Manuscript on paper of a collection of writings by Paracelsus, speudonym of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast ab Hohenheim, 1493-1541, compiled by the pharmacist Georgius Schrotter in 1676.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth-century boards with rough calf back, worn, defective, and repaired, plain edges, probably an American binding.
Subject (Name):
Paracelsus,--1493-1541
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy--Early works to 1800 and Medicine--Early works
Alchemy--Early works to 1800, Formulas, recipes, etc, Herbs--Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Six autograph letters (1853-1856) from August Scharf and his wife to her parents in Hermann [Missouri?] written after their arrival in California. The letters discuss their ranch, August's work in the mines, trouble with Elisabeth's brothers, financia...
Description:
August Scharf, his wife Elisabeth, and her three brothers made an overland journey to California in 1853 from Hermann (possibly Hermann, Missouri, a German settlement). The Scharfs lived in Grizzly Flat, where they had a farm and had shares in a gold ...
Subject (Geographic):
California--Gold discoveries and Hermann (Mo.)
Subject (Name):
Scharf, August and Scharf, Elisabeth
Subject (Topic):
German Americans--California and Gold mines and mining--California--El Dorado County
ALS, written at Leiden, discussing Landberg's manuscript of al-Balādhurī's Futūḥ al-buldān (now Ms. Landberg 33), and other matters.
Alternative Title:
Futūḥ al-buldān., Letter to Count Carlo Landberg, and فتوح البلدان.
Description:
Gift of Charles C. Torrey in December 1951.
Subject (Name):
Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá, -892--Futūḥ al-buldān, Goeje, M. J. de (Michael Jan), 1836-1909, Landberg, Carlo, 1848-1924, بلاذري، أحمد بن يحيى، -892. فتوح البلدان., بلاذري، أحمد بن يحيى،---892., and بلاذري، أحمد بن يحيى،---892.--فتوح البلدان.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic manuscripts, Futūḥ al-buldān (Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá), and Middle East specialists--Correspondence
Papers relating to World War II (in boxes 1-2) include copies of resistance propaganda, undated; letters and notes concerning the imprisonment of Cahun and Malherbe, 1943-1945 and undated; holograph memoir notes by Malherbe, undated; and a typescript ...
Description:
Claude Cahun, born Lucy Schwob, was a French photographer, artist, and author. Cahun was associated with the Surrealist movement, and her photography and writings addressed issues of gender identity. In 1937 she moved to Jersey in the Channel Island...
Subject (Geographic):
Jersey (Channel Islands)
Subject (Name):
Bigg, Basil--Ownership and Cahun, Claude, 1894-1954
Subject (Topic):
Authors, French--20th century, Gender identity in art, Lesbian artists--France, LGBTQ resource, Photographers--France, Surrealism--France, Women photographers, and World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Jersey
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 Weber, J. J., fl. 1862-1871
Published / Created:
1862 December 1
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 244
Collection Title:
Documents relating to Richard Wagner
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Bound volume containing the original contract between Wagner and J. J. Weber for the publication of Der Ring des Nibelungen, signed by both parties, 1862 Dec 1, Leipzig and Dresden.
