of 1) Eutropius, Breviarium, with the insertions and addition of the final six books by Paul the Deacon. 2) Francesco Patrizi of Siena (1412-94), Epistula Achilli Petrucio re regendo magistratu. 3) Extract from Quintilian, Institutio oratoria 2.9.1.
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: two different unidentified ladders, the one on ff. 1-60, the other on ff. 61-70., Script: Written by a single scribe in a sloping humanistic bookhand., Spaces for decorative initials in art. 1 are unfilled; remains of guide letters. Headings and first word(s) in text divisions in epigraphic majuscules., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Yellow marbled paper case with title written in ink on narrow paper label on spine: "Liber Eutropii de Regibus Rom. et de Orig. Imperii".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Rome
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?
Subject (Topic):
Latin letters, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
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
Manuscript on parchment (many holes and repairs) of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Description:
In Latin., Script: Written by several hands of different appearances, perhaps by scribes of varying ages or at different dates. The scripts range from rounded to angular minuscule., Plain orange initial, 7- to 2-line; heading and chapter notations (in margins) in same shade. Guide-letters and notes for rubricator., and Binding: 16th-17th centuries (?). Sewn on three supports laced into wooden boards. The spine is slightly rounded and lined, the lining extending onto the inside of the boards. Covered with white pigskin, blind-tooled. Two fastenings, the catches on the upper board. On the fore-edge of the lower cover is a notation contemporary with binding: "Gesta anglorum bede." Appears to have been bound at the Benedictine abbey of St. Martin of Spanheim in the diocese of Mainz.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735.
Subject (Topic):
Church history, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript on paper (lightly burnished) of Poggio Bracciolini, Historia Florentina, translated into Italian by his son Jacopo. With Prefatory letter of Jacopo di Poggio to Federico da Montefeltro
Description:
In Italian., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3387., Script: Written in sloping humanistic bookhand with cursive elements., Illuminated initial in gold, f. 1r, 10-line, infilled and surrounded by flowers in rose and blue (yellow centers), rayed gold discs, winding green stems and leaves, and hair-line decoration. Gold initial, f. 3r, 6-line, on ground composed of blue, green, and rose panels, all decorated with gold scroll designs. Headings in red rustic capitals., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Diced brown calf spine, blind- and gold-tooled, with Strozzi arms and "Poggio istoria tradotta da Iacopo suo figlio" and "M. S. Cartaceo del S. XV". Blue and white decorated paper sides.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Florence (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript on paper of 1) Paul the Deacon, Historia gentis Longobardorum. 2) Palladius of Helenopolis, Liber de moribus Brachmanorum, translated into Latin
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Piccard Ochsenkopf I.731-35., Script: Written in a cursive minuscule script, above top line; the first words of each chapter in large gothic bookhand., One initial, divided red and blue, 5-line, with red penwork flourishes, f. 1r; the initial may have been retouched by a contemporary hand. Plain red initials throughout; spaces for rubrics left unfilled, except for those at beginning of each book. Running headlines in red. Guide letters for decorator., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Germany. Quires cut in for sewing. Rigid vellum case with a red, gold-tooled label: "P. Diacon. De Gest. langobar". Early title in ink on fore edge: "De Gest. Longobardo".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and India
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Deacon, approximately 720-799?
Subject (Topic):
Literature, Medieval, Lombards, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
