Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred poems on primarily moral or spiritual subjects, many taken from printed works by such poets as John Dryden, William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, and Isaac Watts. Other entries include epitaphs and psalms. The volume also contains some of Hamby's own religious verses as well as verses by several of his Norfolk acquaintances. The work is prefaced by an introduction which declares that although a preface seems needless when the volume is meant for "one private person," the preface will be useful to those who will read the work after his decease. The preface provides an autobiography of Hamby, focusing on his development as a writer.
Description:
Autograph on flyleaf: S. S. Toms., Autograph on title page: M. Toms., Binding: contemporary full morocco with gilt and blind-stamped decoration. Title on spine: Manuscript Poetry., Marbled endpapers., and Pasted in: engraved portrait of Nathaniel Hamby, "de Wymondham in Com. Norfoliciae."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--18th century
MS in unknown hand(s). Contains political verse and humour
Description:
Mostly in English with some French and Latin., Perhaps the third volume in a collection as pagination begins with p.858., and Film: 4x5 negatives of p. 1012 and 1013.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Satire, English, Ballads, English, Proverbs, English, and English poetry
Manuscript, on paper, in cursive bookhand, produced in England and dated May 27, 1582.
Description:
A note on f. 18v reads: "A verry tratoroos Worke pretended to bee the answers of Peyres Plowman to the prynted interrogatores of alleageaunce. Butt in treuthe a Waye to instruct papists how to answer tratorooslye & defende the trators for Martyrs that dyed at Tyburne in August 1582." and Binding: vellum wrapper, with front cover cut away. Disbound. Box also contains remains of silk binding thread in separate envelope.
Subject (Name):
Langland, William,--1330?-1400?--Piers Plowman
Subject (Topic):
Catholic Church--England--Controversial literature, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Tyburn gallows (London, England)
Album containing 122 engravings by Stukeley, many in proof, assembled by the artist himself. Contents include 85 engravings from Itinerarium Curiosum and 23 from Stonehenge, a Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.
Description:
Folio plate, tab bound. and Plate numbered 113.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Antiquities --Early works to 1800 and Wiltshire (England) --Antiquities
Subject (Topic):
Megalithic monuments --England --Wiltshire and Stonehenge (England)--Early works to 1800
England and Wales. High Court of Justice for the Trying and Judging of Charles Stuart, King of
Call Number:
Osborn fb146
Image Count:
108
Abstract:
Contemporary MS copy. A very full account, giving the words of the Act creating the court and the whole of the proceedings of all sittings both public and private.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649
Subject (Topic):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649. Trials, litigation, etc. Sources
Holograph journal detailing the daily activities of Samuel Barrington during his service as naval commander-in-chief in the British West Indies. It records his movements; ship's log entries; shipboard conditions, and the execution of his secret orders to capture and to hold St. Lucia against the Toulon fleet commanded by the Comte d'Estaing. The journal concludes with his "Remarks and Observations Relating to the Command at the Leeward Islands Between January 1778 and July 1779." and Laid in: "Contents of the Upper Drawer," a 2 page inventory of documents.
Description:
Binding: contemporary paneled reversed calf. and For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator.
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Lucia--History, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Foreign participation, French, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations, British, and West Indies--History--1775-1783
Subject (Name):
Estaing, Charles Henri,--comte d',--1729-1794 and Great Britain.--Royal Navy--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a near-daily journal documenting the seige of Budapest, beginning June 16, 1686 to Sept. 2. After the entry from August 9, the manuscript copies "A Letter to the E. of M. which continues this to the 15th." Followed by "Some remarks upon the foregoing seige" in the same hand.