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
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Blue Stocking meeting over a tea table has dissolved into one of furious combat. Five pairs of women beat each other with their fists and tear at each other's hair and clothes. One woman empties a boiling pot of tea over her prostrate foe while an...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
By Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Topic):
Intellectual life, Women in England, Fighting, and Clubwomen
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Blue Stocking meeting over a tea table has dissolved into one of furious combat. Five pairs of women beat each other with their fists and tear at each other's hair and clothes. One woman empties a boiling pot of tea over her prostrate foe while an...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
By Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Topic):
Intellectual life, Women in England, Fighting, and Clubwomen
Manuscript catalogs of Dr. Charles Hutton's books, each volume in a single hand, arranged in alphabetical order and including information on place and date of publication, size, and number of volumes. The first volume contains books from his general ...
Description:
Charles Hutton (1737-1823) was a mathematician, professor, and foreign secretary of the Royal Society from 1777-1783. He was interested in applied mathematics and open to innovations from the continent, active in experiments with military technology,...
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Mathematicians, Books and reading, Collectors and collecting, Private libraries, Science and technology libraries, and Intellectual life
Manuscript catalogs of Dr. Charles Hutton's books, each volume in a single hand, arranged in alphabetical order and including information on place and date of publication, size, and number of volumes. The first volume contains books from his general ...
Description:
Charles Hutton (1737-1823) was a mathematician, professor, and foreign secretary of the Royal Society from 1777-1783. He was interested in applied mathematics and open to innovations from the continent, active in experiments with military technology,...
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Mathematicians, Books and reading, Collectors and collecting, Private libraries, Science and technology libraries, and Intellectual life
Manuscript, in a single hand with numerous corrections, of a collection of 15 letters describing life in England, translated into French, possibly from German. The letters discuss English lotteries; the proliferation of newspapers; the constitution a...
Description:
In French.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Great Britain., England, France, and Versailles (France)
Subject (Name):
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834., Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Necker, Jacques, 1732-1804.
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Elections, Hunting, Lotteries, Slave trade, Newspapers, Nobility, Travelers' writings, French, Description and travel, History, Women, Intellectual life, Politics and government, and Social life and customs
Manuscript in Simpson's hand containing fair copies of 26 poems in a variety of genres, many labeled as "Imitations" of published pieces. Titles include "Dedication: To Miss Sally Leaper;" "A Monody in Imitation of Milton's Lycidas;" "The Almshouse: ...
Description:
Front flyleaf signed, "Ste. Simpson."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and Coventry (England)
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Weavers, Working class, Books and reading, and Intellectual life
Autograph manuscript arithmetic notebook by Sarah North Pike, 1686, annotated with Pike family records, 1695-1771; and 18 birth certificates for members of the Pike family, printed forms completed in manuscript, dated at Cork, 1724-1776. Arithmetic no...
Description:
Sarah North Pike (1666-1716) was a daughter of Mary North and Thomas North, of Lewin’s Mead, in Bristol, England. Sarah North married Thomas Pope in 1687; in 1693 she married Ebenezer Pike (1662-1724), of Cork, Ireland, a son of Elizabeth Jackson Pike...
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland, Cork, and Cork (Ireland)
Subject (Name):
Beane, Elizabeth., Pike, Agnes Riggs, approximately 1690-1723., Pike, Anne Clibbon, 1730-1801., Pike, Ebenezer, 1662-1724., Pike, Ebenezer, 1724-1785., Pike, Katherine Hutchinson, 1744-1813., Pike, Mary Randall, 1699-1775., Pike, Richard, 1696-1763., Pike, Samuel, 1726-1796., Pike, Sarah North, 1666-1716., and Pike family.
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic, Study and teaching, Calligraphy, Midwifery, Midwives, Penmanship, English, Quakers, Women, Education, Women midwives, Weights and measures, Intellectual life, and Social life and customs
