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(1.0 Items)Original autograph manuscript, signed, N.p., N.d. 4 pp. A response to an article in the "Courrier de la Presse." Relates to Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and Verlaine. Ghil, a French poet, strongly influenced by Mallarme, was particularly interesting for his attempts to approximate poetry to actual music. Former Shelfmark: Uncat 77 1096 Link to catalog ...
(1.0 Items)Full Title: The Eclipse or Harlequin in China. [manuscript] : A new grand pantomime perform?d at the New Royal Circus for the first time on Monday Augst. 10th 1801. / The whole of the music with a new grand Chinese overture composed by Mr. W: Ware. The scenery designed by ...
(1.0 Items)Pencil sketch of H. G. Wells done by Edmund J. Sullivan. dated April 14, 1931. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656188612205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656188612205899[/url]
(1.0 Boxes)Typed transcriptions of Egerton MSS 216 and 217. Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6573981]https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/uiu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&v1=1&BBRecID=6573981[/url]
(1.0 Volumes)This volume contains manuscript vocal scores for 8 duets and an aria, with text in Italian. The duets, numbered 1-8, are written in different hands. Three of the duets have been attributed to Agostino Steffani.
(1.0 Items)Ms., in several 18th century hands. Title from case. At the bottom of p. 33: Eliz: Ferrier. Scriptum a me Johann Barber, Anno Dom 1740. On p. [69]: Approved by repeated experiment this year 1733. Contains 373 recipes and remedies many of them copied from R. Bradley. The country housewife, 6th ed., ...
(1.0 Items)Full Title: Ein newer Beweis des höchlichen Beystandes, und mitgethailten Dinges [manuscript] : Das ist: ... Acta ... zu Unterweysung der Jugend, und sonderlich armer Kinder, zu Königsberg in Preussen ... / originalib[us] auss Leipzig ... zusammen getragen von Theodoro Gehren. Königl. Preuss: Holzkämmerer. A guide for teaching, presumably to be ...
(1.0 Items)From the library of Doctor Ernst Bergmann Leipzig, purchased 1925. Former Shelfmark: 100 Si2e Link to Catalog Record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99258530212205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99258530212205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)Manuscript of Compton-Burnett's novel containing numerous authorial emendations. Mss. Title and author from caption title on v.1 fol.1. Manuscript of Compton-Burnett's novel containing numerous authorial emendations. V.1-3 each contain 16 leaves; v.4 contains 34 leaves; v.5-6 each contain 36 leaves; v.7-12 each contain 60 leaves. Binding: Text bound in 12 paper notebooks (5 green, 1 ...
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70560741]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70560741[/url] fol. 1r-41r: [Elegantiolae (incomplete) / Agostino Dati] fol. 48r-78r: [Tractatus philosophicus (incomplete)] fol. 79r-85r: [Enchiridion vetus et novum testamentum: Eva columba fuit tunc candida, nigra deinde / Prudentius] fol. 86r-89r: [Hymni: Crux fidelis] fol. 91r-111r: [Formula vitae honestae / Martinus Dumiensis]. Written in various hands. Provenance: Purchased ...
(3.0 Items)From H. G. Wells collection. Three Watercolor illustrations of elephants and other animals done by George Philip Wells (Gip). Link to catalog record: [url=https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656187812205899]https://i-share-uiu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CARLI_UIU/gpjosq/alma99656187812205899[/url]
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70560750]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70560750[/url] Origin: Written in England, 16th century, by several hands, with 17th-century notes. Provenance: Purchased from Raphael King, 1951. Faye & Bond. Provisional record based on De Ricci (suppl.)
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70219333]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70219333[/url] Indenture between Ingram Marton of Wye, Kent, and Kenelme Shrawley, citizen and skinner of London. Dated 27 May 29 Eliz. [i.e., 1587]. Provenance: Purchased in 1949 from F. R. Brown. Faye & Bond. Provisional record based on De Ricci (suppl.)
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70219335]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70219335[/url] 1. Bond of Henry Canter[?] to give evidence at next sessions against Valentin Wilkenson, 27 May 40 Eliz. [i.e., 1599] (5 x 22 cm) 2. Bond of two London citizens for appearance of Valentin Wilkenson at next sessions to answer a charge, 27 May ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of Havelock Ellis, including two autographed letters signed to Henry S. Salt.
(60.0 Cubic Feet)Emblem books are a variety of illustrated book, primarily produced in the sixteenth through the eighteenth century. They consist of collections of three?part compositions, each made up of an illustration, a motto (serving as the title of the piece) and an epigram or other written text. It is not uncommon ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. emblem book, with 32 watercolored drawings painted by the scribe; text in brown ink, captions in red or blue. For complete contents, see Thomas McGeary, "Manuscript Emblem Books at the University of Illinois," in Emblematica 2 (1987): esp. 357-360. Ms. codex. "A Monsievr de Montplaisir Sur son Liure d'Emblemes & de Deuises"--fol. ...
(1.0 Items)Papers of Ralph Waldo Emerson, including one autographed letter signed.
(0.75 Cubic Feet)This is a collection of letters are written by a Emil Straka, a WWI American soldier.
(1.0 Items)Endpapers from The booke of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments : and other rites and ceremonies of the Church of England. [Shelfmark: IUQ00699].
(1.0 Items)Ms. Excerpt from Stanley Baldwin's 1924 speech "What England means to me". Calligraphy and illumination by Jessie Bayes. Signed on fol. 3r: "Jessie . Bayes . pinx:". Illustrations: Fol. 1v: Coat of arms of England surrounded by acorns and Tudor roses -- Fol. 2v-3r: Text within a wide illuminated border of bucolic landscapes ...
(7.0 Cubic Feet)This collection contains manuscript drafts and published works, correspondence, financial documents, photographs, and personal documents belonging to Stuart David Engstrand (1904-1955) and Sophia Belzer Engstrand (1908-1963). [u][b]See Administrative/Biographical History for more information.[/b][/u]
(1.0 Items)Printed page of sermon writings for the fourth and fifth day after the Epiphany.
(32.0 Cubic Feet)The collected papers of Romantic Period scholar, writer, and editor, David V. Erdman. David Erdman received critical acclaim for his work on Romantic Period writers, most notably William Blake. However, despite his scholarly accomplishments, David Erdman would face difficulties in the academic world due to his communist political beliefs. The collection ...
(1.0 Items)Location conjectured by cataloger; probably written in Leipzig, where Platner was a professor. Binding: Contemporary pasteboard. Provenance: Acquired in 1925 from the library of Dr. Ernst Bergmann. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 150. Former shelfmark: 701 P69u (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Title and author from fol. 2r. Origin: Location conjectured on basis of Meissner's tenure at the University of Prague. -- Date from fol. 2r which reads: "A: 1803/4." Provenance: (Bookplate on front pastedown) Acquired as part of the library of Dr. Ernst Bergmann, 1925. -- Purchased by Bergmann from Taussig & ...
(1.0 )More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70145740]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70145740[/url] fol. 1r-32r: [Ethica Nicomachea] fol. 32r-33r: [De bona fortuna, including a portion of the Ethica Eudemia] fol. 33r-38r: [Oeconomica, libri III (book III in the version published by F. Susemihl, Leipzig, 1887)] -- fol. 38r-51v: [Rhetorica ad Alexandrum, libri II (fol. 38r-51v), including the only known ...
(6.4 Cubic Feet)Papers of Charles Evans, librarian, bibliographer and author of American Bibliography, 1639-1820; his wife, Lena Y. Evans; and his sons Charles Evans, Jr., Eliot H. Evans and John Evans. Includes letters, scrapbooks, bankbooks, published and unpublished literary and scholarly manuscripts, manuscript speeches, ledger books, personal documents, notes and photos, graphs ...
(19.5 Cubic Feet)The Evron Collins Miniature Book Collection is comprised of over 4,000 miniature books and 5.75 cubic feet of archival materials, which include personal and business correspondence with preeminent miniature book publishers, booksellers, and collectors; newspaper and magazine clippings relating to miniature books; administrative materials of the Miniature Book Society; and ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex. Location and dates conjectured by cataloger. Table of contents (fol. 1-3) added in a later hand. Binding: Modern polished calf (English?). Provenance: Library stamp "Petit Seminaire de Noyon" on leaf 1r. Script: 17th cent. italic. Shelfmark: Urbana, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Post-1650 MS 157.
(1.0 Items)More complete cataloging can be found at: [url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/243862883]http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/243862883[/url] A collection of Latin prose and verse. Possibly used as exercises for learning Latin. Ms. codex. Title from codex spine. Spine title actually reads: "Exercibia literaria academiea forsan Patavina". Script: Written in multiple (17th cent.?) continental hands. Binding: Bound subsequent to composition (18th/19th cent.) in quarter pigskin ...
(1.0 Items)Ms. codex.; Signed by author on fol. 5v. Caption title. Location supplied by cataloger. Accompanying materials: folded leaf containing three small calendar discs for reckoning times of the year. Script: Late 17th century English hand. Provenance: Purchased from D. Law, 18 May 1942. Former Shelfmark: Phillipps MS 26860 rd 3 [from head of title page]. Shelfmark: Urbana, ...
(1.0 Items)Other title: Title on fol. 9v: Extracts from the Book of Orders of the Vestry of St. Martin in the Fields relative to the appointment of Churchwardens. Ms. Title supplied by cataloger. The first entry (fol. 1r) is dated 10 June 1624 and the last (fol. 8r) is for "1750 ... and so ...
(1.0 Volume)This commonplace book contains excerpts of works notable to the fields of philosophy and world history, in both Latin and English. The bulk of the text comes from Adrianus Heereboord's [i]Philosophia Naturalis[/i] (1663), which is accompanied by notes in Latin on ethics and metaphysics. The volume also includes an essay ...