Manuscript containing approximately 60 pieces, most of which are drafts of verses by Thomas Hull, some heavily revised, including verses in memory of his friend William Shenstone; "Address to Solitude, a Cantata"; "Irregular Ode Written in a Garden"; and "Ode to Health". Other material includes poems by others copied by Hull; a letter about Shenstone by E. Baker; and engravings of Shenstone and Leasowes.
Contains: mezzotint of Pope after Godfrey Kneller, 1722; ALS to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1717/18 Feb 18; crayon drawing of Pope by Jonathan Richardson, n.d.; printed receipt to Robert Packer, Esq., for the subscription copy of Homer's Iliad, signed: "A. Pope"; ALS to Mrs. Howard, [1729 May]; ALS to Mr. Richardson, Cirencester, [1737] Jun 25; Pope's preface to the Works, with many corrections (removed from album and purchased by Professor Tinker before the Library bought album; now Tinker Ms 1668); first copy of manuscript verses by Pope on the Grotto of Twickenham composed entirely of English metals, minerals, marbles, corrected with his own hand, 1740/1 Feb 6; original proof of two pages from Pope's Epistles, pages 69 and 70, with the author's corrections; 2 ALS from John Murray to John Wilson Croker, London, 1854 May 19 and Jun 8; ALS from John Wilson Croker to Mr. Cooke, 1855 Aug 1; leaf from the printed catalogue of the collection of H. B. Ray, newpaper clippings, and envelope addressed to John Murray in an unidentified hand. Purchase, 1939.
"Adapted from an Italian comedy, 'L'astrologo,' by ... Gian Battista della Porta."--Dict. nat. biog., BEIN Ih T596 615b Copy 1: Imperfect: some leaves slightly bled., Edition with printer's mark without frame., and Signatures: A-L4(A1 blank; A2 recto signature-mark, verso blank).
Manuscript on parchment and paper, written in two parts. Part I (parchment, written ca. 1490): 1) John of Rupescissa, De consideratione quinte essentie. 2) Descriptions of various herbs. Part II (paper, added ca. 1800): 3) Alchemy. 4) Recipes for making Prussian Blue, in Italian.
Description:
Binding: Late eighteenth century, probably French. Speckled calf, the sides undecorated, the repaired back in compartments with gilt tooling, the original title-stamping defective, speckled edges; restored by Carolyn Horton, November 1955., Part I: Headings in red throughout, that on f. 1r overwritten in an intense red ink covering earlier writing in pale red ink, the intense ink then used for the remainder of the headings in this portion of the codex, and the overwriting probably by the original scribe. Plain, small, roman capitals at beginnings of sections of the text in blue or green; a large initial "D" and a full border no f. 1r, as well as a smaller initial "L" at the beginning of the second book of text, foot of f. 25r, all finely illuminated in gold and colors in the "white-vine" style, the lower part of the border on f. 1r with a coat of arms consisting of a shield azure, a bear rampant or. Part II: Undecorated., and Script: Part I (ff. 1-40): Written by one hand in a neat, minute humanistic cursive. Part II (ff. 41-52): In an Italian hand.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Formulas, recipes, etc, Herbs--Early works to 1800, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Prussian blue
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Le veau d'or, an unidentified alchemy in French. 2) Le rosaire des philosophes, an unidentified text incorporating many borrowings from medieval alchemy. 3) W.R., Experimentum verae confectionis philosophorum lapidis, in Latin, partly extracted from Geber and Eirenaeus Philaletha.
Alternative Title:
Le veau d'or
Description:
Binding: Original mottled calf, the flat back divided into compartments by fold rules, floral ornaments gold-stamped in the compartments, modern leather title label on backstrip, original red edges; hinges, corners, and edges repaired., In French and Latin., Mellon MS 17, acquired with the Duveen collection. Gift of Paul and Mary Mellon, 1965., Script: Written in an elegant cursive sloping to the right with many words tied together by ligatures., and Watermarks: Paper of endleaves with unidentified armorial watermark and countermark "FIRAILLE (?) FIN BOURGOGNE 1742," unidentified; paper of the text with the Amsterdam arms and countermark "FIN DE LECHALLE (?)," unidentified.
Alcune composizioni di diversi autori in lode del ritratto della Sabina and Alcvne composizioni di diversi avtori in lode del ritratto della Sabina
Description:
Dedication signed by the compiler, Michelagnolo Sermartelli., Illustrated collection of verses in praise of Giambologna's sculpture, the Rape of a Sabine, by Bernardo Vecchietti and others., Illustrations: 3 large woodcuts showing the sculpture from two angles as well as its position in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence., Imperfect: damp-stained and foxed. Unidentified bookplate. Blindstamp: Ex libris Giannalisa Feltrinelli. Latin verses written in a contemporary hand below the woodcuts of the sculpture., and Signatures: *⁴ A-G⁴ (G4 blank).
Publisher:
Nella stamperia di Bartolomeo Sermartelli,
Subject (Name):
Feltrinelli, Giannalisa--Stamp., Giambologna,--1529-1608.--Rape of a Sabine--Poetry., Sermartelli, Bartolomeo, fl. 1563-1600., Sermartelli, Michelangelo., and Vecchietti, Bernardo.