Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of quoted proverbs on such subjects as youth, wisdom, wealth and poverty, sin and wickedness, and virtue, drawn from contemporary collections such as John Clarke's Paroemiologia Anglolatina, George Herbert...
Description:
Binding: half calf over machine-grain morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century.
Subject (Name):
Clarke, John,--1609-1676., Herbert, George,--1593-1633., and Shirley, James,--1596-1666.
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms., Conduct of life--17th century., and Proverbs, English.
Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of several dozen Scottish Presybterian tracts in English and verses in Latin. The collection includes David Hume's De unione tractatus secundus, 1605; William Bradshaw's Treatise of the nature an...
Description:
Binding: limp parchment; leather ties.
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland--Politics and government--1625-1649 and Scotland--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Hume, David,--1560?-1630?, Knox, John,--1505-1572, and Scaliger, Joseph Juste,--1540-1609
Subject (Topic):
Latin poetry, Presbyterian Church--Doctrinal and controversial works, and Presbyterian Church--Scotland
Berühmten Freih. v. Münchhausen wunderbare Reisen und lustige Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Land., Feldzug der sieben Schwaben und ihre siegreiche Heimkehr., Geschichte der ebenso schönen als tugendhaften Agnes Bernauer, Tochter des Barbiers Kaspar Bernauer zu Augsburg., Geschichtliche Erlebnisse eines Hundertjährigen., Hirlanda, Herzogin von Bretagne., Interessante Erzählung von der geduldigen Helena, Tochter des Kaisers Antonii., Kreuz- und Qeurzüge des bekannten Spassvogels Tyll Eulenspiegel., Pfarrers Tochter von Taubenhain., Robinson Krusoe., Rosa von Tannenburg., Schinderhannes, des bekannten Leben und Thaten, seine Gefangennahme und Ende., Schöne Magelona und der Ritter mit den silbernen Schlüsseln., Student von Ulm., Weisse Frau und ihre bedeutungsvollen Erscheinungen an den Höfen zu Berlin, Carlsruhe, Darmstadt, München, Stuttgart, Wien u.s.w., and Zwölf Bücher Sibyllen-Weissagungen.
Description:
[1.] Caspar Hauser / von K. Nitram -- [2.] Rosa von Tannenburg -- [3.] Die Teufelsmühle am Wienerberge / von Ferdinand Schmid -- [4.] Robinson Krusoe -- [5.] Kurzer Auszug aus der merkwürdigen Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck ...
Publisher:
[Rob. Bardtenschlager]
Subject (Name):
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe. German, D'Rith, Armin. Bluthochzeit, Ernst Dannappel, Buch- und Kunst-Antiquariat (Dresden, Germany), bookseller, Frey, Edmund. Freischütz, Günther, Eduard. Gräfin Itha von Toggenburg, Günther, Eduard. Jungfrau v. Orleans, Haar, Albert. Schöne Griseldis als Bauernmädchen und Gräfin, Haar, August. Wilhelm Tell der heldenmütige Befreier der Schweiz, Höcker, Gustav, 1832-1911. Genovefa, Lang, Lorenz. Notburga, die fromme Königstochter, Marchthaler, Hans. Steinkreuz auf der Esslinger Steige bei Stuttgart, Nitram, K. Caspar Hauser, Rob. Bardtenschlager, publisher, Schmid, Ferdinand. Teufelsmühle am Wienerberge, Schneider, Ferdinand. Unterhaltende Geschichte von den vier Haymonskindern, Schönhuth, Ottmar F. H. (Ottmar Friedrich Heinrich), 1806-1864. Beiden Ritter von Rodenstein und Schnellert, and Trenck, Friedrich, Freiherr von der, 1726-1794. Kurzer Auszug aus der merkwürdigen Lebensgeschichte des Friedrich Freiherrn von der Trenck
Anonymous manuscript, consisting of poems, riddles, proverbs, copies of political documents and correspondence, personal notes from varied sources, satires and a travel journal. All in an unknown hand.
Description:
Includes: Confession of fayth by Sir Francis Bacon; A declaration how the King ...; Choicest English proverbs collected out of Howell's ...; Then tell me why?
Autograph (in part) MS collection of essays on various subjects. Contents include: ""A System of Munitions or Fortifications,"" ""A System of Oeconomicks,"" ""A Systeme of Politiques,"" ""Of Common Places, or Memoriall Bookes"" 1681 Oct 19, ""Of Profe...
Subject (Topic):
Economics., Ethics, Military art and science., and Political science.
Autograph manuscript of a collection of about 250 primarily light, satirical, or amatory English poems by various authors. In addition to twelve poems by Robert Herrick, primarily on love, the manuscript also contains poems by Thomas Carew, John Donne...
Description:
Disbound and separated into 21 folders.
Subject (Name):
Alston, Tobias, 1620-ca. 1639, Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628, Carew, Thomas, 1595?-1639?, Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Donne, John, 1572-1631, Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631, Harington, John, 1589-1654, Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, University of Cambridge--Poetry, and Wither, George, 1588-1667
Subject (Topic):
Bawdy poetry--England, English poetry--17th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Latin poetry, Love--Poetry, Political satire, English--17th century, Songs, English--17th century, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of 83 poems, primarily political verse satires, from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A number of the poems satirize King William III, including The lamentation of the French king for the death of ...
Description:
Binding: full calf; gilt decoration on spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--17th century and Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century
Subject (Name):
Great Britain.--Parliament, Marlborough, John Churchill,--Duke of,--1650-1722, Prior, Matthew,--1664-1721, and William--III,--King of England,--1650-1702
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--18th century, Political poetry, English, and Verse satire, English
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of about 44 amorous, erotic, religious, and political verses, as well as some Latin prose on historical and philosophical subjects. The volume includes a series of religious satirical p...
Description:
Binding: full calf.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century. and Ireland--History--1660-1690.
Subject (Name):
Church of England--Controversial literature., Church of England--Doctrines., Parker, Samuel,--1640-1688., Rawstorne, Edward--Autograph., Thomson, James,--1700-1748., and Tyrconnel, Richard Talbot,--Earl of,--1630-1691.
Subject (Topic):
English poetry--17th century., Epitaphs., Religious poetry, English., and Satirical verse, English.
Manuscript on paper, in several different hands, of a collection of about 69 poems and prose entries, primarily on philosophical, religious, and metaphysical subjects. Prose pieces in the volume include a copy of Ethica Compendium, by Johann Stier; an...
Description:
Cloth endpapers. Binding: full sheep.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
