BV (bound volume)

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Holograph codex. Widman's chronicle was never published and exists only in a very few manuscript copies. The volume contains numerous original watercolors of coats-of-arms in addition to a full 2-page watercolor drawing of the cloister church at Comburg. Nonfiction. 

Scope and Contents Collection of poetry written in ornate calligraphy. Some poems are ascribed; some are not. Passages illustrated with scraps and cut out images, some of which have been hand colored. Approximately half the book is unused. Many loose scraps with notes inserted into gutter of book. Graphite inscription on the last page” "Calligraphy by Alfred Dunsford, Surgeon of Clumstock, Devon." Two of the poems are dated 1844 and 1862, but it is not clear to what the date refers. Contains: poetry, scraps,...

Scope and Contents Collection of poetry, prose excerpts, quotations of various authorship anecdotes, anagrams, etc. Apparently a copybook, although the scribe either uses more than one hand intermittently throughout or else more than one hand is present. The earliest pages mix a light, sharply slanted hand with more upright rounded scripts; the slanted hand predominated in the later pages. First page inscribed "Arabella Goodall/ July 10th:/ 1822." Paginated. Contains: Poetry, epigrams, extended texts. ...

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Copybook containing poetry, prose excerpts, and quotations. Titled Beautiful Passages Written by Elizabeth Moxon under the Instruction of Mr. Hodgson, Norwich. Author of each passage noted. Scribe's name appears on multiple pages. Last poem, dated 1804, may be original and includes a watercolor drawing, signed by Moxon. Many pages contain decorative ruling or small designs. Titles of excerpts, when present, are decorative as well. Poetry, prose, quotations.

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Collection of poetry, mostly religious. Passages illustrated with original pencil and ink drawings of high quality, signed and dated by Georgina Sitwell or "a.s." Several drawings and the frontispiece are influenced by medieval manuscripts and are colored. Contains: Poetry, watercolor and pne and ink sketches.

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First 32pp. contain a list of books titled: "Catalogue of Books in the Library of James Crosby Esq. Nov. 20th 1848." Remainder is a collection of original poetry of unknown authorship, with descriptive notes about the circumstances of its conception. Catalog and poems are in different hands. Library catalog. Original poetry.

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Collection of verses, mostly of an uplifting or moral character. The verses are copied very neatly. Poets are identified; the first two selections I checked were wrongly attributed. . Alphabetical table of contents. Paginated. Contains poetry.

Scope and Contents Hand traced collection of stamp ownership marks of print and drawing collectors and connoisseurs. Ownership marks have been hand drawn on tracing paper, pasted on blank pages in book. Ownership marks arranged alphabetically. Front section of book contains a numbered list (corresponding to the numbered ownership marks in back section of book) of full names of collectors, including birth and death dates, occupations, and degrees and titles held by collectors. Some entries contain brief notes...

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Collection of original hand painted drawings of the conical ducal hats and the heraldry of the Doges of Venice from 697 to 1791. Individual coats-of-arms labeled with name of Doge and dates of rule. Includes index.

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Collection of original drawings and watercolors of the emblem of the lion of Saint Mark based on actual examples in Venice. Includes index, identification, and brief descriptions of each drawing. "Numbers 60, 61, 63, and 64 are from late sixteenth-century medals, while the other are taken from sixteenth-century miniatures in the Museo Civico."