Two volumes, in two different hands, with drawings in ink (some colored) on vellum of swan marks granted by the King of England to persons who have lands valued at least 500 marks and who wish to keep swans, otherwise designated a royal bird and the property of the crown. The catalog of marks assigned to each family, in rough alphabetic order is preceded by a summary of various laws related to the keeping of swans and their designation as royal game. From Horace Walpole's 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex: Curious books in the glass closet in the library ... Two books of swan-marks, on vellum: extremely rare
Description:
In English and Latin., Title from preliminary leaf, larger volume, on paper bound in preceding marks on vellum leaves., Title on preliminary leaf in smaller volume: The swane booke., Both volumes with the armorial bookplate of Earl of Derby, 1775-1851 and press mark 25. B., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Two books of Swanmark's, 8vo, bound in vellum, and extremely rare.
Manuscript, probably in Urquhart's hand, of over one thousand numbered epigrams in ten books, accompanied by an alphabetically arranged subject index of them and several miscellaneous "characters" and dialogues in prose and verse
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Dedicated to "James Marquis of Hamilton, Earle of Arran and Cambridge.", Final page of text annotated: "Sir Thomas Urchard's work" and "Liber Georgi Ogilvie Master of Banff: 1683.", Accompanied by notes on the epigrams and on the ownership history of the volume., Spine title: Urquhart's Epigrams"., Bookplate: "Sum Caroli Whibley"., and Binding: modern vellum.
Manuscript on paper of The Life, Araignment, and Death, of the famous learned, Sir Thomas More Knight: Somtymes Lord Chauncellor of England. On f. iii verso, engraving of Sir Thomas More, half-length, to right, standing, pointing to scroll in right hand
Description:
In English., Watermarks: Heawood, Coat of Arms 481., Script: Written in neat chancery script., Illuminated title-page, f. iii recto: double blue frame with sprigs of berries and leaves on both sides and gilt designs above and below. Gold initial on f. 1r marks the beginning of text., and Binding: 17th-18th centuries. Part of a book rebound in limp vellum, gold-tooled, with holes for two ties.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. and Roper, William, 1496-1578.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval, and History
Manuscript, in a single hand, in the style of The Spectator for year 1768. The volume's contents are primarily tongue-in-cheek, including a dedication to Nobody; a narrative autobiography of a flea; advice to readers; and a discussion on the art of punning. The volume also records, with primarily satirical intent, the letters sent to the editor, including one by a woman who believes herself the subject of an entry in the Spectator. Other topics include a meditation on the sufferings of Christ on the cross and a translation of an ancient Persian manuscript titled History of Abdullah. Numerous entries are dated from Kings College, Cambridge
Description:
In English., In faint ink on title page: Transcribed for the Author., Pasted on p. 1: elaborate printed border., Armorial bookplate of William Horatio Crawford, Lakelands, Cork., and Binding: full red morocco with gilt decoration. In gilt on spine over green morocco: Pumice Mundus. Paucis osendi gemit. The Speculator.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Periodicals, and Religious literature, English
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, corrected, containing the text of a school drama on the life of Oedipus. The text, mainly in fourteener couplets, draws heavily on Alexander Neville's verse translation of Seneca's Oedipus (1581), and also contains extracts from Thomas Newton's Thebais (1581). The original scenes show the influence of other contemporary verse, including Lyly's Euphues and the fifth book of Spenser's Faerie Queene (1596). The work was apparently intended for performance by the pupils of a grammar school, probably the Royal Free Grammar School at Newcastle upon Tyne and The final two leaves of the volume contain "A speach deliverd before the founders at the entrance of the schole," in the same hand. The speech refers to the Selby family (George Selby was elected Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1600).
Description:
In English., Title on front cover: Oedpius with a song., Watermark similar to Briquet 11046., and Binding: contemporary full parchment.
Subject (Geographic):
Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Subject (Name):
Lyly, John, 1554?-1606, Neville, Alexander, 1544-1614., Newton, Thomas, 1542?-1607., Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., and Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
Subject (Topic):
Influence, College and school drama, English, Endowed public schools (Great Britain), English drama, and English poetry
Manuscript diary describing a European tour, principally of Eastern Europe, Russia and Italy. Fairfax devotes much attention to works of art and historical buildings
Manuscript, in Walpole's and others' hands, of a collection of several dozen scraps of notes, verse fragments, sketches, and drawings, collected from Walpole's papers. The notes are primarily epigrammatic or anecdotal, on such topics as printing books; British monarchs; Waldegrave's time as ambassador at Paris; Lady Mary Coke's affectations; and Sir W. Draper's gambling. The collection also includes several riddles and verses. Some of the notes have been transcribed, on the same page, by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and The manuscript also contains 29 drawings, including pencil sketches of Strawberry Hill some done by Walpole and others possibly by John Chute; a pen-and-wash drawing of a scene from The Castle of Otranto accompanied by a note of thanks from Mrs Susanna (Highmore) Duncombe; a pen drawing of the actor William Kemp copied from the frontispiece of a book; numerous busts; a detailed pastoral landscape scene in pencil, possibly by Agnes Berry; pencil sketches of a pig, cow, and dog; pen sketches by Sir John Fenn; and a woodcut title page to a book of John Skelton's works, dated 1523
Alternative Title:
Walpoliana mss and drawings
Description:
In English., Laid in: scrap of paper with faded ink writing, possibly Walpole's., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full calf; gilt decoration. In gilt on spine: Walpoliana mss and drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of descriptions of residences of English nobility. The author focuses on descriptions of the views from each seat and the landscape in which the house is situated; occasionally he also describes the architecture and furnishings of the houses and provides anecdotes about the owners. He calls Winander Meer in Westmoreland "the largest water of the kind in England," and notes its picturesque promontories and shrub-decorated shores. At Raby Castle in North Riding, Yorkshire, the seat of the Earl of Darlington, he praises the Gothic taste of the windows; provides the dimensions of the "rendezvous apartment"; and explains how the dog-kennel, "rising out of a wood," beautifies the scene. He also speaks approvingly of Sir James Lowther's project in Cumberland of "building a town to consist of 300 houses, for the use of such of his Domesticks, and other people as are married," which he calls "a most incomparable method of promoting population."
Description:
In English., Alphabetical table of contents at beginning of manuscript., At end of manuscript: "The following table of Rooms in the Noblemen & Gentlemen's Seats mentioned in this Vol[u]me do not give the exact proportion of any whole house ... .", Title from title page., Bookplate of Philip Shirley., Bookplate of Ettington Manuscript Library. Written in ink in center: No. 62., Steel engraving pasted on preliminary leaf, opposite clipping with description: Ickworth House near Bury St. Edmunds : the seat of the most noble the Marquess of Bristol / engd. on steel by Alfred Adlard. 50 Dorset Street, Salisbury Square., and Binding: quarter calf over marbled boards. Printed on spine: Noblemens Seats.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Homes and haunts, Nobility, Social life and customs, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
Cliff, Jer. Jeremiah?, apothecary at Tenterdon, Kent
Call Number:
Osborn c158
Image Count:
500
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of several hundred primarily religious or lighthearted entries, including poetry, recipes, sermons, epitaphs, extracts, and a treatise on the months and phases of the moon. The manuscript contains verses copied from early 17th-century books, including Remains concerning Britain by William Camden and Josuah Sylvester's translation of Du Bartas's Divine weeks & works, as well as more contemporary works, such as The true-Bred Englishman and The mock-mourners, by Daniel Defoe. Several of the religious poems are anti-Catholic, while others focus on the subjects of women and love, Other entries include extracts from sermons of Hugh Latimer and colloquies of Erasmus; recipes, including some from Helmes Trismegistus; extracts from the Journal of Nathaniel Mist; and a lengthy treatise on the months, the phases of the moon, and astrological signs entitled The shepherd's kalendar, which is accompanied by illustrations of astrological signs; a shepherd reaching for the stars;and a diagram with moveable parts, held in place by a pin, and In addition to the illustrations accompanying the astrological treatise, the manuscript contains a drawing of the Virgin Mary titled "Taken oute of T. V. Monk of the holy Order of St. Benedict It shews their absurdity."
Description:
In English., The author's name appears on p. 2, where he writes, "Songs, Poems, Epitaphs, and some Fragments of Old Doctor Zatimers sermons taught above a hund and fifty year agoe all very diverting to young people all collected by me Jer: Cliff in the yeares 1697: 97:99:700: 701: 702:: & 703 to 1728.", Index at end of volume., Written on back flyleaf: Sarah Cliff Her Book July the 18 1741. Given her by her father., and Binding: vellum boards. Pen trials on both front and back covers.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of political material, the bulk of which consists of petitions and Parliamentary speeches made in 1640 and 1641. The grievances cited in a petition by "the Citizens of London" at York include "imposicions upon Merchandise imported and exported. The urging and levying of ship money...the great concourse of Papists and their adherents in London...The seldome calling and sodaine dissolving of Parlmt. without redressing your subjects grevances;" and a petition of "the Lay-Catholiques Recusants of England" begs for relief from persecution. Issues discussed in Parliament during this time include the trial of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, the Oath of allegiance to the Church of England, and the question of episcopal government. The manuscript also contains a satirical piece titled "Observations of Holland" which declares, "It is excellent for desparring Lovers, for each corner affoords a Willow; But if Justice should condemne one to bee hang'd on any other Tree, he may live long, and confident," followed by a similarly satirical piece on Scotland. A sermon "preacht at St. Gyles in Edinburgh...1638...by James Rowe" declares "The Kirk a Scotland cau'd a smeld as weele, as any Kirk ith the Warld. Than the Kyrk a Rounie smelt sa strang that at furst she cau'd a tauld yee, she taisted o the cheare o Babylon. But now bring in the stinkenest Papery under her Neese, and it wull savour as sweat as an Aple." The manuscript concludes with "The Oath all are to take, or to suffer as Papists" and a petition from "severall grammer schooles in and about the Cyty of London."
Description:
In English., Partial table of contents at beginning., Initials stamped on front and back covers: "T. D.", and Binding: full sheep.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Netherlands, and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Arundel and Surrey, Thomas Howard, second earl of, 1585-1646., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641., and Great Britain. Parliament, 1640-1641.
Subject (Topic):
Catholics, Episcopacy, Satire, Sermons, Ship money, History, Politics and government, Religious life and customs, and Description and travel