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A Treatise proving [tha]t if our soueraigne ladie Queene Elisab[e]th whome god blesse with longe life [and] many children should dye without issue that the Queene of Scotts is not disabled by [th]e lawe of England to receaue [th]e Crowne of England by discent : contemporary manuscript, ca. 1580.

Plowden, Edmund, 1518-1585.

ca. 1580.

MA 281

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Literary and Historical Manuscripts

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The poems of the late Christopher Smart ... : consisting of his prize poems, odes, sonnets, and fables, Latin and English translations, together with many original compositions not included in the quarto edition : to which is prefixed, an account of his life and writings, never before published : in two volumes.

Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771.

Reading : Printed and sold by Smart and Cowslade, and sold by F. Power and Co. ... London, 1791.

PML 129177-78

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Printed Books

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Divine poems (by way of paraphrase) on the Ten commandments : illustrated with twelve copper plates, shewing how personal punishments has been inflicted on the transgressors of these Commandments, as is recorded in the Holy Scriptures : also a metrical paraphrase upon the Creed and Lords prayer / written by George Wither.

Wither, George, 1588-1667.

London : Printed by T.S., and are to be sold by R. Janeway, 1688.

PML 6594

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A general description of all trades : digested in alphabetical order : by which parents, guardians, and trustees, may ... make choice of trades agreeable to the capacity, education, inclination, strength, and fortune of the youth under their care ... to which is prefixed, an essay on divinity, law and physic.

London : Printed for T. Waller, 1747.

PML 86104

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Printed Books

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British melodies : the composition of Master Hughes, from the fourth to the ninth year of his age, with brilliant variations for the piano-forte or harp, under the patronage of the Royal Family, to which is affixed, a collection of the most favourite Cambrian melodies, harmonized / by Master Hughes.

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PMC 1179

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London : published for the proprietor, by D'Almaine & Co., [1839?]

Department

Music Manuscripts and Printed Music

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Sir Thomas Moore's Utopia : Containing, An excellent, learned, wittie, and pleasant discourse of the best state of a publike weale, as it is found in the government of the new ile called Utopia. First written in Latin / by ... Sir Thomas Moore ... and translated into English by Raphe Robinson.

More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535.

London : B. Alsop, 1624.

PML 6449

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Printed Books

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Paul Hentzner's travels in England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, translated by Horace, late Earl of Orford, and first printed by him at Strawberry Hill: to which is now added, Sir Robert Naunton's Fragmenta regalia; or Observations on Queen Elizabeth's times and favourites; with portraits and views.

Hentzner, Paul, 1558-1623.

London, Printed for Edward Jeffery, opposite Carlton House, Pall-Mall, 1797 ...

PML 3860

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A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick. : Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life. / By Elizabeth Blackwell. To which is added a short description of ye plants; and their common uses in physick.

Blackwell, Elizabeth, active 1737.

London : Printed for J. Nourse, 1739-1751.

PML 151759-60

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Printed Books

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The voyages and travels of Sir John Mandevile, knight : wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Hierusalem, as also to the lands of the Great Caan, and of Prestor John, to India, and divers other countries, together with many and strange marvels therein.

Mandeville, John, Sir.

London : Printed by A. Wilde for : G. Conyers in Little-Britain : T. Norris at London-bridge and : A. Bettesworth in Pater-Noster-Row, 1722.

PML 126280

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EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF ILLUMINATED ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS AND HANDWRITTEN QUR’ANS TO BE SHOWN AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

Press release date

Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Morgan Library & Museum is internationally acclaimed for its collection of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, but it may come as a surprise that it also possesses a number of important Islamic manuscripts dating from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century.

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