Manuscripts

Questions of measuring, calculation and a weather rope

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Description: The volume is a compendium on measuring and calculation, with a final section on a "weather rope;" this is a type of hygrometer, whose use is apparently not described in Britain in other sources, which was first described by Santorio in 1612. The volume is bound with thread in paper covers; with some damage and staining to covers. Facing title page is written: "Thomas Turner / huius libri possesor / est : Anno Domini 1701."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1701-1709.
Call number: mssHM 83315
Creator: Turner, Thomas(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Roger Gaskell Rare Books, October 2016.

The ancient phisicians last legacy to his country -- being what he has collected himself in forty nine years practice

Manuscripts

This is a manuscript transcription written in an unknown hand; bound in vellum with some staining to the covers and initial pages. According to a note by Alan Jutzi (former Chief Curator of Rare Books) "K Donahue at UCLA verifies that this has been copied from post 1742 printed text." The volume was previously in the library of Edward Alexander Tompkins, M.D. (1813-1880) at Grass Valley, CA.

mssHM 82864

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Joseph Symson commercial letterbook

Manuscripts

This manuscript volume contains 2,041 office copies of correspondence sent out, mainly, by Symson but also his sons, so the volume is written in several different hands; the letterbook covers just under a decade and includes both business and personal affairs with notes of debts owed and some family correspondence. Shortly after acquiring the letterbook in 1985, the Huntington replaced the contemporary covers which the sale catalogue described as "blind-panelled reverse calf (both covers detached and badly worn);" the original covers were preserved and are housed separately.

mssHM 50670

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Ledger book

Manuscripts

A repurposed schoolteacher's grade and attendance record book used as a store ledger; an alphabetically arranged ledger recording the total debts of all individuals with numbers in the general ledger. The back of the volume contains draft business letters copied out on the final pages. Original green printed wraps, the spine and covers are damaged, with bits missing; some staining to covers and interior pages, with a small number of pages missing.

mssGauthier

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Il trionfo d'applausi, e di glorie figurato di purissime lettere di sua altezza reale Maria Anna Christina Vittoria di Baviera Delfina di Francia, nel quale si contengono li seguenti versi, da leggersi nella figura con il microscopion

Manuscripts

A micrographic drawing of Marie Anne Victorie, the Dauphine of France on a horse-drawn chariot surrounded by illustrations of allegorical figures. Images include an angel, a lion with a royal crest, cherubs, and a man symbolizing Hercules. The drawing is formed entirely of microscopic text from an accompanying volume containing 221 folios of an Italian poem by Ignatio Francesco Muligin honoring the Dauphine. The drawing's letters are read horizontally with a microscope or magnifying glass. The volume is in contemporary binding of red morocco with gilt spine and edges. Drawing possibly illustrated by Pierre Mignard (1612-1695), and volume bound by Bernard Bernache (active 1684-1721).

mssHM 84368

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Traité des matières colorantes

Manuscripts

An extensively annotated extra-illustrated work in two volumes: a chemist's working copy of a significant treatise on the development of chemical procedures of dyeing textiles. Volume 1 contains 544 pages with 39 textile samples; volume 2 contains 646 pages with one folded engraving, illustrations, and 34 textile samples. Both volumes contain annotations on separate sheets, with some intertextual annotations as well. In addition, there are twelve cloth samples of indigo dyeing, with detailed manuscript notes on the samples, which are unique to this copy of the work by Schützenberger. The volumes are bound with contemporary calf spines, marbled paper boards; there is some foxing and slight staining on a small number of pages.

mssHM 84114

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The Knight of the Glen : a romance of the thirteenth century dedicated to the decendants of Richard de Burgo the Red Earl of Ulster

Manuscripts

The volume is copied out in an unknown hand, with a few ink drawings in the same hand. There is an initial title page: "Le Melange by Ninonette Vol IV." With marbled covers; there is some damage to the spine and covers.

mssHM 82901

Questions of measuring, calculation and a weather rope

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