Miscellaneous autograph documents, 1287-1938.

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Miscellaneous autograph documents, 1287-1938.

Single manuscript documents, most of which are signed.

3 boxes and 2 oversize folders (.6 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384360

Houghton Library

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Stoddard, Roger E. (Roger Eliot), 1935-

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Born December 2, 1935, in Boston, MA; son of Merton E. (a church organist and choir director) and Helen (a homemaker; maiden name, Bonney) Stoddard; married Helen Heckel, May 24, 1958; children: Alison Stoddard Reid, Christopher Paine. Education: Brown University, A.B., 1958. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant to the librarian at Houghton Library, 1958-61; Brown University, Providence, RI, assistant curator of Harris Collection, 1961-63, curator, 1963-65; Harvard University, Cambrid...

Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984

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Philip Hofer (1898-1984) was a librarian, book collector, and founder and first curator of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library at Harvard University. Hofer graduated from Harvard College and spent a few years in business. He began collecting a wide variety of printed books in 1917. By 1933 he focused on illustrated and decorated books, thus entering into a serious study of book arts. He served as curator of the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, and in...

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715

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Louis, king of France, 1643-1715. From the description of [Documents and letters] 1665-1705 / Louis. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 259485448 Louis XIV was king of France between 1643 and 1715. From the description of Louis XIV decree, 1665. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 190570499 A lawyer in New Orleans, Louisiana, Edward Alexander Parsons (1878-1962) married and had at least one daughter. A bibliophile, he briefly...

Hyde, Donald Frizell, 1909-1966

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Epithet: first husband of Mary Viscountess Eccles British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000188 ...

Petrus Gindonis

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Morton, ...

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Arundel, Alathea, Countess of.

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Elisabet

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Ricciardo of Cervinia

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Jeronimo, Count of Portia

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Albertolli, Giocondo, 1742-1839

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Rangonus family,

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Giampiccoli, Giuliano, -1759

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Leonardo Dati

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558

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Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 to 1556 and, as Charles I, king of Spain from 1516-1556. From the description of Letter, 1557. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122622485 Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 to 1556 and, as Charles I, King of Spain from 1516-1556. From the description of Letter, 1555. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435417 Emperor of Germany and king of Spain. From the description of Letter to Nicholas de Arti...

Pierre Rubei

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Giacomo Pizzarini

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Testolini, Gaetano, fl. 1760-1811

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La Fargue, Pierre

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Abbey of St. Evroul

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Rezzonico, Carlo

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G. & C. Merriam Company.

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G. & C. Merriam Company, established by George and Charles Merriam in Springfield, Massachusetts, publisher and reviser of Noah Webster's American Dictionary beginning in 1847. From the description of G. & C. Merriam Company archive, 1797-1978 (bulk 1830-1892). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702160972 From the description of G. & C. Merriam Company archive, 1797-1978 (bulk 1830-1892). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78909801 Company founded in 1831 in Spr...

Isabella of Cardona

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Millais, John Everett, 1829-1896

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Brother of Lester Wallack's wife Emily. From the description of Correspondence to Emily Wallack, 1883. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236184633 English painter. From the description of Autograph letters signed : 2 Palace Gate, Kensington ; and elsewhere, to Arthur Sullivan, 1870 Aug. 19, [n.y.] Nov. 2, and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125260 British painter and illustrator. From the description of Corre...

Miss Agnes Mongan

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Barthélemy Boat

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Moxon, Edward

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Epithet: publisher; of Add MS 40120 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000841.0x000308 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x000217 ...

Chaptal, Jean-Antoine-Claude, comte de Chanteloup, 1756-1832

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French chemist and government administrator. Chaptal was the first to teach the new chemistry formulated by Antoine Lavoisier. From the description of Cours de chimie fait par Mr. Chaptal, Montpellier, 1790-1791. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 461599876 French government official and chemist, minister of interior under Napoleon from 1801-1804. From the description of Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal letters, 1801-1804. (Cornell University Library). ...

Clement XIV.

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Juan II, King of Castile and Leon, 1405-1454

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Haight, Anne Lyon.

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Langhoff, August, 1856-1929

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Leonard and Janet Scinto

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Martin I, King of Aragon, 1356-1410

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Tura Sandri.

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Castellani, Stephen.

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Elisabetta.

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Pickering, William, 1796-1854

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William Pickering and his son Bernard Montagu Pickering were English publishers. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1827-1837. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190889535 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00013a ...

Eugene IV, Pope, 1383-1447

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Constantine Brancovan

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Julius Mirandola.

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Eccles, Mary Hyde

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Mary Hyde Eccles was one of the world's leading collectors of books and manuscripts from the 1940s until her death in 2003. She was also a distinguished literary scholar, and an important benefactor to numerous libraries and cultural institutions. This collection relates to her essay "Not in Chapman," a catalog of unpublished Samuel Johnson letters. As this project neared completion in 1964, a new cache of letters from Samuel Johnson to Charlotte Lennox was discovered in the vault of the British...

Sixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590

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Innocent VIII, Pope, 1432-1492

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Arcimboldo, Guido Antonio.

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Wilhelm Egon, Fürst von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

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Rogers, John G. (John Gorham)

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Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique, 1780-1867

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French artist. From the description of Ingres correspondence and manuscripts, 1814-1869. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77946494 French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Mervaux, 1850 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269533886 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to his fiancée, Julie Forestier, 1806 Oct. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269534218 From the ...

Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793

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Phelypeaux, Count de Maurepas, was a French statesman and administrator, born in 1701 to Louis XIV's Secretary of State. Phelypeaux served under both Louis XV and Louis XVI, during which time he reformed the French navy and aided in the aristocracy's obstruction of political reform. From the description of 18th century French royal commission, 1759 May 24. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122646282 ...

Bertrand of St. Gery

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Alexander, Benjamin, and Moses Rossi

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Morghan, Rafaello

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Pilon, Germain, approximately 1535-1590

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Paul II, Pope, 1417-1471

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Leonardi, Angelo

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Nicholas II

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Nidordorf, Johann

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Louis, duc d'Orleans

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Gabriele, Leo, Ezechia, and Alexander Ambron

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Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry

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Trencauel, Raymond

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Abbazia di S. Maria di Farfa

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Philip Hofer.

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Cassandra

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Livingston, ...

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Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939

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Book designer, typographer and printer. Frederic Warde (1894-1939) was best known in the field of graphic arts as a book designer and in association with the Arrighi typeface. He was also a writer, editor, and, on occasion, a perfumer. After service in World War I, Warde worked as an editor at Macmillan? though they would eventually divorce, his ex-wife would achieve her own fame in the world of graphic arts as Beatrice Warde. Warde became designer for the Princeton University Press...

Horace

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Francis I

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Callistus III, Pope, 1378-1458

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Colbert, Jean-Baptiste, 1619-1683

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Colbert was the controller general of finance under King Louis XIV of France from 1665-1668. From the description of Memoires sur les ordonnances en général, [166-]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 71062398 Jean Baptiste Colbert served as the French minister of finance under King Louis XIV and achieved a reputation for his work of improving French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from bankruptcy. He created a favorable balance of trade and incr...

Ricardo, Bartholomeo

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Alexander VI, Pope, 1431-1503

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Clergyman. From the description of Alexander VI, Pope, papers, 1493. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449830 1456-1492 Cardinal; 1492-1503 Pope. Title: Pope British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000069 ...

Naddi, Neroccius

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Luigi Schiavonetti

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Henry III, King of Castile and León, 1379-1406

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Highmore, Joseph, 1692-1780

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Anatolinus Tati of Forteguerris

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Fletcher, Josiah

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Parcon (?)

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Seeburg, Jacob

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