History
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Antoine Varillas: Histoire de Francois I, books 1-12, in anonymous Italian MS translation
Probably made from 1st French edn (The Hague, 1684). Translation apparently unprinted. fos xiii, xiv, 395, 396: blank. fo. 397v: 'Bufin' (17th cent.) and scribbling in Italian.
Arthur Bernard Cook: Notebooks and Theocritus Material
Early notebooks, notes for Cook's lectures, and material relating to Theocritus.
Benedetto Varchi: Storia Fiorentia
Vol. I, 502 folios: (p. iii) title; (p. vii) list of contents to both volumes; (p. 1) dedicatory epistle to Cosmo de' Medici, Duke of Florence; (p. 11) preface; (p. 15) text. The volume ends in Bk XI on p. 359 of the printed edition of 1721. The companion volume is missing.
Cinnus Historicus, a historical miscellany
Beg.: 'I intending (Deare sonne John) to spend ...' Ends: '... and weepe for the Miseries of others.' Unprinted. Dated 1667 at p. 176. On flyleaf: 'Isaac Hodgson' (in 19th cent. hand).
Collections of Irish historical and literary compositions, compiled for Sean Bhailis (John Walsh)
English translation of Khairuddin Muhammad of Allahbad's History of Jaunpur
Oval Indian stamp at fo. 85v. Attached at end are 3pp. of notes on villages in the district.
Eugene O'Curry: Leabhar na Huidri
A facsimile transcript (including coloured initials) of the Leabhar na Huidri made by Eugene O'Curry, 152 folios. The transcript was probably made for Dr J. H. Todd, whose bookplate is inside the front cover and who has made occasional marginal notes in pencil. Notes by the transcriber are on on slips attached to fos 127 and 139. Many leaves are left blank to indicate gaps in the archetype.
Francis Blomefield: Historical notes on Suffolk and Cambridgeshire parishes
(pp. viii-196) Suffolk; (pp. 215-365) Cambridgeshire. Both counties ordered alphabetically. The vol. has been ruled for accounts. p. 295: 'I was here [Impington, Cambridgeshire] Ap. 9, 1726', with (p. 296) sketch of Impington Church. Stamps, inscriptions, and bookplates of Blomefield, Craven Ord, and Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Frederic William Maitland: Papers
Printers sheets, lecture notes and notes on constitutional history and law.
Fuentès y Guzmàn: History of Guatemala
Historia Arabum, extracts from part I
Appended by Abraham Ecchellensis to his edition of the 'Chronicon Orientale', Paris, 1651. The extracts are from chs 20 (fos 1-15), 4 (fos 16-19), 6-9 (fos 20-67), 11-19 (fos 68-162), 21-3 (fos 163-87), and are written on the recto throughout. There are a few notes on the verso, in the same hand: in Latin at fos 49v-50v, 59v, 62v, and in English at fos 53v and 67v, as well as at foot of fo. 1. Verso otherwise blank, as are fos 188-92. Index in same hand at fos i-vi.
History of France from Louis XII to Henri IV
Written in an early nineteenth century hand, and possibly a translation, 182 folios. Fos i, xi, 169, and the verso throughout are blank.
History of Ireland and Related Papers
Italian History
'Delle historie memorabili contiene le Guerre d'Italia de' nostri tempi', possibly in the author's own hand.
John, 1st Baron Acton: Letters to him concerning the Cambridge Modern History
A collection of letters to Lord Acton, nearly all relating to the Cambridge Modern History. The principal correspondent is his co-editor W.A.J. Archbold; the remainder are for the most part potential or actual contributors to the History, replying to Acton's invitations to take part or writing about their contributions. Appended are a further letter of A.W. Ward, 1914, and one of Herbert Butterfield, 1964, relating to the collection, and a few miscellaneous papers. 291 items.
John Acton, 1st Baron Acton: Papers
Joseph Needham papers
Mandell Creighton: Correspondence with Lord Acton and Academic Papers
Mary Ann Everett Wood: Extracts and Notes on Historical Sources
Collection of extracts from and notes on historical sources, mainly relating to the careers and reigns of Mary II, William III and George III.