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LEATHES, Philip Hammersley ([1770]-1838)
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Volume of notes, 1771, on subjects including architecture in the plays of William Shakespeare

Folio day book in calf-skin binding including descriptions of chapel ornamentation in London; lists of architectural subjects; copies of letters by John Carter, principally concerning the role of the antiquarian; brief observations on the architectural content of scenes from plays by William Shakespeare, in particular, Richard III. 1 volume

Volume of notes on navigation by Francis Harrison, [1757]

Manuscript folio volume by Francis Harrison, formerly a pupil of Christ's Hospital, entitled, 'The elements of navigation', comprising mathematical tables with problems, including trigonometry, estimation of distances, oblique sailing, reckoning of longitude, compass variation, astronomical observations. With tables, colour charts and illustrations of sailing vessels. 1 volume

Volume of manuscript notes on religious subjects, 1691, with later related inserted items, 1817

Manuscript volume containing devotional exercises and describing liturgical forms, possibly preparatory notes for divine service, compiled by Richard Woodroffe of London. Including commentary on the Eucharist, thanksgiving, and the value of prayer, 1691. With insert containing extracts from Monthly review, April 1813, and European magazine, April 1813, mainly concerning the episcopate, and on George Wither, poet, from Monthly magazine, October, 1817. 1691, 1817. 1 volume with loose inserts

Volume of manuscript extracts from the Bible, [1350-1400]

Manuscript volume of biblical extracts including verses of the Epistle of St Paul, the apostles Peter and John and the apocrypha, mid to late 14th century. Bound with name 'Richard Triplett, 1724' inscribed on cover. Manuscript insert by Leathes including extract from the Vulgate, presented to him by The British and Foreign Bible Society, via the Reverend John Owen, 1813, [1350-1400]. 1 volume

Volume of manuscript copy extracts from ancient and contemporary sources, [1800-1838]

Manuscript volume entitled 'Collectanea ad historiam ingenii human spectantia', a collection of excerpts and commonplaces derived from a large variety of ancient and modern reference sources including the writings of Tacitus and Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de Montesquieu, covering topics as diverse as the kings of England, the history of medieval Germany, Spanish drama and modern developments in agriculture. 1 volume

Two volumes of bound printed pamphlets about Roman Catholicism in England, 1686, and 1810-1813

Volumes of bound printed pamphlets entitled Tracts relative to Roman Catholics, mainly comprising letters and reflections by a wide range of authors including Sir John Jervis White Jervis, Robert Stewart, second Marquis of Londonderry and Viscount Castlereigh, George Kenyon, Baron Kenyon, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, on a predicted rapprochement between the Church of England and Rome, on the ancient Church in Britain, scriptural translation, Roman Catholic missionaries in England, on penal sanctions against Roman Catholics in Ireland and upon Catholic emancipation in general. Also with extensive manuscript annotations. 2 vols

Papers, 1757 and 1811-1814, on observations of comets

Papers relating to the observation of comets including sketch of the progress of a comet by P. Collinson, 1757; Pamphlet entitled, A philosophical and familiar essay on comets. .. and the present comet. .. and reflections on the probability of the dissolution of this world by a comet (London, 1811), by David Rivers, with annotations on the subject extracted from Gentleman's magazine and other journals, 1812; extracts on a paper by William Herschel, astronomer, entitled 'Observations of a comet with remarks on the construction of its different parts', that appeared in Monthly review, April, 1814. 1 file

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