The Library of the Late Christopher Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey (Part II)

* Essex Deeds. A group of 8 medieval vellum deeds relating to land and property in Essex, c. 1280-1456:Grant of rent, c. 1280, Robert son of John ...

* Essex Deeds. A group of 10 vellum deeds from the reigns of Henry VI to Henry VIII, c. 1454/1546, mostly land deeds relating to properties in Kel...

* Essex Deeds. A group of 6 vellum deeds relating to lands at Tillingham, Great Tey, etc., 1462/1520, plus a fragment of a bond dated at Tillingha...

Francis of Assisi (Saint). Fioretti, Venice: per Andrea di Boneti de Pavia, 22 November 1484, 62 (of 64) unnumbered leaves, a1-h8, with a1 (recto...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Rhetorica Nova, Italy, 1st November 1491 [finit feliciter K[a]l Nove[m]brib[u]s 1490], manuscript on vellum, 153 leaves o...

Missal [Use of Sarum]. Missale ad vsum insignis ac preclare ecclesie Sa[rum]: vna cu[m] dicte ecclesie institutis, co[n]suetudinibus[que] nuper el...

* Henry VIII. Seal of the Court of Common Pleas of Henry VIII, Westminster, 1 May 1529, attached to an exemplification of common recovery of land ...

* Henry VIII. Great Seal of Henry VIII attached to a Letters Patent, Westminster, 18 May 1545, Latin manuscript on vellum, granting a licence to C...

French Manuscript Prayer Book. Meditations Christien [sic], Rouen, 16th century, 76 vellum leaves including initial and final blank and title, rub...

* Essex Deeds. A group of 20 Elizabethan vellum deeds relating to Essex, c. 1560-1600, including recoveries, leases, bargain and sales, final conc...

* Ferrers (George, c. 1500-1579), courtier and writer. Document Signed, 'George Ferrers', 1 April 1562, Latin manuscript deed of gift on vellum, c...

Heraldry Manuscript. A bound collection of heraldic tracts including pedigrees showing the relationship between the Earl of Essex, Queen Elizabeth...

Ellis (Henry). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, and Liberty of Norton Folgate, in the Suburbs of London, Lo...

* James VI and I, King of Scotland (1567-1625) and of England (1603-1625). Document Signed, ‘James R.’, as King of Scotland, ), Linlithgow, 27 Oct...

* James I. The Great Seal of King James VI of Scotland and I of England, appended to a vellum document, 22 May 1604, Latin manuscript granting a g...

Essex. Robert Rich, 3rd Baron Rich, 1st Earl of Warwick (1559-1619). Manuscript survey of estates in Essex, no date [c. 1610 and later], [7], [485...

Spanish Illuminated Manuscript Certificate of Nobility. A Spanish Carta Executoria de Hidalguia for Capitan Christoval Monte Bernardo of Seville, ...

Drayton (Michael). The Battaile of Agincourt. Fought by Henry the fift of that Name, King of England Against the Whole Power of the French: under ...

Verstegan (Richard). A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In Antiquities Concerning the Most Noble and Renowned English Nation, London: John Bil...

Elzevir Press. De Imperio Magni Mogolis sive India vera commentarius, Leiden: Elzevir, 1631, engraved title, engraved illustration, a little minor...

Elzevir Press. De Imperio Magni Mogolis sive India vera commentarius... , Leiden: Elzevir, 1631, [12], 299, [17], [4] pp., wood-engraved title-pag...

Manuscript Commonplace Book. Excerpta ex auctis Graecis & Excepta ex auctis Latinis [so titled to spines], compiled by Thomas Tarne and Edward Wil...

Essex (Robert, third Earl of, 1591-1646). Broadsides on the Death of Robert 3rd Earl of Essex. 1646 [so titled on spine], London: various printers...

* Liber Amicorum of Richard Tate. Compiled while a student at the University of Copenhagen, April to October 1648, 112 leaves including blanks, a ...

[Pape, Libertus de]. Summaria Cronologia Insignis Ecclesiae Parchensis Ordinis Praemonstratensis sitae prope muros oppidi Lovaniensis ex archivo d...

Bacon (Francis). Historia vitae et mortis Franciscus Bacon de Verulamio, Amsterdam: Joannes van Revesteyn, 1663, 201, [47] pp., bound with Phaenom...

* Pepys (Samuel, 1633-1703) and the Navy Board. A series of 27 documents signed by Pepys as Clerk of the Acts of the Navy, together with documents...

[Pepys, Samuel]. Braybrooke (Richard Griffin, Baron). The History of Audley End. To which are appended Notices of the Town and Parish of Saffron W...

[LA FEUILLADE, François Aubusson de]. Journal de l'expedition de Monsieur de la Feuillade, pour le secours de Candie. Par un volontaire. Lyon: Che...

* Essex Deeds. A group of approximately 40 mostly vellum deeds relating to Essex, 17th century, including a declaration by John, Earl Rivers, at t...

Sidney (Philip). The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, 13th edition, London: Printed for George Calvert, at the Golden-Ball in Little-Britain, 1674,...

Lohner (Tobias). Instructio Practica..., 14 volumes in 9, mixed editions, Dillingen: Typis & Sumpt. Joannis Caspari Bencard, 1678-96, some volumes...

Braddon (Lawrence). Essex's Innocency and Honour Vindicated, or, Murther, Subornation, Perjury, and Oppression justly charg'd on the Murtherers of...

Breviary. An impressive large folio manuscript Breviary, Italian, mid 17th-century, comprising 187 leaves in total (173 on vellum and final 14 lea...

* Bacon (Francis). Letters of Sr. Francis Bacon... , written during the Reign of King James the First... , the whole being Illustrated by an Histo...

Somner (William & Battely, Nicolas). The Antiquities of Canterbury, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, London: R. Knaplock, 1703, ...

Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, Lon...

Queen Anne. An album of 26 engraved portraits of Queen Anne, circa 1710-1750, twenty-five 18th and 19th century line and mezzotint portraits, incl...

Rowe (Nicholas). The Tragedy of Jane Shore. Written in Imitation of Shakepear's Style, 1st edition, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cr...

Essex Acts of Parliament. A bound volume of six acts of Parliament relating to the county of Essex, 1719-1743, comprising: An Act for Enlarging th...

Gale (Roger, editor). Registrum Honoris de Richmond Exhibens Terrarum & Villarum quae quondam suerunt Edwini Comitis infra Richmundshire Descripti...

Farmer (John). The History of the Ancient Town, and once famous Abbey, of Waltham, in the County of Essex, from the Foundation to the Present Time...

Wren (Christopher). Parentalia, or Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens, viz. of Matthew, Bishop of Ely, Christopher, Dean of Windsor, etc. but chie...

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to...

Fielding (Henry). An Enquiry into the Causes of the late Increase of Robbers, & c. with some proposals for remedying this growing evil. In which t...

* Essex Deeds. A group of approximately 30 vellum and paper deeds and documents relating to Essex, 18th & 19th century, including a rental of free...

Congreve (William). The Works of Mr. William Congreve, Consisting his Plays and Poems, 3 volumes, Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. and R. Tonso...

Churchill (Charles). [Poems], 2 volumes, 1st collected edition, London: G. Kearsley, J. Coote, W. Flexney [et al.], 1764-65, without half-titles a...

Goldsmith (Oliver). The Traveller, or a Prospect of Society. A Poem Inscribed to the Rev. Mr. Henry Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith, M. B., 1st edit...

Walpole (Horace). Anecdotes of Painting in England, with some account of the Principal Artists…, 4 volumes bound in 2, Strawberry Hill: Thomas Kir...

Binding - [Matthewman, John]. Considerations of the Present State of the Controversy between the Protestants and Papists of Great Britain and Irel...

Baskerville Press. Orlando Furioso di Lodovico Ariosto, 4 volumes, Birmingham: Da' Torchj di G. Baskerville: Per P. Molini Librajo dell' Accademia...

Marshall (Joseph). Travels through Holland, Flanders, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, Russia, the Ukraine, and Poland, in the years 1768, 1769 ...

Cosway-style binding. Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; ...

Watson (John). The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, London: T. Lowndes, 1775, portrait frontispiece, 8 engraved pla...

[Herd, David]. Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads etc., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: John Wotherspoon for James Dickson and C...

Sheridan (Richard Brinsley). Verses to the Memory of Garrick. Spoken as a Monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, 1st edition, 1st issue, Lond...

[Madan, Martin]. Thelyphthora; or, a Treatise on Female Ruin, in its causes, effects, consequences, prevention and remedy; considered on the basis...

[Voltaire]. Epitre du Diable, à Monsieur de Voltaire, Compte de Tournay, prés Genéve, Aux Délices,1760, 16 pp., woodcut device to title, some dust...

Elliot (John). An Account of the Nature and Medicinal Virtues of the Principal Mineral Waters of Great Britain and Ireland, and those most in repu...