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Towneley, John, 1731-1813. A catalogue of the works of Wenceslaus Hollar collected by the late John Towneley Esq. sold by King ... Covent Garden [manuscript], 1818 May 26-30.

Title: A catalogue of the works of Wenceslaus Hollar collected by the late John Towneley Esq. sold by King ... Covent Garden [manuscript], 1818 May 26-30.

Copy apparently made by Abraham Kent with the buyers and prices added and a note that the priced catalogue [of which this is a copy?] was bought at Jones' sale room for the late James Cundy, uncle of the above John Towneley.

ArchivalResource: 43 leaves.

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Towneley, John, 1731-1813,. Progress to Parnassus [manuscript], ca. 1606.

Title: Progress to Parnassus [manuscript], ca. 1606.

A copy of The return from Parnassus, part II, originally produced at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1601. J.B. Leishman shows that the manuscript represents a later and revised version than that of the 1606 printed editions, but not necessarily written as late as 1606. See J.B. Leishman, The three Parnassus plays (1548-1601), London, 1949.

ArchivalResource: 48 p.

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Cooke, Robert, d. 1592. Nobility : manuscript, 1572-1580.

Title: Nobility : manuscript, 1572-1580.

An armorial of the English peerage, arranged chronologically by sovereigns.

ArchivalResource: 103 leaves, bound ; 42 cm.

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Kalthoeber, Christian Samuel, fl. 1780-1817,. Þhe lyf and martirdom of seynt kateryne virgyne and martir : manuscript, [ca. 1425-1450].

Title: Þhe lyf and martirdom of seynt kateryne virgyne and martir : manuscript, [ca. 1425-1450].

Life of St. Catherine of Alexandria in 30 chapters and short prayers.

ArchivalResource: 64 leaves, bound : vellum ; 23 cm.

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Gower, John, 1325?-1408. De confessione amantis, ca. mid-15th century.

Title: De confessione amantis, ca. mid-15th century.

A collection of around 100 tales and exempla on the treatment of courtly love written in Middle English verse by John Gower at the request of Richard II, King of England, who felt that not enough was being written in English. The collection appears to be, according to G.C. Macaulay's edition of Gower's work, the second rescension of the work; revised by Gower in 1392, replacing the dedication from Richard II to Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV). Also included on the initial paper flyleaves: an astrological table; various Latin verses (also on the vellum stub formerly part of binding); and a copy of a dictionary entry on Gower.

ArchivalResource: xii, 350 p. ; 388 x 284 mm.

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