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1.
8 Medical recipes

Published / Created:
[between 1450 and 1460]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1085
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment
Description:
In Middle English.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Formulas, recipes, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Medicine, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 8 Medical recipes

2.
A brass term sold at Ld. Hallifax sale [art original] : made for one of the ...

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 53. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Brass term sold at Lord Halifax sale
Description:
Title from ink inscription in lower right corner.
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A brass term sold at Ld. Hallifax sale [art original] : made for one of the ...

3.
A bulla of Pope Boniface the 9th licence & appropriation of the rectory of Gresham in Norfolk to

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 77. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Bulla of Pope Boniface IX
Description:
Title from ink inscription below image.
Subject (Name):
Boniface IX, Pope, approximately 1355-1404.
Subject (Topic):
Seals (Insignia)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A bulla of Pope Boniface the 9th licence & appropriation of the rectory of Gresham in Norfolk to the priory of the Holy Sepulchre in Thetford, 1399 or 1400. [art original]

4.
A circular brick-tower at Tottenham 16-f. diameter, about 40 f. high in all : in the fore-part or

Creator:
Vertue, George, 1684-1756, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1720 and 1756?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3581 v.1
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 71. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from ink inscription at top of image.
Subject (Geographic):
Tottenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Coleraine, Henry Hare, Baron, 1636-1708
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Buildings, structures, etc, and Towers
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A circular brick-tower at Tottenham 16-f. diameter, about 40 f. high in all : in the fore-part or court-yard at Lord Colerane's house, which has been built time out of mind / [art original]

5.
A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

Published / Created:
[approximately 1790-1820]
Call Number:
66 790 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
12
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A collection of six gaming counters or monetary tokens from the gambling houses and clubs of Georgian London. Four were made by John Milton (signed "J. Milton f." or "J.M" on the smaller pieces) with an ace of spades encircled with the quote "Honi soi...
Description:
For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Roulette, and Clubs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era gaming counters issued by London clubs and gaming houses

6.
A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

Published / Created:
[between 1762 and 1820?]
Call Number:
66 762 C697 Shelved in Object Room C:A
Image Count:
14
Resource Type:
three-dimensional form
Abstract:
A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince's Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small li...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Theater
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of Georgian-era tokens for London theaters

7.
A collection of alchemical texts attributed to Lull, with some additional matter

Creator:
Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316
Published / Created:
[ca. 1450; between 1500 and 1510]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 12
Image Count:
650
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of a collection of pseudo-Lullian alchemical writings, translated from the French and Catalan originals, with a little additional matter. The codex underwent a transformation in the early 16th century when considerable new matter w...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of alchemical texts attributed to Lull, with some additional matter

8.
A collection of his alchemical works

Creator:
Fabre, Pierre-Jean, -approximately 1650
Published / Created:
[ca. 1700]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 76
Image Count:
580
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Propugnaculum alchymiae, the Defence of alchymy. 2) The first (second, third, fourth) booke of universall wisedome. 3) Hercules piochymicus. 4) Myrothecium spagyricum, or A chymicall dispensatory
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Fabre, Pierre-Jean, -approximately 1650.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of his alchemical works

9.
A collection of notes for admission to the House of the Lords for the trial of Queen Caroline

Published / Created:
[1820-1832]
Call Number:
Folio LWL Mss Vol. 286
Container / Volume:
Box 1 / Folders 1-17
Image Count:
34
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
Mounted on 34 leaves, a collection of 197 hand-written notes addressed to "the door keeper of the House of Lords" or specifically to Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, requesting that the bearer of the ticket or the person named be admitted to the House of Lords in...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bowyer, Robert, 1758-1834., and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.
Subject (Topic):
Publishers and publishing
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of notes for admission to the House of the Lords for the trial of Queen Caroline

10.
A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James

Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector
Published / Created:
[ca. 1787?]
Call Number:
49 3069
Image Count:
8
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London :...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints and a drawing collected by Horace Walpole to illustrate his copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

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