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1. A collection of his works
- Creator:
- Locques, Nicolas de, active 17th century
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1700]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 77
- Image Count:
- 798
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of a collection of texts by Nicolas de Locques, in which practical laboratory procedures are mingled with speculative and mystical alchemy
- Description:
- In French., Script: Written in a practiced scribal hand in a flowing cursive sloping to the right with infrequent standard abbreviation; a second similar, but finer hand on p. 358 only., Watermarks: Paper with unidentified watermark of a griffin rampant (?), the hind paws on a staff incorporating letters and numbers "Y49" (?), countermarked with 2 lines of capitals, the first word perhaps "JUVIMAL" (sic)., and Binding: Original French binding of mottled calf, the sides plain, the edges of the covers gilt-stamped a la grotesque, back (repaired and restored at foot) with seven bands, the compartments gilt-stamped to a rectangular pattern, a lozenge of leafy sprays in the center of each, with triangular elements of the same at the corners, original title label in the second compartment from the top, marbled endpapers, edges speckled red.
- Subject (Name):
- Locques, Nicolas de, active 17th century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Science
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of his works
2. Alchemical miscellany
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1510]; 1775.
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 26
- Image Count:
- 105
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper in two parts. Part I (late 15th century): 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Aqua solempnissima, atque mirabilis. Part II (copied in 1775): 3) George Ripley (?), Touchant le grand magistere des sages, translated from English into French
- Description:
- In Latin and French., Script: Part I: Written by a single hand in a semigothic cursive. Part II: Written in a cursive hand sloping to the right., Part I: Headings in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century, English. Tan buckram boards, brown morocco back and corners, flat backstrip with gold-stamped title, plain edges.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Ripley, George, d. 1490?
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany
3. Alchemical miscellany
- Published / Created:
- June and July 1480.
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 19
- Image Count:
- 334
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of the following mystical or speculative alchemies translated into French: Arnold of Villanova, Rosarius; Albertus Magnus, Compositum de compositis; and Ramon Lull, Clavicula. Alchemies in Latin by Raymundus Gaufridi, Roger Bacon (?), Nicholas, Johannes Pauper, John of Rupescissa, and the Duc de Berry (?). Also includes a long series of wholly practical procedures and recipes
- Description:
- In French and Latin., Script: Written by one scribe in a remarkably small and neat cursive gothic hand., No headlines, no color, no decoration, spaces left for some capitals with guide letters, a few drawings in the text or in margins., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Marbled paper boards with diced calf back, the backstrip in compartments with horizontal gilt fillets, lines of gilt small tools bordering the false bands, title label in the second compartment from the top gilt-lettered "REGNAULT". Early, probably original green edges. Hinges of the binding repaired.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Alchemical miscellany
4. Letters describing life in England, 1790
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 115
- Image Count:
- 270
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a collection of 15 letters describing life in England, translated into French, possibly from German. The letters discuss English lotteries; the proliferation of newspapers; the constitution and the difficulty of reconciling ideology with practice; Parliamentary elections; literary societies; and the nobility. One letter describes and deplores the cruelty of amusements such as hunting, cock-fighting, and "combats des gladiateurs"; another letter mocks an English law against the illegal wearing of buttons. A letter dated December 14, 1790 discusses the possibility of the abolition of the slave trade; the author declares it is the most talked-of subject of conversation and expresses his astonishment that the trade still exists and The letters are followed by a lengthy essay explaining the Women's March on Versailles on October 5-6, 1789. The volume is prefaced by a note by the translator, who criticizes the motives of many travel writers; says that he was drawn to this letter-writer for his curiosity and interest in humanity; and explains that the writer published two volumes, the first of letters written in Paris and Versailles during the revolution in 1789, and the second of letters in England
- Description:
- In French., Binding: full calf., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Great Britain., England, France, and Versailles (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804.
- Subject (Topic):
- Cockfighting, Elections, Hunting, Lotteries, Slave trade, Newspapers, Nobility, Travelers' writings, French, Description and travel, History, Women, Intellectual life, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Letters describing life in England, 1790
5. Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].
- Creator:
- Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 D18 828
- Image Count:
- 57
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some of which are purported to have belonged to Horace Walpole, organized thematically. With four original drawings, including a watercolor and wash drawing of the Neapolitan painter Luca Jordano signed by J.B. Catenaro, an unsigned portrait in red crayon of Cornelius Jansen, a pencil portrait of an unknown woman, and another small pencil drawing of a landscape. The first volume contains etchings and engravings of English villages and rural scenes including the farm house and printing house at Strawberry Hill and two vignettes of Strawberry Hill; topographical scenes in Surrey and Twickenham; etchings of Roman scenes; portraits of eminent historical and contemporary political figures and The second volume begins with a series of 192 small French engravings of women, which document the hair styles and hat fashions in the 17th and 18th centuries, all engraved by Dupin or Desrais. A second series of the 48 engravings from Wenceslaus Hollar's Theatrum mulierum depict the costumes of 17th century women (mostly) in Europe. These prints are followed by 29 small engravings by C. Heath of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits of contemporary British and French figures as well as the plates drawn and engraved by Henry Moses for A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume published in London by E. and C. M'Lean in 1823
- Description:
- In English and French. and Recovered in cloth with marble boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe, Great Britain, Europe., Great Britain., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828., Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, and Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661.
- Subject (Topic):
- Costume, History, Hairstyles, Authors, English, Politicians, Fashion, Clothing and dress, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].
6. Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].
- Creator:
- Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828
- Call Number:
- Folio 53 D18 828
- Image Count:
- 40
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Two scrapbooks containing a collection of mostly 18th century engravings and etchings, some of which are purported to have belonged to Horace Walpole, organized thematically. With four original drawings, including a watercolor and wash drawing of the Neapolitan painter Luca Jordano signed by J.B. Catenaro, an unsigned portrait in red crayon of Cornelius Jansen, a pencil portrait of an unknown woman, and another small pencil drawing of a landscape. The first volume contains etchings and engravings of English villages and rural scenes including the farm house and printing house at Strawberry Hill and two vignettes of Strawberry Hill; topographical scenes in Surrey and Twickenham; etchings of Roman scenes; portraits of eminent historical and contemporary political figures and The second volume begins with a series of 192 small French engravings of women, which document the hair styles and hat fashions in the 17th and 18th centuries, all engraved by Dupin or Desrais. A second series of the 48 engravings from Wenceslaus Hollar's Theatrum mulierum depict the costumes of 17th century women (mostly) in Europe. These prints are followed by 29 small engravings by C. Heath of prominent British politicians and writers of the 18th century. The final pages include several portraits of contemporary British and French figures as well as the plates drawn and engraved by Henry Moses for A series of twenty-nine designs of modern costume published in London by E. and C. M'Lean in 1823
- Description:
- In English and French. and Recovered in cloth with marble boards.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Europe, Great Britain, Europe., Great Britain., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828., Giordano, Luca, 1634-1705, and Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius, 1593-1661.
- Subject (Topic):
- Costume, History, Hairstyles, Authors, English, Politicians, Fashion, Clothing and dress, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Scrapbooks, [not after 1830].
7. Works
- Creator:
- Norton, Samuel, 1548-1604?
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1660]
- Call Number:
- Mellon MS 64
- Image Count:
- 196
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment (rather thick) of a codex containing alchemical verses and other works by Samuel Norton and illustrated with skillful drawings of the arcane figures associated with Norton's work
- Description:
- In French., Script: Written by a single hand which has also annotated and captioned the drawings in a neat cursive sloping to the right, with the addition of passages in italic and chancery scripts., and Binding: Early, perhaps original, French binding of black morocco, the sides with triple gold fillet around the edges, a similar triple fillet forming a rectangular panel in the center of each cover with fleurons at the corners, the inside edges with a border of small tools stamped in gold, the back gilt compartments formed by five raised bands, modern title label on second compartment from top, some modern repairs with brown leather, including filling up the four holes on each cover which originally held ties, now missing; original gilt edges.
- Subject (Name):
- Norton, Samuel, 1548-1604?
- Subject (Topic):
- Alchemy and Illumination of books and manuscripts
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Works