Autograph manuscript, in brown red and yellow inks with many fine calligraphic ornaments (animals, heads, flourishes, etc.); some of the arithmetic rules are in verse.
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.
[Notes on Jeremiah Markland (1693-1776)], 1810 and later
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
In an interleaved copy of the life of Jeremiah Markland, extracted from the Biographical and Literary Anecdotes of William Bowyer by John Nichols (1745-1826).
Description:
Inscription at foot: To James Markland Esq. with J. Britton's ... and Sepia wash drawing of an estate.
f. 45v, 46r : Geometric symbols containing luna crests., f. 50r : ""Philosophisch balneum,"" distillation apparatus and furnace., f. 50v : ""Der Faule Heintze,"" a multilevel furnace, and f. 51r : ""Der Philosophische Offen,"" a cylindrical furnace, with chimney.
Description:
3 oversize folding pages with drawings and diagrams inserted after f. 227., On paper, Twelve illustrations., and Written by a single scribe in gothic, Fraktur and roman scripts.
Journal of a Voyage of Discovery in the Pacific and Beering’s Straits : on board H.M.S. Blossom
Image Count:
27
Abstract:
The journal describes the 1825-28 voyage of the ship Blossom from Spithead, Isle of Wright to Cape Horn, Chile, the Society and Hawaiian islands, then Kamchatka and the Bering Sea. The ship went back by way of California, Hawaii, the Philipines, and China. The ship continues through Awats Bay, Bering Strait, to San Francisco, Mexico, Chile, around Cape Horn to Brazil, the Azores,and Spithead. Appendices include notes of Blossom’s other voyages, an Esquimaux vocabulary, and star and weather readings.
Description:
Blanks not included in pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Pacific Ocean --Exploring expeditions
Subject (Name):
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, Blossom (Ship), and Wolfe, James, 1807-1848
Subject (Topic):
Meteorological records--19th century, Northwest Passage, and Voyages around the world