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Creator:
Published / Created:
[1774?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 (Oversize)
Image Count:
64
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Volume of etchings, engravings, and four drawings by amateur artists, collected and heavily annotated by Horace Walpole and assembled and bound by him around 1774. Artists included are: C.W. Bampfylde, Lady Beaumont, Miss C.S. Blake, the Earl of Bucha...
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Artists, British and Landscapes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality [graphic].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1774?]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3588 (Oversize)
Image Count:
86
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Volume of etchings, engravings, and four drawings by amateur artists, collected and heavily annotated by Horace Walpole and assembled and bound by him around 1774. Artists included are: C.W. Bampfylde, Lady Beaumont, Miss C.S. Blake, the Earl of Bucha...
Description:
Title from item.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Artists, British and Landscapes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality [graphic].
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1700]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 77
Image Count:
798
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of a collection of texts by Nicolas de Locques, in which practical laboratory procedures are mingled with speculative and mystical alchemy
Description:
In French.
Subject (Name):
Locques, Nicolas de, active 17th century.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Science
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of his works
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1540]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 31
Image Count:
343
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of the writings of Christopher of Paris (pseudonym for a Venetian exile), including his major work, Lucidario, with its supplementary alphabet, plus three letters
Description:
In Italian and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Christopher, of Paris.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, Alphabet books, Italian letters, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of his alchemical writings, with some additional related matter by others
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1700]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 76
Image Count:
580
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper containing 1) Propugnaculum alchymiae, the Defence of alchymy. 2) The first (second, third, fourth) booke of universall wisedome. 3) Hercules piochymicus. 4) Myrothecium spagyricum, or A chymicall dispensatory
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Fabre, Pierre-Jean, -approximately 1650.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of his alchemical works
Creator:
Published / Created:
[ca. 1450; between 1500 and 1510]
Call Number:
Mellon MS 12
Image Count:
650
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of a collection of pseudo-Lullian alchemical writings, translated from the French and Catalan originals, with a little additional matter. The codex underwent a transformation in the early 16th century when considerable new matter w...
Description:
In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A collection of alchemical texts attributed to Lull, with some additional matter
Published / Created:
[between 1791 and 1803?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a penny-worth of wit".
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Evans and Co. 41 Long-lane West-Smithfield
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A choice pennyworth of wit
Published / Created:
[between 1736 and 1763?]
Call Number:
Folio 74 OL1 v. 3
Image Count:
1
Description:
Verse in three parts begins: "Here is a pennyworth of wit,".
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Bow-Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Husband and wife, Adultery, Merchants, and Wealth
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A choice pennyworth of wit
Creator:
Published / Created:
Jany. 1st, 1781.
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 9 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
W. Faden
Subject (Geographic):
Channel Islands, France, Brittany, Normandy, Brittany (France), and Normandy (France)
Subject (Topic):
Nautical charts and Coasts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A chart of the islands of Jersey and Guernsey, Sark, Herm and Alderney, with the adjacent coast of France
Creator:
Published / Created:
June 28th, 1780.
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 13 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Engraved & published by Wm. Faden
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, Portugal, Africa, North, and Mediterranean Sea
Subject (Topic):
Nautical charts and Coasts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A chart of the coasts of Spain and Portugal, with the Balearic Islands, and part of the coast of Barbary
Creator:
Published / Created:
1766.
Call Number:
2003 Folio 85
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 2003 Folio 85: No. 9 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
Subject (Geographic):
Newfoundland and Labrador, Belle Isle, Strait of, and Belle Isle, Strait of (N.L.)
Subject (Topic):
Nautical charts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A chart of the Straights of Bellisle with part of the coast of Newfoundland and Labradore from actual surveys. Taken by order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labrador, &ca.
Creator:
Published / Created:
June 17th, 1780.
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 8 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Engraved & published by W. Faden
Subject (Geographic):
North Sea, English Channel, France, England, and Biscay, Bay of (France and Spain)
Subject (Topic):
Nautical charts, Coasts, and Navigation
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A chart of the British Channel and the Bay of Biscay with a part of the North Sea, and the entrance of St. George's Channel
Creator:
Published / Created:
March 1st, 1784.
Call Number:
1982 Folio 10
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 1982 Folio 10: Armorial bookplate: Charles Abbot. No. 41 of 42 maps bound together.
Publisher:
Wm. Faden
Subject (Geographic):
Antilles, Lesser
Subject (Topic):
Nautical charts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A chart of the Antilles, or, Charibbee, or, Caribs Islands, with the Virgin Isles
Creator:
Published / Created:
1766. NB. With a book of directions.
Call Number:
2003 Folio 85
Image Count:
1
Description:
BEIN 2003 Folio 85: Without book of directions mentioned after publisher statement. No. 10 of 45 maps bound together with binder's spine title: Atlas of America; ms. table of contents. Bookplate: Robinson. Bookplate of Paul Mellon.
Publisher:
Published ... by James Cook, and sold by I. Mount and T. Page ... Tho's. Jeffrey ... and And'w. Dury ... London
Subject (Geographic):
Newfoundland and Labrador
Subject (Topic):
Coasts and Nautical charts
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A chart of part of the south coast of Newfoundland : including the islands St. Peters and Miquelon : from an actual survey taken by order of Commodore Pallisser, Governor of Newfoundland, Labrador, &c.
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1788]
Call Number:
File 142 788Or+
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title.
Publisher:
Order of the Bath?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Order of the Bath
Subject (Topic):
Courts and courtiers and Orders of knighthood and chivalry
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A ceremonial for the installation of the Knights Companions of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, on Monday, the 19th of May, 1788
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1777]
Call Number:
125 C555 777
Image Count:
27
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Not in ESTC
Publisher:
Christie and Ansell
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Damer, John and Christie and Ansell (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
House furnishings, Book auctions, Jewelry, and Auctions
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the superb household furniture, magnificent jewels, embellished watches and snuff boxes. : ... of the Hon. Mr. Damer, dec. ... which will be sold by auction, by Mess. Christie and Ansell ... on Monday, February the 3d, 1777, and the nine following days
Creator:
Call Number:
LWL Mss Vol. 80
Image Count:
65
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Holograph catalogue of Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield's library at Ethrope. The manuscript begins with an explanation of the shelving system at the library, followed by an index to the volume which divides the work by book size and language. ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710., Cervetto, Giacobbe, 1682-1783., Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1755-1815., Darly, Matthias., Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756., Edwards, A., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Collectors and collecting, Nobility, Books and reading, Private libraries, and Intellectual life
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the library of the right honble earl of Chesterfield, at Ethrope, Bucks., 1778 Jun
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1755]
Call Number:
125 L278 755 3/11
Collection Title:
Multi-title collection including A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of
Image Count:
172
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Priced.
Publisher:
Abraham Langford
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, Great Britain, and England.
Subject (Name):
Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Art auctions, Art, Private collections, Decorative arts, Prices, Private libraries, and House furnishings
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the genuine and entire collection of valuable gems, bronzes, marble and other busts and antiquities, of the late Doctor Mead : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Tuesday the 11th of this instant March 1755, and the four following days : the said collection will be exhibited to public view on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 7th, 8th and 10th instant, from ten in the morning till four, and the sale will begin each day punctually at twelve o'clock : catalogues of which may be had on Thursday the 6th, at Mr. Langford's aforesaid
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1786]
Call Number:
49 3902
Image Count:
113
Description:
Signatures: pi⁴, A-2A⁴.
Publisher:
Catalogues may now be had on the premises, and of Mr. Skinner and Co ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785
Subject (Topic):
Library and Catalogs, Booksellers'
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of The Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased: which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday, the 24th of April 1786 ...
Creator:
Published / Created:
[1786]
Call Number:
X348 S620 1786/4/24 1
Image Count:
4
Description:
BEIN X348 S620 1786/4/24 Copy 1: With the "No." on t.p., left blank. Inscribed: Georgina Mary Anne Port. Windsor April 1786. Copy 2: With the "No." on t.p., with "1006" in ms. Bound with: Skinner and Co. A marked catalogue containing the lots, wha...
Publisher:
Catalogues may now be had on the premises, and of Mr. Skinner and Co ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Wildgoose, Jane,, Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785, and Portland Museum
Subject (Topic):
Library, Auctions, Natural history, Zoological specimens, Catalogs and collections, Art objects, Shells, and Booksellers' catalogs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A catalogue of the Portland Museum : lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co. on Monday the 24th of April, 1786 ...
