RECENT

Department of Manuscripts

Acquisitions January-December 1981

By W. H. Kelliher

Benjamin Disraeli: Private and semi-officialletters to tbe 5th and 6th Earls Beauchamp,together with nine letters from the 6th Earl toDisraeli and miscellaneous correspondenceconducted on Disraeli's behalf; 1874-80. Add.MS. 61892.

Jacques Brunius and others: Correspondenceon behalf of Editions de la Revue Fontaine,regarding the proposed translation and pub-lication in France of works by ElizabethBowen, Graham Greene, V. S. Pritchett,Virginia Woolf, and others; 1944-6. Add. MS.61893.

Supplementary Macmillan papers: Businessand private correspondence of AlexanderMacmillan, co-founder, and of George LillieCraik, partner, of Macmillans, including partof the private correspondence of Craik's firstwife, Dinah Maria Mulock, the novelist;1845-1905, n.d. The papers supplement Add.MSS. 54786-6035. Add. MSS. 61894-61896.

Bernard Forest de Belidor: 'Memoire sur unenouvelle Theorie de la science des mines . . .Dedie a monsieur de Valliere par M. Belidoren 1729.' Another version of this treatise is inKings MS. 256. Transferred from the PatentOffice Library. Add. MS. 61897.

Collection of sermons in Latin by Johannes deCastello, O.F.M. (fl. ir.1273), Aldobrandinusde Cavalcantibus, O.P. (d. 1279), and others;early 14th cent. Written in Italy, by severalscribes. Add. MS. 61898.

Miscellaneous papers relative to the Harleyfamily. Earls of Oxford from 1711, includinggenealogical notes and printed pedigree;17th-i9tb cent. Presented^ with Add. Charters/s882-/^884, by the executors of Mrs PrimroseRoper., through Mrs Ellen Lindsay Watson.Add. MS. 61899.

Cartulary of the Augustinian abbey of NorthCreake, Norfolk; early 14th cent. G. R. C.Davis, Medieval Cartularies (London, 1958),no. 287. PbilHpps MS. 85. Formerly belonged,with Add. MSS. 61901-61903, to H. L.Bradfer-Lawrence, F.S.A. Add. MS. 61900.

Folcard's Life of St John of Beverley; late 14thcent. Add. MS. 61901.

Bradfer-Lawrence Roll: Painted arms of foreignand English rulers and nobility, etc.; r.1446,with i6th cent, additions. English. For a fulldescription of contents see A. R. Wagner,Aspilogia I: A Catalogue of English MedievalRolls of Arms {Oxford^ 1950), pp. 88-9. Quarto.Add. MS. 61902.

Peter Le Neve (1661 -1729): Diary and common-place book; 27 Nov. 1678 to 10 Feb. 1684.Chiefly concerned with public events andinterspersed with copies of satirical and scur-rilous verses. Belonged to H, L. Bradfer-Lawrence. Add. MS. 61903.

Two miniatures in the Flemish style of about1500, painted for John Boykett Jarman byCaleb W. Wing; mid-i9th cent. Tbey repre-sent {a) the Assumption of the Virgin and (b)

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the Virgin and Child with donor. These aretwo out of a total of nine miniatures made byWing for addition to a Flemish Book of Hoursin the Jarman collection. See Janet Backhouse,'A Victorian Connoisseur and his Manu-scripts: the tale of Mr Jarman and Mr Wing',British Museum Quarterly^ xxxii (1967-8), pp.76-92, pis, xxvi XXX (the miniature of theAssumption reproduced as pi, xxviiia). Pre-sented by Mrs Ruth Wright in accordance withthe wishes of her husband^ Dr Cyril ErnestWright. Add. MS, 61904,

Mozart: One leaf containing two autographcadenzas for movements i and 2 of the pianoconcerto in C, K.246; 1776, Together withmiscellaneous papers, 1820-1964, mostlyrelating to the cadenzas. Partly German. For-merly MS. loan 64/2. Add, MS. 61905,

Arthur Benjamin (d. i960): 'Divertissement' insix movements for full orchestra based onmusic from the film, 'The Steps of the Ballet',released in 1948. Autograph full score; after1948. Add. MS. 61906,

'Sketches of sermons preached at the Countessof Huntingdon's Chapel Spa Fields, St. JohnsChurch Clerkenwell, and George Street ChapelChelsea , . , Taken in short-hand by R[ichard]Shepherd, W. M,'; 1781-1802, Frontispieceportrait of Revd Thomas Wills, engraved andcoloured by hand. Add. MS, 61907.

Aristotle's Politics: An anonymous translationinto Enghsh from the French (1576) of LouisLe Roy; (7,1576 98. Books I and II wereprinted, with slight variations, as part of theversion prepared by 'I.D.' and pubhshed byAdam Islip in 1598. From the Library atBurghley House (sale catalogue, 21 Nov. 1687,p, 88). Two volumes in vellum covers. Add.MS. 61908,

William Hazlitt: Part of his essay: 'On Reasonand Imagination', published in The PlainSpeaker (1826), Autograph. Add. MS. 61909.

Charles Bragge Bathurst, M,P.: Verses and

translations, f:.i77i-i8o4. Autograph. PartlyLatin and French. Add. MS. 61910.

Mahatma Letters: Album compiled by WilliamLoftus Hare, 1941, of material bearing on thecontroversy concerning the work Who wrotethe Mahatma Letters? by W. L, and H. E. Hare(London, 1936). Mainly typescript 2ind printed.Together with 'Our last word on the Ma-hatma Letters' by H. E. and W. L. Hare;1942. Typescript. Presented by Mrs MargaretArmitage of Letchworth, Herts. Add. MS.61911A, B.

Diplomatic papers apparently acquired by SirWilliam TrumbuU when Secretary of Statebetween 1695 and 1697 in connection withnegotiations with France which culminated inthe Congress of Rijswick; ^.1690. Latin andFrench. Copies and abstracts. SupplementingAdd. MSS, 11441-2, Add. MS. 61912.

Summaries in English of the terms of Britishtreaties with the major European powers,1661-1750, preceded by an index to theprinted texts of European treaties; 1648-1758,Add. MS, 61913.

Two manuscript estate-plans of lands adjoiningMarlborough, Wiltshire; 1752. Add. MS.61914A, B, ^

Roll register of judicial writs, mostly 1450-65, compiled by an official or practitioner inthe Court of King's Bench, to which theyrelate; f.1465. Cf, Cambridge UniversityLibrary, MS, Add. 7912, fols. 294-302.PhiUipps MS, 35062. Add. MS. 61915,

Laurence Mayse: Dictates on logic delivered atthe English College of Douai 1699 and tran-scribed by Sir George Jerningham, 5th Bart,of Cossey (Costessy), Norfolk. Add. MS.61916.

A. D. Blasio Martinez of Valencia: 'Armonianumerico-trina seu acus nautica in univer-sam philosophiam', a paper sent to theRoyal Society of London; 1811, Add. MS.61917.

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James Blake (b. 1817, d. 1872): Diaries; 1834-40. Eight volumes. Presented by Mrs MarigoldBlake-Hill, great-great niece of the diarist.Add. MSS. 61918-61925.

Letters to Sir John Simeon, 3rd Bart, from hisfamily. A transcript made by his son StephenLouis Simeon, with notes and introduction;1914, 1833-4. Transferred from the LendingDivision, British Library. Add MS. 61926.

Mathilde Blind, tbe poet (b. 1841, d. 1896):Correspondence with Dr Richard Garnett (d.1906), C.B., of the British Museum, mainlyrelating to her literary works and travels;1860-96. Four volumes. Presented by PatrickS. Garnett, Esq. Add. MSS. 61927-61930.

Power Jets Limited: Directors' Minute Book,1936-44, and Minutes of Shareholders Meet-ings, 1937-44. Transferred from the ScienceReference Library. Add. MSS. 61931, 61932.

Sir George Smart: Incidental music for anunnamed play; 1810. Vocal score. Part auto-graph. Apparently written in Ireland for thefamily of the Earl of Charleville. Add. MS.

61933-Dover Castle: Copies of documents concerningthe castle-guard system and military service atDover Castle; early 17th cent. Latin andFrench. Probably made for Sir Edward Dering(1598-1644), Lieutenant of Dover Castle.Subsequently a Phillipps manuscript, but notnumbered. Add. MS. 61934.

Account-book of a merchant-banker in Seville;Oct. 1678 to Feb. 1683. Mostly Spanish.Partly imperfect. Add. MS. 61935.

*Traite sur le moyen invente pour relever etrecuperer les vaisseaux submerges de toutesles grandeurs et a toutes les profundeurs demer qui n'excedent pas 140 brasses'; c. 1740.Transferred from the Science Reference Library.Add. MS. 61936.

Fazakerley Papers: Letters to John NicholasFazakerley, M.P., and his family; 1809-53.Add. MS. 61937.

Keith Douglas: Two school exercise-bookscomprising drafts and fair-copies of poemsand some drawings; f. 1934-7. Fifteen of thepoems are unpublished. The material supple-ments Add. MSS. 53773-6; 56355-60; 57955;59833-5; and 60858-9. Add. MSS. 61938,61939.

Philip Ayres (1638-1712), poet and pam-phleteer: Eleven documents in his hand orsigned by him; 1691-1704, n.d. The docu-ments relate to the Drake family of Amersham,Buckinghamshire. Add. MS. 61940.

Roger Hill: Legal Journal; 1635-8. English,French, and Latin. Phillipps MS. 6669. Add.MS. 61941.

Sir Thomas Pengelly: Legal CommonplaceBook; 1691. English and Latin. Add. MS.61942.

Register of payments received on behalf ofthe Exchequer by Thomas Watson, ReceiverGeneral of Tithes; Oct. 1613 to Apr. 1614.Phillipps MS. 15127. Add. MS. 61943.

Ordnance book kept at the Tower of London;1613-17. Add. MS. 61944.

Arthur ConoUy: seven letters to Sir John CamHobhouse, etc.; 1839. Presented by Mrs K. P.Brunton. Add. MS. 61945.

David Elisha Davy, Suffolk antiquary: Diaryof seven summer excursions in SouthernEngland; 1823-31. Add. MS. 61946.

'Recepta Scaccarii': Tellers' view of Accountfrom the Exchequer of Receipt for the halfyear beginning Michaelmas 1587. The presentmanuscript fills a gap in this series of recordsin the Public Record Office, between E.405/433 and E. 405/434- Add. MS. 61947.

C. E. Wright: Descriptive list of Harleian MSS.in the Dept. of Manuscripts, British Library.Typewritten. Compiled by Dr Wright for usein the preparation of The Diary of HumfreyWanley (London, 1966) and Fontes Harleiani(London, 1972). Presented by Mrs Ruth C.Wright. Add. MS. 61948.

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Mozart: Motet 'God is our refuge', K.20,Annotated copy, made by Vincent Novello in1832 from the original in the British Museum(now British Library), Department of PrintedBooks (press-mark K, 10.a, 14), Add. MS,61949,

Muggletonian works: 'The Saints Triumph'by John Brown (published 1771) and otherMuggletonian treatises, copied by John D.Aspland, together with unpublished verse byAspland; 1851-5. See Add. MSS. 60168-256.Presented by Miss E. L Muggleton. Add. MS,61950,

Gustav Hoist: Letters to Linetta Palamidessi deCastelvecchio, concerning her translation intoItalian of Hoist's own libretto for his opera'The Youth's Choice', H,6o; 30 Oct. 1902 to25 Feb, 1903, Presented by the Revd Dr R. D.Richardson^ husband of the recipient. Add. MS,

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Lord Chamberlain's Plays: Day books contain-ing details of plays submitted for licensing tothe Lord Chamberlain; 1904-68. Nineteenvolumes. Transferred from the Lord Chamher-laitis Office. Add. MSS. 61952-61970.

Ernest Jones, Chartist and poet: Album con-taining sketches, verses, etc. mostly by Jonesand his friends; 1834-53, n.d. Add, MS,61971A-C,

Portugal 1828-9: Autograph journal of JohnRobert Matthews, British Consul-General inLisbon, when charge d'affaires; i July 1828 to26 Sept. 1829, Add, MS, 61972,

Virginia Woolf: Typescript, with autographadditions and corrections, of part of hermemoir 'A Sketch of the Past', including anunpubhshed study of her father, writtenbetween 19 June and 15 Nov, 1940. Sectionsof this material appear, in a shghtly differentversion, in Jeanne Schulkind's Moments ofBeing (London, 1976). Add, MS. 61973,

Percy William Whitlock: Music manuscripts;1926-43, Autograph full scores of works for

solo organ and orchestra and for orchestraalone. Presented by Mrs Edna Whitlock. Add.MSS, 61974-61976.

Frederick Nicolay, Friedrich Chrysander:Papers and correspondence assembled byAlexander Hyatt King in the course of prepar-ing his paper 'Frederick Nicolay, Chrysanderand the Royal Music Library'; 1957-60. SeeMonthly Musical Record, lxxxix (1959), pp. 13-24. Presented by Dr A. Hyatt King. Add,MS. 61977.

Log of vessel 'Grand Duchess of Tuscany' for avoyage from West Africa to London; 12 Aprilto 14 July 1790, Presented by Mrs BruceFennell on behalf of Mr Ted Fennell of PalmSprings, California, USA. Add. MS. 61978.

Sheffield Park Papers: Private and politicalcorrespondence and papers of John BakerHolroyd, istEarl of Sheffield and of membersof the North family, including Frederick, 2ndEarl of Guilford, Prime Minister, his daughterLady Charlotte Lindsay, Lady of the Bed-chamber to Queen Caroline, and his son,Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford; 1753-1849,n.d. For Lord Sheffield and the 2nd Earl ofGuilford see also the North (Sheffield Park)Papers, Add. MSS 61860-76. Nine volumes.Add, MSS, 61979-61987.

Sir John Blackwood McEwen: Three ScottishDances for string orchestra; n,d. Autographfull score and parts. Add. MS, 61988.

Miscellaneous letters, papers and correspond-ence of the Harley family of Brampton Bryan,Herefordshire; mostly 17th cent. Add. MS.61989.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Opera, 'Hugh theDrover', Printed vocal score (Curwen edition,1924), with annotations by Cairns James,producer, relating to the 1924 performance bythe British National Opera Company, Pre-sented with MS. Facs. go2 by Ursula VaughanWilliams, by courtesy ofFaber Music Ltd. Add.MS, 61990.

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Alexander MacGrigor, M.D., Army Surgeon:Letter to his brother Alexander Mennie ofHuntley, Aberdeenshire, chiefly relating to hisservice as Principal Medical Officer, and lateras Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, at theBarrack Hospital at Scutari; 19 March 1854 to12 Nov. 1855. Also included are two lettersto MacGrigor from Florence Nightingale;[Jan.?], 21 Feb. 1855. Together with a volumeof typewritten copies. Add. MSS. 61991, 61992.

Thomas Scott, political writer (d. 1626): 'Sr.W.R.G.' [Sir Walter Raleigh's Ghost; pseud.of Scott], Vox Spiritus. . . i62i(?); i7th-cent.copy. Add. MS. 61993.

Sir Henry Irving: Prompt-books and actingeditions for his productions at the LyceumTheatre of Much Ado about Nothing (1882),King Lear (1892), and Coriolanus (1901);1882-1901. Add. MSS. 61994-61996.

Theatre Royal, Covent Garden: Account-bookkept by John Dunstall, recording purchases ofseats, with some prices; 1756. Add. MS.61997.

George Bernard Shaw: Letters and postcards toJohnston Forbes-Robertson (b. 1853, d. 1937;kt. 1913) and bis wife Mary Gertrude (neeElliott); 1903-46. Autograph and typewritten.Presented by Mrs Vincent Sheean and MrsF. C. Miles, daughters of Sir Johnston and LadyForbes-Robertson. Add. MS. 61998.

Henry Brydges, D.D., Archdeacon of Rochesterand Rector of Amersham, brother of the firstDuke of Chandos: Diary; 1717-28. Add. MS.61999.

Sir Edward Elgar: Concerto in B minor forviolin and orchestra, op. 61; 1910. Printedproof of full score with numerous MS. correc-tions, mostly autograph. Together with lettersof Elgar, etc.; 1910-19. Add. MS. 62000.

Records of the Department of Manuscripts,British Museum, kept by Sir FredericMadden, Keeper of Manuscripts 1837-66;1828-66. Seventy-eight volumes. Incorporated

from the Departmental archives. Add. MSS.62001-62078.

John Bright: Letters to William Hargreaves, onpersonal and pohtical topics; 1850-78, n.d.Add. MS. 62079.

Galfridus Grammaticus: Medulla Crammatice,Latin-English dictionary; second half of the15th cent. Other manuscripts, mostly imper-fect likewise, of this work are Harley MSS.1000, 1783, 2181, 2257, 6514, and Add. MS.24640. Formerly Phillipps MS. 8244. Add.MS. 62080.

Rumbold Manuscripts: Part of a collectionpreviously on deposit at Wiltshire RecordOffice of manuscripts, etc., largely relating toPrince Rupert, formerly belonging to theBenet family of Pyt House, Wiltshire; mainly17th cent. Six volumes. Partly printed. Add.MSS. 62081-62086.

Travel Journal of an unidentified member ofTommaso Contarini's embassy on behalf ofthe Venetian republic to the United Provinces;14 March to 20 July 1610. Italian. Add. MS.62087.

James Stuart, F.R.S. (b. 1713, d. 1788): Note-books of a visit to Athens; 1751, 1752.Formerly Phillipps MS. 15433. MS. 62088.

Queen Victoria's Album Consolativum, con-taining extracts from poems, sermons, verses,and letters collected by Queen Victoria forconsolation after the death of Prince Albert in1861. Partly autograph. Add. MSS. 62089,62090.

Thomas Gardiner: 'A General! Survey of thePost Office'; r.1682. Possibly autograph. Thetext was published by Foster W. Bond inPostal History Society, Special Series No. 5([London], 1958). Folio. Red morocco bind-ing with gold tooling by Queens' Binder A.Add. MS. 62091.

Margaret Spencer (d. 1613): Personal account-book; 1610-13. Autograph. The hand of herfather Robert Spencer, ist Baron Spencer

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of Wormleighton, appears throughout asauditor. Add. MS. 62092.

Liturgical music used by the Guild of StGregory, Mostly arrangements of plainsongto English words by Francis Darwin Fox,Musical Director of the Guild, with someby Edward James Peters; £-.1946-60. Partlyprinted and typewritten. Presented by AlfredIvan Thompson, Esq., of Pulborough and Gran-ville Hugh Thorne, Esq., of Bexhill-on-Sea.Add, MSS, 62093-62095,

Torrens Papers: Personal correspondence, etc.,of Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K.C.B,,adjutant-general and colonel of the Queen'sroyal regiment of foot; 1821-9. Partly French.Partly copies, drafts, and printed. SupplementsAdd, MSS, 61831-4. Add, MSS. 62096,62097.

Revenues of Edward VI: Copy of the report ofthe commission appointed in 1552 'for theSurvey and Examination of the State of all hisMajesty's Courts of Revenue'; i8th cent. Thereport has been printed by W. C, Richardsonin Archives of British History and Culture, iii(West Virginia University, 1974). Add. MS.62098,

Handel's 'Chandos' Anthems and other musicmanuscripts, from the library of the Duke ofChandos at Cannons; before 1720, Thesemanuscripts can all be identified in 'ACatalogue of Anthems Cantatas and otherMusick belonging to his Grace James Dukeof Chandos', signed by Johann ChristophPepusch, August 1720 (Huntington LibraryMS. ST 66). Five volumes. Add. MSS.62099-62103.

Fragment from a noted missal, in Latin, writtenin England, probably at Exeter; mid-iithcent. Other fragments from the same manu-script are Harley MS, 5977, no. 59; West-minster Abbey MS, 36, nos, 17-19; Oxford,Bodleian Library, Lat, liturg, e, 38; and twofragments in the library of Lincoln Cathedral.Add, MS, 62104.

Book of Hours, in Latin, of Sarum use, writtenand illuminated probably in London; secondquarter of the 15th cent. Nine large illumina-ted initials with three-quarter borders. Fly-leaves cut from a confraternity register of StMary Overy, Southwark, 1420-1505. Add.MS. 62105,

Detached single leaf from an illuminated Bookof Hours, in Latin, of Sarum use; f.1330.Initial D, introducing None, enclosing aminiature of the Resurrection. A number offurther leaves from the same manuscript isknown: see Add. MS, 61887 and Janet Back-house, 'An English calendar circa 1330', in C.de Hamel and R. A. Linenthal (ed,). FineBooks and Book Collecting (Leamington Spa,1981), pp. 8-10, Add, MS. 62106.

Fairfax Papers: Correspondence, etc. of theFairfaxes of Denton, and of Steeton andNewton Kyme in the West Riding of York-shire; 1318-1874, n.d. For further Fairfaxpapers see Add. MSS. 11325, 11743, 3O3O5>and 30306. Add, MSS. 62107-62109A-G, andAdd, Charters 75995-75997-

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto in Cmajor; 1926, 1930-1, Autograph draft, ex-tensively revised, the orchestral part written asfor a second piano. Imperfect, notably lackingthe whole of the 'finale alia tedesca' of the lastmovement. The autograph full score is Add,MS. 50385, Add. MS. 62110.

Arnold Bennett: Thirty-four letters and post-cards to the Rt. Hon, C. F, G, Masterman andMrs Lucy Masterman; 1915-30. These lettersare not in J. Hepburn, Letters of ArnoldBennett (Oxford, 1966-70). Add. MS. 62111,

Humphrey Repton, landscape architect:Memoirs, 1788-1814. Copy, apparently madeby a member of the family; f,i865. Add, MS.62112,

A, C. Swinburne: Fragments of autographdrafts and notes for poems, essays andreviews, letters, etc.; n.d., before 1904, Add.MS. 62113.

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