Category: 18th Century Manuscript

LARGE ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN LETTERS RELATING TO EARLY BRITISH POLITICS WITH MULTIPLE AUTOGRAPHS OF BRITISH PEERAGE

By: Multiple Authors - BOINAC, CARAYON, DOMPMARTIN, BARON DE BERNOU, BAUREPAIN,ST. GENEST, MORISSET,VERNOIS)

Price: $1,850.99

Publisher: England, : 1790

Seller ID: 000631

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a superb collection of early, 1790-1850s, British politics; being an extensive letter archive comprising more than 35 individual letters, all written and signed by leading political figures of the day. All relate to political, peerage, and House of Lords affairs. Extended research and in large part thanks to the Spottiswoode clerk (Spottiswoode being a prominent firm of solicitors through which most of the early peerage communicated) who docketed the letters the signatories are found as follows: Lord Montagu (1832, 3pp); Alex Munro (1797, 1pp); Earl of Strathmore (1821, 1pp); Marqu...
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ARCHIVE LOT OF FOUR (4) HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SIGNED LETTERS ADDRESSED TO PROFESSOR FRANCOIS CHOPART ROYAL MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SURGEONS IN PARIS

By: Multiple Autographs Including LALOUETTE

Price: $329.99

Publisher: Paris, : 1789

Seller ID: 0TP107

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Very Fine

Four very warm letters from patients obviously post-operative all declaring the utmost respect and thanks to Professor Chopart. One letter is clearly signed Lalouette and the first of March 1789. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS (1792-1872). Born in 1792, Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper, including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers. "I wish to have one copy of every book in the world," he declared to a friend. He very nearly succeede...
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1759 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT FRENCH CATHOLIC RELIC: THE TRAGEDY OF SAINT ALEXIS [SAINT ALEXIS TRAGEDIE or L'ILLUSTRE OLYMPIE]: "Tragédie copiée par moy Jean Baratgin habitant du lieu de Bourisp le 24 May mil Sept Cent cinquante neuf 1759"

By: NICOLAS MARY DESFONTAINES by way of JEAN BARATGIN

Price: $3,155.99

Publisher: BOURISP FRANCE PYRENEES, : 1759

Seller ID: 0001173

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Good

On offer is a super relic of French Catholic devotion being a manuscript book of the famed story "Saint Alexis" or "L'illustre Olympie" by Nicolas Mary Desfontaines [b. circa 1610 in Rouen, d. 4 February 1652 in Angers; actor, playwright and novelist and noted French poet [see BIO NOTES]. Over 80 pages handwritten by a young Pyrenees student in very nice, steady, calligraphic hand and as stated on the title page: "Tragédie copiée par moy Jean Baratgin habitant du lieu de Bourisp le 24 May mil Sept Cent cinquante neuf 1759". A separate title page at the rear identifies t...
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c. 1750 HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL ITALIAN MILITARY MANUSCRIPT BOOK: OFFICER TRAINEE'S VADE MECUM

By: NICOLO ENZZO SAVIO [?]

Price: $2,755.99

Publisher: Italy, : 1758

Seller ID: 0001091

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a super 1750s handwritten Italian manuscript book of militaria which appears to have been an officer in training's vade mecum notebook or journal as evidenced by an extensive three page 'Tavola' [Table] of Contents with chapters on military protocol, etiquette, theory, tactics and practice +++. This 250+ year old manuscript is bound in simple, though charming, beige colored thick card stock with a fold over flap and a very interesting binding on the spine. Both covers are blank with no writing, titles or designs with the exception of the letter "T" handwritten on the back c...
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1796 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGER DETAILING EARLY FARMING ACCOUNTING AND PROFITS OF WHEAT SALES

By: NOAH WHEELER

Price: $455.99

Publisher: NEW YORK, : 1796

Seller ID: 000618

Binding: Manuscript

Condition: Fair+

An original handwritten ledger sheet which appears to be a reconciliation of crop profits. This is Noah Wheeler's accounting of wheat profits from his field somewhere in New York state [assumed Amenia in Dutchess County area based on other items from this same family] dated 1796. The large sheet measures 13 1/2"x 7 3/4". The item has been folded. Some splitting along the old fold lines.
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c1780s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF COMPLEX GEOMETRY AND MATHEMATICS HANDWRITTEN IN FRENCH BY AN ADVANCED STUDENT WITH 100 PAGES OF HUNDREDS OF EQUATIONS, GRAPHS AND FORMULAE

By: P. REYNAUD

Price: $5,855.99

Publisher: France, : 1780

Seller ID: 0002304

Binding: Leather Spine

Condition: Good+

On offer is a superb, original late 18th Century French language manuscript mathematics book with approximately 100 pages of handwritten questions, theories, responses and other complex mathematical and geometric forms and equations being what appears to be an advanced student of the subject's personal workbook. An ownership inscription of 'P. Reynaud' and his same signature after most entries all in a very fine precise and sometimes teeny hand writing illustrated throughout by graphs and geometric forms. We surmise the book was being prepared for final submission to their professor though not...
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1776 RARE AMERICANA - THE GENERAL GAZETTEER OR COMPENDIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY WITH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LOG OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PRIVATEER 'THE PILGRIM' INCLUDING THE SPOILS OF WAR

By: R. Brookes and Johannes (John) Prince

Price: $8,749.99

Publisher: Dublin, : 1776

Seller ID: 000493

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Superb find of early Americana on offer: HANDWRITTEN DIARY NOTES ON THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE BOOK "THE GENERAL GAZETEER OR, COMPENDIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY" by R. Brookes. Dublin: Printed for J.Williams, 1776.Unpaginated. Original full leather binding with raised spine. This 230 year old book is tight and clean and in a fine state of preservation. This very scarce early book belonged to a sailor aboard the ship Pilgrim who kept a rare hand written account of one of the most successful privateers in the American Revolution. The diary starts July, 1779; "JOHANNES PRINCE Eyus...
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Image for 1796 - 1801 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE NOTED BRITISH 4th BATTALION ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY - OF WHICH PARTS WERE LATER PUBLISHED AS 'VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE'

1796 - 1801 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE NOTED BRITISH 4th BATTALION ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY - OF WHICH PARTS WERE LATER PUBLISHED AS 'VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE'

By: RICHARD RENSHAW

Price: $6,255.99

Publisher: MANCHESTER LANCASHIRE UK AFRICA EGYPT, : 1796

Seller ID: 000897NNN

Condition: Poor

On offer is the original handwritten manuscript "Voyages and Travels of Richard Renshaw" of the British Army's heralded Royal Regiment of Artillery, Renshaw of the 4th Battalion. Some parts of this manuscript were later published as 'VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' in 1804. Renshaw retells in detail and with a keen observer's eye the story of his service for Great Britain. He is an educated man who writes insightful and sometimes rollicking accounts of his and the group's adventures. He describes everything he sees through Africa and into Egypt as part of Admiral Nelson's fleet and th...
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1718 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY FAMED CATHOLIC AUTHOR AND THEOLOGIAN ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE TO AN EQUALLY FAMOUS LUTHERAN THEOLOGIAN

By: ROMANUS TELLER [TELLERO]

Price: $1,385.99

Publisher: LIEPZIG, : 1718

Seller ID: 0001278

Condition: Good+

On offer is a super relic of Christian Doctrine being a 1718 original 4 page manuscript letter handwritten by author and theologian Romanus Teller [1703-1750] pastor at Leipzig, and afterwards became professor of theology in the University. He was father of the very famous theologian Wilhelm Abraham Teller. This 8 x 6.5 inch Latin letter, signed by Teller, is written to another well known Lutheran Theologian, Johann Christian Biel and the title suggest Teller is offering a formal clarification on points of Doctrine. General light soiling from age but overall G+.
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1745 - 1789 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, LEDGER AND DIARY OF A WEALTHY LANDLORD ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA - EX LIBRIS HPK [HANS PETER KRAUS]

By: RUDELLE DALZON [DALSON]

Price: $5,295.99

Publisher: Toulon, France, : 1745

Seller ID: 000649

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

On offer is a stunning look into the the mind, finances and economy of Rudelle Dalzon a landlord, caterer and food supplier in pre Revolutionary France on the French Riviera. Many layered, very thick, elephant folio list many, many hundreds of transactions for rents, properties listed, supplies purchased, traded, sums loaned and paid plus many pieces of ephemera stuffed inside. Unpaginated, in original boards on thick paper there are at least 200 pages at two inches thick. Rudelle begins in 1745 and writes well into 1780s. There are at least two businesses running and ancilliary loans with cor...
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c1800s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LIST DETAILING OVER 30 ENGAGEMENT AND BATTLES DURING ACTIVE SERVICE FOR NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

By: SEPTIEMS BERUIERE ?????

Price: $845.99

Publisher: FRANCE, : 1800

Seller ID: 00JT49b

Condition: Good

On offer is a super early 1800s inventory of battles as participant by one of Napoleon's soldiers whose name we make out as Septiems Beruiere ? [the last name is not quite discernible]. Thirteen battles are listed within a total of over 30 separate military engagements including the Battle of the Pyramids against the Mamluks and with a final stand alone note as having participated in the 22 day siege of Cairo. Some chipping and rubbing on some edges, crease and fault from old folds but otherwise G. Sensational relic of Napoleon's reign.
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Blackstone's Commentaries: VOLUME 2 PART 2: WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES, OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS BY TWO NOTED LOYALISTS - WILLIAM WYLLY AND CADWALLADER D. COLDEN

By: SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE

Price: $2,495.99

Publisher: : 1810

Seller ID: 0001416

Condition: Fair

On offer is an interesting and original book of historical significance being an inscribed copy of Blackstone's Commentaries Volume Two, Part Two, having further manuscript notes handwritten by two noted Loyalists. This copy belonged to Loyalist William Wylly as evidenced by his bookplate. He was the first King's Council in New Brunswick, later living in the Bahamas, appointed solicitor-general and surrogate of the court of vice-admiralty. In 1804 he was appointed advocate-general of the vice-admiralty court, in 1812 he became chief justice, and in 1822 chief justice of the island of St. Vince...
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1781 - 1786 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS COPY BOOK OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY SOON TO BE ADVOCATE GENERAL DETAILING THE TRADE, COMMERCE, ECONOMY, POLITICS AND PERSONAL PASSIONS OF 'JOHN COMPANY'S' MAN ON THE ASIAN SUB-CONTINENT

By: THOMAS HENRY DAVIES

Price: $8,250.99

Publisher: CALCUTTA INDIA ASIAN SUBCONTINENT MADRAS, : 1781

Seller ID: 0001907

Condition: Good+

On offer is an original, significant manuscript relic of British colonial history, 18th Century global trade and commerce and one English man's climb up the corporate ladder within one of the most powerful corporate entities in British history being a 1781 through 1786 letters copy book [titled "COPY BOOK - EUROPE LETTERS"] of the East India Company handwritten by Thomas Henry Davies [1751-1792]. Approximately 350 pages of letters written by Davies and a secretary, no doubt, the copy book allows for a remarkable historic opportunity to witness the record of correspondence in these lett...
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1754 - 1763 TEN YEAR ACCOUNTING FOR A HOSPITAL SUPPLY COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN BUILDING SUPPLY AND BED CONSTRUCTION

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $945.99

Publisher: Reims, France, : 1754

Seller ID: 00TP127

Condition: Good+

On offer is an accounting summary for a ten year period being 1754 through 1763 for an unidentified hospital supply company. While the clients and the company are unnamed the document was part of a file from the Sir Thomas Phillipps collection relating to Hotel Dieu and the Hopital Incurables. G+.
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1783 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRANSCRIPT OF A PROSECUTORIAL INTERROGATION REGARDING THE THEFT OF MONEY

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,255.99

Publisher: France, : 1783

Seller ID: 00JT91

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an intriguing, original manuscript transcript dated 1783 during the reign of Louis XVI of what appears to be a prosecutorial interrogation taking place over a number of days involving the theft of money. Nine [9] tightly written pages and sometimes written in excitement make for an mysterious pre Revolution document. Overall VG.
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1786 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PRE FRENCH REVOLUTION AUDIT OF EXPENSES OF A WEALTHY NOBLE FAMILY

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $759.99

Publisher: PARIS LYON FRANCE, : 1786

Seller ID: 000944

Condition: Good

On offer is an interesting enigmatic 1786 handwritten manuscript economic portrait titled "Naissance de George & Mort de Benjamin Reverdun" being what appears to be a financial breakdown and accounting table of expenses of a late 18th Century noble French family divided for Monsieur, his [business, travel to and from Paris, Lyon] and for Madame, her "domestiques, blanchissage, pain, vin, viande, boisson" etc. etc. and also "menus plaisirs: journal, comedie, musique…" etc., etc. This is written on heavy paper with some losses of a few letters on the upper corners. A very...
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1793 - YEAR II - FRENCH REVOLUTION DOCUMENT CALLING UP CITIZEN TRAVERSIGNY TO DUTY IN THE NATIONAL GUARD

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $245.99

Publisher: DIJON FRANCE, : 1793

Seller ID: 00JT58B

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is a small French Revolutionary document calling a citizen up for active duty in the National Guard. This 4 x 5 inch printed document is mounted on board with a small fault to the bottom right corner not affecting the document. Manuscript entries include the name of the citizen, the dates to show up for service and it is signed but illegible. Some stains, perhaps old thumbprints to the front of the document, otherwise G+.; 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall; FRANCE, ARMY, NAPOLEON, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS...
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c. 1730 - 1750s ORIGINAL 500+ PP MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF ANCIENT MONASTIC [?] ALCHEMY, CHEMISTRY, PHARMACOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL LORE

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $12,855.99

Publisher: : 1750

Seller ID: 0001419

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a superb, original 18th Century Latin, and some Greek, manuscript book of over 328+ hand-numbered and some unnumbered leaves of handwritten writings being a treasure trove of ancient medical and alchemy lore and history epitomizing the state of post Renaissance sciences, the book includes various charts, indices, remedies, tinctures, other pharmacological and chemical recipes, alchemy, observations, treatments and astrological notes. Circa 1730 to 1750s, as evidenced by the marbelized end papers and separator pages in this premium 6.25 x 5.5 x 2 inch oblong leather bound clasp en...
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c. 1740s HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT, ORIGINAL LIMP VELLUM HANDWRITTEN OFFICER'S VADE MECUM IN A FINE CALLIGRAPHIC HAND FRENCH MILITARY THEORY AND PRACTICE: "TRAITE DE FORTIFICATION"

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $3,255.99

Publisher: France, : 1740

Seller ID: 0001089

Binding: Original Vellum

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a superb original French handwritten manuscript titled "Traite de fortification" circa 1740 bound in contemporary limp vellum. In a fine calligraphic hand this book, probably an officer's vade mecum details the epitome of military theory and practice of the era as evidenced by the authors referenced in the manuscript with the greatest frequency being Blondel (1618-1686) and the Comte de Pagan (1604 - 1665). The inclusion of the latter is particularly interesting because the Comte de Pagan is often thought of more as a theoretician than as a practical planner. This also help...
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c1730 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT GERMAN ARMY MILITARY ORDERS DETAILING THE PARADE PROGRAM AND MILITARY MANEUVERS TO ENTERTAIN A PRINCE OF GERMANY

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $1,185.99

Publisher: Germany, : 1730

Seller ID: 000778

Condition: Good

On offer is a superb circa 1730 handwritten manuscript military orders titled "Unterrichtsplan der General-inspection des Jägercorps un der ersten Escadron Cavallerie" outlining the program of a planned visitation of a un-named German prince to the cavalry military unit. A complete set of maneuvers had been scheduled for the celebration and this manuscript describes in detail the program for the Prince. The program contains for example: maneuver of the cavalry and Jäger-corps, defense and counter-tactics, several attack tactics, different strategic actions, how to combat the enemy, lig...
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Category: 18th Century Manuscript