Highly detailed accounts of both receipts and expenses (written from opposite ends of the volume) kept by the London merchant Abraham Chitty, brother of Alderman Thomas Chitty. Receipts include records for rents on his properties in London, Westminste...
Description:
Both pastedowns contain notes on birth and death dates for family members.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, London, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Chitty family. and Chitty, Thomas.
Subject (Topic):
Amusements, Cost and standard of living, Family, Domestic relations, Home economics, Accounting, Luxury, Middle class, Economic conditions, and Social life and customs
Pompa della solenne entrata fatta dalla serenissima Maria Anna avstriaca, Pompa della solenne entrata fatta nella città di Milano dalla serenissima Maria Anna austriaca, and Pompa della solenne entrata fatta nella città di Milano dalla serenissima Maria Anna avstriaca
Description:
BEIN 2000 Folio 120: Imperfect: Some plates mutilated. Illegible autograph.
Publisher:
Nella Reg. duc. corte, per Gio. Battista, e Giulio Cesare fratelli Malatesta stampatori R.C.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy, Milan, and Milan (Italy)
Subject (Name):
Maria Anna, Queen, consort of Philip IV, King of Spain, 1634-1696.
Subject (Topic):
Royal visitors, Triumphal arches, Festivals, Amusements, Courts and courtiers, Games, and Social life and customs
Manuscript, in a single hand, of twelve letters written during a tour of London and addressed to "dear Elvira." In the letters, the author (Mrs. Percivall or Percival?) describes the social sights of London, including parties and dinners she attends,...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., England., Great Britain., Great Britain, and London
Subject (Name):
Percivall, Mrs.
Subject (Topic):
Amusements, Country homes, Courts and courtiers, Nobility, Social life and customs, and Description and travel
