Manuscripts

Tame ko waga shū akir : [manuscript]

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Description: Includes some illustrations of the kinds of explosions; (one is of a mushroom cloud), some in red and black; a few illustrations in the 2nd half of the volume [Shiga 子我 -- the compound included in the title -- was the name of one of Confucius' 10 wise disciples. He also went by the names Saiyo 宰予 (Chinese: Zai Yu) and Shiga 宰我. Whether the name in the title is a reference to this figure, it is difficult to say. Probably not, but there are records that state that Saiyo was involved in military affairs (i.e. was a soldier himself), and hence, may have written about artillery, gunpowder, explosives, etc.]. In Japanese.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [approximately 1790]
Call number: mssHM 81207
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

Japanese smallpox manuscript volume, approximately 1860

Manuscripts

Handwritten and illustrated book in Japanese on smallpox. The 29 double pages are mounted to an accordion-style book with stiff pages, and contain 27 hand-colored illustrations, many of which show the disease in three-dimension. The Kanbun text is handwritten. The book is covered in satin brocade with a paper title slip. Housed in a silk folding sleeve, also with paper title slip.

mssHM 82443

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Prospectus d'un pont de fer d'une seule arche: manuscript

Manuscripts

This is a manuscript about single arch railway bridges. The author is unknown, but there is a name on the title page that reads: "John Rennu[?]," which might be the author's name.

mssHM 81084

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Langton's Pioneer Express bill of exchange involving Quong Wa Quang and Yu Chung & Co

Manuscripts

The bill of exchange is for $50.00 from Quong Wa Quang to Yu Chung & Co. It was written from Downieville, California and dated 1862 October 13.

mssHM 83777

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Oranda den Seiyu Hiketsu Zen : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Inside placard states that the manuscript has no known author, translator or original title, but was written sometime during the Bunka era (1804-1817); no illustrations; wormed; title on box reads: "Oils and Fats"; listed on the Burndy list as "Dutch Secret Process for Preparation of Oils and Fats"

mssHM 81223

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Sanyō-ki : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Begins with numerous titles for those who work in the mines, followed by vocabularies of instruments, minerals, etc.; many illustrations of tools, maps, diagrams, etc.; a number of illustrations in black and red line; based on a number of mines in the Akita, Okachi and Yamamoto districts; slight worming. It was copied by Iwama Kaneaki for Ishiguro Takao, a mining official, in Meiji 11, (1878), from a work whose preface is dated Tempō 11, (1840).

mssHM 81211

Shokubutsu Zu : [manuscript], [approximately 1800]

Manuscripts

Full page illustrations of plants/grains; Latin names given in Roman alphabet, Japanese names provided in both Katakana and Kanji; placards indicating name(s) of each grain/plant appears to be much later addition (attached directly to pages with adhesive); otherwise, no written script -- only illustrations; inserted tag suggests that the two volumes may have been intended to be part of a larger work.

mssHM 81222

Tame ko waga shū akir : [manuscript]

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