Autograph manuscript translation of documents relating to the Imperial Public Library of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Includes material concerning the establishment, reform, and finances of the library; and rules for the administration of the library. Ac...
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Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802-1880) was a French scholar of Armenian and Georgian languages and culture. He traveled to Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1837 and became a librarian at the Imperial Public Library, now the National Library of Russia, in 1842....
Subject (Geographic):
Russia (Federation), Saint Petersburg., and Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Subject (Name):
Brosset, Marie-Félicité, 1802-1880. and Imperatorskai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblīoteka (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Subject (Topic):
Administration, Librarians, Libraries, Library administration, and Public libraries
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 1316: Cary's original reference number on case: "F-223". Ms. annotation on case in Melbert B. Cary's hand: "1/1/38 Gift Marteau". From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Autograph letter, signed, recommending William I return to Breda to visit his ill wife (Anna van Egmont, 1533-1558) and stating his presence will console her. She died nine days later
Printed certificate issued by the Trésor royal of France, completed in manuscript, enrolling Marie Victoire Sophie de Noailles in the 10th French royal tontine, created by edict in 1759. The certificate is number 93 of the 8th class of the tontine. Do...
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Marie Victoire Sophie de Noialles (1688-1766) was a French noble and courtier.
Subject (Geographic):
France. and France
Subject (Name):
Noailles, Marie Victoire Sophie de, 1688-1766., Perrotin, active 1760., and France. Trésor royal.
Subject (Topic):
Annuities, Finance, and Tontine life insurance policies
Scene of men chopping, hewing, and carrying wood, with two figures embracing at center. In the lower right corner, a woman feeds a baby whose foot a seated man kisses; another young child leans on the woman. The scene is set among trees with fronds an...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +116: Imperfect: bled at foot, with loss of fourth line of text and publisher's statement. Watercolor hand-coloring.
Publisher:
Chez Bulla, rue St. Jacques No. 38 et chez Ladvocat, Libraire, palais Royal, galerie de bois, Nos. 197 et 198
Scene of men chopping, hewing, and carrying wood, with two figures embracing at center. In the lower right corner, a woman feeds a baby whose foot a seated man kisses; another young child leans on the woman. The scene is set among trees with fronds an...
Description:
BEIN WA Prints +116: Imperfect: bled at foot, with loss of fourth line of text and publisher's statement. Watercolor hand-coloring.
Publisher:
Chez Bulla, rue St. Jacques No. 38 et chez Ladvocat, Libraire, palais Royal, galerie de bois, Nos. 197 et 198
