| Description | Manuscript volume containing texts on various subjects bound together:
(1a) Beilagen aus der Handveste zu Bern 1218-1711
(1b) Ides sur les mouvemens qu'a caus a Neufchtel la conduite des Compagnies du dit Pas, au service de la France, contre le Roy de Prusse [18th century] (24 + 6 leaves)
(2) Declaration de Joseph Guillaume, Bishop of Bsle, Prince du Saint Empire 1748 (8 + 4 leaves)
(3) Undersuchung derjenigen Burgerrechten welche lob. Stand Bern mit der Neuenstatt errichtet hat, und der Opposition des Bischofs von Basel und des dasigen Capitels dagegen von Herrn Bibl. Engel [18th century] (26 leaves)
(4) Extract Schreibens von Lucern vom 19 Aprilis 1757 uber die Obschwebenden Streitigkeiten mit Sargans nebst Antwort 1757 (4 leaves)
(5) Anhang und Anmerkungen Zu H D Rasselets Versuch uber die Schweitzerische Schutz und Schirmbundnussen [18th century] (6 leaves)
(6) Actenstcke aus der Schweizergeschichte 1521 (2 leaves)
(7) Zwey Schreiben an Lobl. Stand Lucern wegen Abdanken kaiserl. Schweiz. Leibwache samt dessen Antworten 1767 (4 leaves)
(8) Lamentations de Mr. de Broglio Traduit de Langlois [16th century-18th century] (4 leaves)
(9) Two letters from Samuel Engel to Joseph Mauro, the second dated 27 Apr 1748. |
| CustodialHistory | The manuscripts belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), baronet, an antiquary and bibliophile whose collection included c60,000 manuscripts of various kinds, some relating to the administration of Swiss towns. Various manuscripts were sold after Sir Thomas's death, some to the German government, and were dispersed to several libraries. Formerly Phillipps MSS (numbers (1)-(7) were respectively 3444, 3445, 3450, 3454, 3455, 3463, 3468); numbers (1b), (2), (8) and (9) were Engel MSS. |