Crewe Manuscripts

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f. 112r Painted coat of arms, labelled ‘Von Rabensburg’ Part 17th c.
f. 124r Inscription by H(?). Schumacher Part 6 Nov. 1721
f. 129r Inscription by Paul Sperling Part 3 Jan. 1682
f. 137r Inscription by Elias Veiel Part 9 Apr. 1690
f. 138r Inscription by Campegius Vitringa the elder Part 7 Sept. 1711
f. 139r Inscription by Johann Christoph Wagenseil Part 1669
f. 144r Inscription by Jesaias Friedrich Weisenborn Part early 18th c.
f. 151r Inscription by Matthias Zimmermann Part 25 Apr. 1670
f. ii v Epigraph Part
f. 8r Engraved title-page of Elegantiae poeticae, by Jean Blumerel, editio novissima (Oxford, 1679) Part 1679
f. 9r Engraved title-page of Lexicon philosophicum, by Étienne Chauvin (Rotterdam, 1692) Part 1692
f. 10r Engraved title-page of The Britannic Magazine, or, Entertaining Repository of Heroic Adventures and Memorable Exploits, Vol. III (London, 1796) Part 1796
f. 23r Title-page of Primitiae anatomicae de humani corporis ossibus, by Pieter Paaw (Leiden, 1615), including a woodcut illustration Part 1615
f. 25r Engraved title-page of The Naturalist’s Cabinet, or, Interesting Sketches of Animal History, by Thomas Smith, Vol. II (London, 1806) Part 1806
f. 26r Engraved title-page of The Naturalist’s Cabinet, or, Interesting Sketches of Animal History, by Thomas Smith, Vol. IV (London, 1806) Part 1806
f. 27r Engraved title-page of A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, by Sir William Chambers (London, 1772) Part 1772
f. 32r Frontispiece of one of the volumes of ‘Cooke’s Pocket Edition of Select British Poets’ (London, 1794 x 1804) Part 1794 x 1804
f. 36r Engraved title-page of Bellamy’s Picturesque Magazine and Literary Museum, Vol. I (London, 1793) Part 1793
f. 37r Frontispiece of one of the volumes of Histoire de l’admirable Don Quixotte de la Manche, by Cervantes, translated by Filleau de Saint Martin (4 vols.; Amsterdam, 1681) Part 1681
f. 42r Engraved title-page of Les Delices de l’Italie, by Alexandre de Rogissart (Leiden, 1706) Part 1706
f. 44r Frontispiece of The Poetical Works of Geoff. Chaucer, Vol. IX (Edinburgh: Bell, 1783) Part 1783
f. 47r Frontispiece of the General Magazine and Impartial Review, Vol. IV (1791) Part 1791
f. 50r Section-title of Book II of Paradise Regained, by John Milton (London: James Cundee, 1806) Part 1806
loose after f. 50 Title-page of A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography, by William Upcott, Vol. I (London, 1818), including an engraved illustration Part 1818
loose after f. 50 Fragment of an engraving Part 18th c.?
f. 56 Frontispiece of Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, by Ephraim Chambers, Vol. I (London, 1786 x 1791) Part 1786 x 1791
f. 57r Title-page of Formulae oratoriae in usum scholarium concinnatae (a revision of John Clarke’s Transitionum formulae, 1628), 5th ed. (London, 1637), including a woodcut device Part 1637
f. 58r Title-page of De civitate Dei libri XXII, by St Augustine (Jacobus Stoer, 1620), including a woodcut border Part 1620
f. 59r Engraved(?) title-page of Steps of Ascention unto God, or, A Ladder to Heaven, by Edward or John Gee, 23rd ed. (W. Birch, 1677) Part 1677
f. 67r Print captioned ‘Wisdom Teaching Man to Count The rapid progress of Time’, probably from Poole’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Polite Assistant and Useful Remembrancer for the Year 1815 (1814) Part 1814