Remarks on Sr. J. Hawkins's 'General history of music', 1776.
Image Count:
36
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, with numerous corrections, of notes on "A General History of the Science and Practice of Music" by Sir John Hawkins. Citations from Hawkins' work are followed by often disparaging commentary upon them; Burney remarks that...
Description:
Binding: contemporary parchment.
Subject (Name):
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814 and Hawkins, John, Sir, 1719-1789
Subject (Topic):
Music--18th century--History and criticism, Musical analysis, Music--Europe--History and criticism, Music--History and criticism, Opera, and Opera--Italy
Manuscript journal of a London wine merchants travels in France, Germany, Switzerland and the Low Countries during the summer and fall of 1835, accompanied as far as Switzerland by a boy, Alfonzo Pipon. The diary documents travel and hotel conditions;...
Subject (Geographic):
Coblenz (Germany) and Rhine River.
Subject (Topic):
Tourism--Europe, Travelers writings, English., and Travelers.
Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3 Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Haft paykar Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Iskandarnāmah Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Khusraw va Shīrīn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Layli va Majnūn Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 41-1202 or 3. Makhzan al-asrār
Published / Created:
[18--?].
Call Number:
Persian MSS +86
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Five epic poems (Khusraw va Shīrīn, Makhzan al-asrār, Laylī va Majnūn, Haft paykar, Iskandarnāmah).
Description:
Ethé, H. India Office, 972.
Subject (Topic):
Persian language and literature--Poetry and Persian poetry
Manuscript journal from September 1843 to April 1844, 1843-1844
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Image depicts the twenty-two states of the Swiss Confederation of 1843 or 1844, the different types of dress found among the people of these regions, and the traveling distances between those regions.
Subject (Geographic):
Switzerland --Description and travel --1800-1850, Switzerland --Ethnic relations, Switzerland --History --1830-1848, Switzerland --History --19th century, and Switzerland --Politics and government --19th century
Autograph diary of a tour through Germany and Italy, with a return voyage by way of Malta, Algiers and Gibraltar, taken by Trollope between September 1843 and April 1844 in the company of his friend Edward Davies. Trollope describes travel arrangement...
Description:
40 etched, lithographed and aquatinted prints (3 hand-colored) of various subjects, including 5 of Malta. Several bills, tickets, passes and newspaper clippings pasted in, including an article on ""The Ghetto at Rome"" from Jewish Records), September ...
Subject (Geographic):
Coblentz (Germany) and Ehrenbreitstein (Germany)
Subject (Topic):
Boats and boating, Coast defenses, Fortification, Tourism, Travelers, and Travelers writings, English
