Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a tour guide of Italy, including descriptions of notable sights as well as directions from "London to Rome as also from one Citie to another in all Ittaly." The text is organized by city, and "translated out of the high Germane into the English tongue by Captayne Henry Bell." Includes some verses in Latin and English
Description:
Phillipps MS 16427. and Binding: cloth covered boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Name):
Bell, Henry, Captain.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Latin poetry, Travel, Description and travel, and Religious life and customs
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:
Plate numbered 104.
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
Plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke
Description:
BEIN Osborn fpa22: Illustrated title page hand-colored in green, red and tan. Autograph: Thos. Martin. Contemporary manuscript notes and markings. Armorial bookplate of John Whipple Frothingham (1878-1935), nephew and heir of William August White (1843-1927)., Title within illustrated border., Leaf [par.]4r has third and fourth bar of music in red and black; verso of 2nd leaf and recto of 3rd leaf of final gathering in red and black., Signatures: [A]² B-2A⁴ 2B⁶ [par.]⁴ *⁴ [three dots in a pyramid]⁴., Entered to P. Short and W. Hoskins 9 October 1596., and Errata on second leaf of final gathering.
Publisher:
By Peter Short dwelling on Breedstreet hill at the signe of the Starre
Debate betweene pride and lowlines., Quaint dispute betweene velvet breeches and cloth breeches, Quip for an upstart courtier, and Qvip for an vpstart courtier
Description:
Based largely on: The debate betweene pride and lowlines., BEIN Osborn pb169: Imperfect: trimmed, with loss of imprint and partial loss of signatures and running title; leaf A1 (blank) wanting. Cropped signature on leaf D3: Francis Boasse[?]. Armorial bookplate for North Library, Earls of Macclesfield (1860) with ms. shelfmark "57.H.12.", Contains an attack on Gabriel Harvey and his brothers., Dedication signed: Robert Greene., Printer's name from STC., Signatures: A-G⁴ (A1 blank)., Verso of final leaf blank., and With a title-page woodcut.
Publisher:
Printed by G. P[urslowe] and are to bee sold by Thomas Dewe in St Dunstans Churchyard,
Subject (Geographic):
England--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Harvey, Gabriel,--1550?-1631--Controversial literature., Macclesfield,--Earls of--Bookplate., and Purslowe, George, d. 1632, printer.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of an abridgement of a work by John Foxe (1516-87), including a discussion against Papists and a history of England's rulers, important religious figures, and those burned as heretics.
Description:
Binding: modern cardboard., Date on first page: "Mar. 30. 1668.", For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., In English., and Text on rectos only.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--History--1066-1687., Great Britain--Kings and rulers., and Great Britain--Religious life and customs.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Controversial literature--Protestant authors., Catholic Church--Doctrines--Protestant authors., and Foxe, John,--1516-1587.
Subject (Topic):
Christian martyrs., Church history., and Persecution--History.