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18th century

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2395 Collections and/or Records:

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'The Comedies of Terence, translated into English by Richard Gough Esq, 1751. Mem. The Heautontimoroumonus is missing.'

'The Comedies of Terence, translated into English by Richard Gough Esq, 1751. Mem. The Heautontimoroumonus is missing.'
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. class. e. 1
Extents: 199 Leaves
Dates: Written in 1751 by R. Gough
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Commentary, probably by James Merrick, on the Greek New Testament, in English, Greek and Latin, vol. II only (Thessalonians - Revelation)

Commentary, probably by James Merrick, on the Greek New Testament, in English, Greek and Latin, vol. II only (Thessalonians - Revelation), with (fols. 107v-111v) an index to both volumes
Shelfmark: MS. Gr. bib. c. 4
Extents: 112.0 Leaves
Dates: 1740
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A Common Place Book of references for descriptions of things and subjects

A Common Place Book of references for descriptions of things and subjects
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. e. 27
Extents: 303 Leaves
Dates: Written in about A.D. 1700 in Italy
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Common-place books of Dr. Samuel Pegge the elder

Common-place books of Dr. Samuel Pegge the elder, written chiefly in about 1750-1790.
Extents: 2.42 Linear metres (22 boxes)
Dates: about 1750-1790
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Commonplace book containing mainly historical and parliamentary extracts

Commonplace book containing mainly historical and parliamentary extracts
Shelfmark: MS. Don. f. 28
Extents: 438 pages
Dates: late 18th century
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Commonplace book of Humphrey Sibthorp

Commonplace book of Humphrey Sibthorp, 1748-1763.
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. e. 109
Extents: 113 Leaves
Dates: 1748-1763
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Commonplace book of John Burn of St. John's College, Oxford

Commonplace book of John Burn of St. John's College, Oxford, later undermaster at Merchant Taylors' School, London, begun in 1722.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. London e. 9
Extents: 368 pages
Dates: 1722-1786
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Commonplace book of religious passages

Commonplace book of religious passages.
Shelfmark: MS. 12617
Extents: 1 box (1 volume)
Dates: 1787-1848
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Commonplace Book of Rev. Philip Bliss

Commonplace book of Philip Bliss containing a compilation of critical comments on 'the most celebrated Authors & Artists', c. 1770-80; notes on the Bliss family genealogy, and on the Gloucestershire livings held by them, c. 1795-1800, with some additions by his son Philip Bliss (1787-1857) to 1825; miscellaneous verse, epitaphs, recipes and memoranda, c. 1770-80; and a treatise in Latin by W. Purefoy on logic, with other memoranda, c. 1720.
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Extents: 2 shelfmarks
Dates: [c. 1720-1825]
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Commonplace book of Samuel Charles Goodwin of Queen's College, containing anecdotes, jokes, puns, epitaphs and verses

Commonplace book of Samuel Charles Goodwin
Shelfmark: MS. Don e. 177
Extents: 140 Leaves
Dates: 1780-1831
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Commonplace book of Thomas Chapman

Commonplace book of Thomas Chapman
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 2409
Extents: 48 Leaves
Dates: 1762-1770
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A commonplace book on Scandinavian history

A commonplace book on Scandinavian history
Shelfmark: MS. Add. C. 254
Extents: 442 pages
Dates: Written in the first half of the 18th century
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A Commonplace Book, theological and general, of dr. Daniel Burgess

A Commonplace Book, theological and general, of dr. Daniel Burgess
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. f. 20
Extents: 151 Leaves
Dates: Written about A.D. 1706-1710 by D. Burgess
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A commonplace book with index

A commonplace book with index
Shelfmark: MS. Auct. V. 1. subt. 2
Extents: 350 pages
Dates: Written in the first half of the 18th century
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The Communion office, with private devotions proper to be us'd at the sacrament collected from several books by Henry Dawnay of Christ Church, Oxford, 1711

The Communion office, with private devotions proper to be us'd at the sacrament collected from several books by Henry Dawnay of Christ Church, Oxford, 1711.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. th. f. 42
Extents: 48 pages
Dates: 1711, 1715
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A composite volume of instrumental parts

A composite volume, containing various instrumental parts, some incomplete, late 17th/early 18th cent.
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. d. 261 (Former reference: Quarto B. 1-6)
Extents: 1 box
Dates: Late 17th/early 18th cent.
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Compositions for voice with accompaniment by Handel

Compositions for voice with accompaniment by Handel, c. 1733-1887
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 69
Extents: 32 Leaves
Dates: c. 1733-1887
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Condensed version by Richard Poultney of Catalogue and description of the ... rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge

Condensed version by Richard Poultney
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 585
Extents: 84 pages
Dates: 1744
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Contemporary account of the visit by Austrian royal family to Schloss Hof near Vienna in September 1754

A contemporary account of the festivities surrounding the visit of the Austrian royal family to Schloss Hoff in September 1754 and including the first performance of Gluck's opera Le Cinesi.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 72-77
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates: 1754
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Contemporary copies of correspondence between Spencer Perceval, George Canning and William Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Contemporary copies of correspondence between Spencer Perceval, George Canning and William Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 28 Aug.-9 Sept. 1809.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. d. 261
Extents: 41 Leaves
Dates: 28 Aug.-9 Sept. 1809