St John's College W.3 (part) (James 358)

Thomas Balguy, Lectures on Moral Philosophy. English, c. 1745

 

Thomas Balguy, of St John's College (1716-95): 'The following Pages contain the outline of a course of Lectures on Moral Philosophy, which were delivered in St John's College Cambridge by Dr Balguy and the References are in the Author's own writing' (nineteenth-century inscription on fo. 1r). Two separate sections, running from each end of the vol. Compiled c. 1745.

St John's College W.3 (part) (James 357)

'The Butterfly', English, c. 1795

 

St John's College U.71-74

Annotated copy of the 1738 Bodleian Library catalogue.

 

St John's College U.67-8 and U.69-70

Annotated copies of the 1674 Bodleian Library catalogue.

 

St John's College U.66

Catalogue of books from the library of Charles Taylor, August 1908.

 

St John's College U.64-5

A catalogue of the books bequeathed to St John's College by Thomas Baker. English and Latin, 1822.

 

St John's College U.57-63

Copies of historical documents relating to Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. Latin and English, c. 1820.

 

Historical documents relating to the university, colleges and town of Cambridge, to Cambridgeshire, and to the diocese of Ely, chiefly copied from the manuscripts of Thomas Baker (1656-1740), in seven volumes.

St John's College U.52-56

Ernest Hampden-Cook, Translations from the Old and New Testaments. English, 1922-31.

 

St John's College U.44-51

'Rotuli Parliamentorum'. French, Latin and English, late 18th cent.

 

Eight volumes forming an incomplete set of transcripts from medieval parliament rolls, covering the reigns of Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI, i.e. 1260-1437. It is not known for whom the transcripts were made or, in most cases, the sources from which they were taken. A printed edition of the Rotuli Parliamentorum, covering the reigns of Edward I to Henry VII (i.e. 1278 to 1503) was published in London in six volumes in 1767-77.

St John's College U.43

Album of menus compiled by L. Goodall, 1884-1900.

An album of 223 menus for dinners held at St John's College, at other Cambridge colleges, clubs and societies, and at other venues, between 1884 and 1900. The menus are mostly printed, although some are handwritten, and many bear arms, ribbons, and illustrations. Each page of the album typically carries four menus, but some have up to nine. The menus are not arranged in chronological order. The courses on each menu are mostly given in French, and only occasionally in English.

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