Manuscript, in Louis XVI's hand, of his translation of Walpole's Historic doubts into French. Walpole's work focuses on the crimes supposed to have been committed by Richard III, in particular the murders of Henry VI; Henry VI's son Edward; his brother George, duke of Clarence; Edward V and his brother Richard; his own queen, and others; and examines, and in some cases invalidates, the evidence for these accusations. Louis XVI's translation contains numerous corrections, made during the last years of his life
Alternative Title:
Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third
Description:
In French., Title from first page., Written on flyleaf: Manuscrit. Ecrit en entier De la main De Louis XVI., Binding: paper, stitched., and For further information, consult Library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483., Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Warbeck, Perkin, 1474-1499., and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
Subject (Topic):
Translating and interpreting, Kings and rulers, and Politics and government
Title from item., Date derived from subject matter., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., In margin upper right: Actualité 61., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, French.
Publisher:
En vente chez Grognet Edit. 16, r. des Ecoles
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Pulse, Sick persons, Physicians, Medicines, History, and Politics and government
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from street address., Above image: Actualités. 100., Published in Le Charivari., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
A de Vresse R Rivoli 55 and Lith Walter Fres. R Paradis Pre. 28.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Medical education, Sick persons, Physicians, History, and Politics and government
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Above image: La Caricature (Journal.); No.65., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Politics, French.
Publisher:
On s'abbone chez Aubert, Galerie Véro dodat and Lith de Delaporte
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Riots, Military decorations, History, and Politics and government
Manuscript, in a single hand, providing charts, summaries, and personal observations on French finances during the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian War. The volume includes a list of the ordinary revenues and expenses of the king; ordinary military expenses; and an extensive section addressing war finance, including yearly summaries of money raised in France between 1756 and 1762, with notes of royal edicts, such as a lottery in 1756, and other edicts levying extraordinary taxes to pay for the war. The volume also contains sections on the finances of the clergy and the court of Rome; and occasional references to the American colonies and the Compagnie des Indes
Description:
In French., Table of contents at beginning of manuscript., On title page: Etat actuel des affaires Generalles Concernant les finances du Royaume de france. Qui constate Les Revenues et Deperses ordinaires du Roy avec Les affaires extraodinaires faittes en france depuis et comprisant 1756 jusqu'a la fin de 1762 au sujet de la guerre..., Binding: full calf. In gilt on spine: Mss. Finances de France., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
France and United States
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774. and France. Sovereign (1715-1774 : Louis XV)
Subject (Topic):
Appropriations and expenditures, Finance, History, Royal households, Economic aspects, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, and Politics and government
The papers are almost entirely concerned with Macartney's embassy to Russia in 1764-1767, and include notes, memoranda, drafts of the trade treaty he negotiated, and a final copy; accounts of travel in Russia and general descriptions of the country, including a treatise on the natural history of Siberia and fossils found there; descriptions of principal figures of the Russian Court and of court protocol; and copies of correspondence and The collection also contains a printed copy of a 1762 decree by Catherine II concerning Alexis Bestoucheff-Rumin; and a dispatch sent by Russia to China in 1792 during Macartney's mission in Peking. Accompanied by a microfilm of the Macartney Papers in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Description:
George Macartney was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College. In 1764, Lord Holland proposed him as envoy extraordinary to Saint Petersburg for the negotiation of a trade treaty. Knighted before departing England, Macartney returned in 1767 after concluding the treaty and receiving the Polish Order of the White Eagle. He spent much of the remainder of his career in colonial governorships, including that of Madras, and took his seat in the Irish Parliament in 1788. In 1792 he was sent as plenipotentiary on a mission to Peking, and upon his return from China undertook negotiations with the exiled Louis XVIII in Verona. Macartney thereafter retired from public life due to ill health. and In French and English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, Russia., Russia, and Siberia (Russia)
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. and Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806.
Subject (Topic):
Diplomatic and consular service, British, Diplomatic and consular service, Russian, Diplomats, Commerce, Foreign relations, Politics and government, Court and courtiers, and Description and travel
Title from item., Date based on events represented., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., Above image: Actualités; No.126., In image lower right: 52., Published in Le Charivari., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse and Imp. Aubert & Cie
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Ledru-Rollin, 1807-1874, Raspail, F.-V. 1794-1878 (François-Vincent),, Cavaignac, Eugène, 1802-1857, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873, and Lamartine, Alphonse de, 1790-1869
Subject (Topic):
France, Politics and government, Politicians, Harps, Quarreling, and History
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from language of text., Printmaker's signature is unclear., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, interior; Politics, French.
Publisher:
chez Frérot éditeur and Lith de Villain
Subject (Geographic):
France. and France
Subject (Topic):
Hospitals, Soldiers, Hospital wards, and Politics and government
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Above image: Actualités. 220., Published in Le Charivari., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Art & illness.
Publisher:
A. de Vresse, r. Rivoli, 55 and Lith. Déstouches, r. Paradis Pré. 28.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Medical emergencies, Public sculpture, Sick persons, and Politics and government