Holograph notebook on paper, in an Italic hand, containing detailed reading notes in English and Latin on John Selden's History of Tithes and Uxor Hebraica, as well as notes in Latin toward a revision of Marsham's own Chronicus Canon
Description:
Sir John Marsham (1602-1685) was a British antiquarian who published Chronicus Canon Ægypticus. Ebraicus, Graecius et Disquisitiones in 1665; an expanded version appeared in 1672.
Holograph commonplace book containing excerpts from books, magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including antiquities; recent history and politics; voyages of discovery; agriculture and agricultural improvement; natural history; methods ...
Description:
Richard Bailye of Lichfield (b. 1718) was a schoolfellow of Peter and David Garrick at the Lichfield Grammar School, and joined them in the wine trade for several years in the 1760s. Bailye probably continued his father's bookselling business in Lich...
Collection of 66 personal letters, in a single hand, from Spence to Massingberd. In his letters, Spence primarily shares and inquires about news of mutual acquaintances and family, especially to their friend Captain Edward Rolle, Massingberd's brothe...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667?-1747., Massingberd, William Burrell, d. 1802., Massingberd family., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 2d duke of, 1701-1750., Rolle, Edward., and Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading, Gardens, English, Learning and scholarship, Medicine, Nobility, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
Album containing 122 engravings by Stukeley, many in proof, assembled by the artist himself. Contents include 85 engravings from Itinerarium Curiosum and 23 from Stonehenge, a Temple Restor'd to the British Druids
Description:
Plates numbered and identified in table of contents in Stukeley's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Archaeology, Art, English, Engravings, English, Learning and scholarship, Antiquarians, and Artists
