Apollo Anglicanus, English Apollo, and Saunder. 1687. The second part
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 8 of 12 titles bound together., "Saunder. 1687. The second part" (caption title) has separate register., Signatures: A-B⁸ ²A⁸., Title page and calendar in red and black., and Contains advertisements.
Langford, Mr. (Abraham), 1711-1774, auctioneer, publisher
Published / Created:
[1755]
Call Number:
125 L278 755 3/11
Image Count:
172
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Priced., Signatures: A-B⁴., The seller was the physician and antiquarian Dr. Richard Mead, 1673-1754. This sale appears to be the English version of the second part of an earlier sale of the Museum Meadianum, which was printed in Latin.--Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques., MED,HSL 17th cent: Bound with the author's A catalogue of pictures, London, 1755., BAC: British Art Center copy annotated in pen and ink with prices for all lots. Armorial bookplate: Bibliotheca Lindesiana. Bound in contemporary smooth calf. Bound with Bibliotheca Meadiana, sive, Catalogus librorum Richardi Mead, M.D. London, 1754., and With extensive ms. notes recording prices paid throughout. Title pages are ruled in red.
Publisher:
Abraham Langford
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, Great Britain, and England.
Subject (Name):
Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Subject (Topic):
Art collections, Art auctions, Art, Private collections, Decorative arts, Prices, Private libraries, and House furnishings
Final page blank., Signatures: [A]-D²., Not in ESTC., Lewis Walpole Library 49 3885.2 v.1: No. 19 in a bound collection of catalogues, owned by Horace Walpole, with notes in an unidentified hand. Also with a drawing of a man playing a violin, possibly by Horace Walpole, in pen and ink over graphite., LWL: Ms copy, laid in Graves' collection of catalogues., and Bound to 25 cm.
Also appeared in Faden's General atlas. London : William Faden, 1811?., Depths shown by soundings., and Shows ports, sailing directions, etc.
Publisher:
Engraved & published by Wm. Faden,
Subject (Geographic):
Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate and Faden, William, 1749-1836. General atlas
Subject (Topic):
Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800, Coasts--Portugal--Maps--Early works to 1800, Coasts--Spain--Maps--Early works to 1800, Nautical charts--Africa, North--Early works to 1800, and Nautical charts--Medi
Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as a pdf., Red morocco by Clarke & Bedford. Bookplate 2 early state, and a copy of the 2d Strawberry Hill fleuron. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of Samuel Putnam Avery., and Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy, with copious manuscript additions and corrections, some on added leaves.
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780]., Includes descriptive notes and text "Division of South America with a summary account of its trade," and large ornamental cartouche., Inset map: Chart of the Falkland's Islands : named by the French Malouine Islands, and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1595. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000]., Prime meridian: Ferro., Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings., Sheets measures 54 x 122.7 cm., and Sheets mounted together to form 2 sheets.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Falkland Islands--Maps--Early works to 1800 and South America--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784, and Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe
Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784 Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Published / Created:
January 1st, 1787.
Call Number:
356 1787
Container / Volume:
BRBL_00114
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780]., Relief shown pictorially., Sheet measures 54 x 70.7 cm., and Shows vegetation, marshes, etc.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Europe, Eastern--Maps--Early works to 1800, Lithuania--Boundaries--Maps--Early works to 1800, Lithuania--Maps--Early works to 1800, Poland--Boundaries--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Poland--Maps--Early works to 180
Plaine and easie introduction to practicall musicke
Description:
BEIN Osborn fpa22: Illustrated title page hand-colored in green, red and tan. Autograph: Thos. Martin. Contemporary manuscript notes and markings. Armorial bookplate of John Whipple Frothingham (1878-1935), nephew and heir of William August White (1843-1927)., Title within illustrated border., Leaf [par.]4r has third and fourth bar of music in red and black; verso of 2nd leaf and recto of 3rd leaf of final gathering in red and black., Signatures: [A]² B-2A⁴ 2B⁶ [par.]⁴ *⁴ [three dots in a pyramid]⁴., Entered to P. Short and W. Hoskins 9 October 1596., and Errata on second leaf of final gathering.
Publisher:
By Peter Short dwelling on Breedstreet hill at the signe of the Starre
BEIR Eeca 704Pgb: Imperfect: Plates 12 and 17 wanting; map titled: A mapp of the Formosa, described by Candidus ... wanting. Frontis. is bound facing p. 1. Armorial bookplate of J. Archdeacon. On t.-p.: "Illustrated with several cuts. To which are added, a map and the figure of an idol not in the former edition.", BEIN Tinker 1693: Final [8] p. are numbered by hand. Final folded map is hand colored. Bound with his An enquiry into the objections against George Psalmanaazaar, London, [1710?]. Autograph of A.B. Drummond. Armorial bookplate of William Michel Sale., A fabrication. The author's real name is unknown. "Psalmanazar ... wrote in Latin, and the main portion of his manuscript was translated by Mr. Oswald ... What was not due to his own imagination he borrowed from Varenius's 'Descriptio regni Japoniae et Siam' (Amsterdam, 1649) or Candidius's 'Voyages'."--cf. DNB., and Contains two maps, both folded, and one folded chart. First map, entitled A map of Formosa, faces t.p.; second map, facing final p., has inset title: A mapp of the Formosa, described by Candidus, being Tyarvan and part of the coast of Formosa. Chart, facing p. 122, has title: The Formosan alphabet.
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 5 of 12 titles bound together., The portion of the title "the creation of the world, 5636 ... the death of K. Charles II, 2" is enclosed within brackets., Signatures: A-C⁸., and Annual almanac which ran 1657-1715; 6 lines of verse precede most of the monthly tables; advertisements: C6 and C8 versos.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Horton for the Company of Stationers
Extensive holograph annotations in The spectator (London: Printed by H. Hughs, for Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis ...,1789).
Description:
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hughes in volumes 1-7., Binding: contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt. Spines gilt with red morocco gilt title labels., Formerly owned by Prince Albert. Ex libris Thomas Hughes. Formerly owned by the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. Formerly owned by Paula Peyraud. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2009., Hester Thrale Piozzi (1741-1821), author and diarist, published one of the first biographies of Samuel Johnson, Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786); her Thraliana, a combined diary and commonplace book, was not published until 1942., Ownership inscription on front flyleaf of volume 1: H. L. Piozzi. 1794., Ownership inscription on front pastedown of volume 8: H.R.H. given to him by her Majesty Victoria., and Piozzi's annotations range from brief notes on the text of the essays to lengthy anecdotes; quotations from and comments on other English authors; and social and historical observations. There are eight references to Samuel Johnson, and several to the Prince of Wales; other historical figures mentioned include the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Nelson. Historical observations include the disappearance of road signposts; changes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays; variations in women's fashions and in attitudes toward women authors. Piozzi also includes personal reminiscences and corrections to the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861--Autograph, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Anecdotes, Hughes, Thomas--Bookplate., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Anecdotes, Peyraud, Paula, 1947-2008--Ownership, Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821--Autograph, and Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading--Great Britain, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, English prose literature--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), and Women writers
Extensive holograph annotations in The spectator (London: Printed by H. Hughs, for Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis ...,1789).
Description:
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hughes in volumes 1-7., Binding: contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt. Spines gilt with red morocco gilt title labels., Formerly owned by Prince Albert. Ex libris Thomas Hughes. Formerly owned by the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. Formerly owned by Paula Peyraud. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2009., Hester Thrale Piozzi (1741-1821), author and diarist, published one of the first biographies of Samuel Johnson, Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786); her Thraliana, a combined diary and commonplace book, was not published until 1942., Ownership inscription on front flyleaf of volume 1: H. L. Piozzi. 1794., Ownership inscription on front pastedown of volume 8: H.R.H. given to him by her Majesty Victoria., and Piozzi's annotations range from brief notes on the text of the essays to lengthy anecdotes; quotations from and comments on other English authors; and social and historical observations. There are eight references to Samuel Johnson, and several to the Prince of Wales; other historical figures mentioned include the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Nelson. Historical observations include the disappearance of road signposts; changes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays; variations in women's fashions and in attitudes toward women authors. Piozzi also includes personal reminiscences and corrections to the text.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861--Autograph, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Anecdotes, Hughes, Thomas--Bookplate., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Anecdotes, Peyraud, Paula, 1947-2008--Ownership, Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821--Autograph, and Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading--Great Britain, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, English prose literature--18th century, Spectator (London, England : 1711), and Women writers
Doni, Gio. Battista (Giovanni Battista), 1593 or 1594-1647
Published / Created:
MDCXL [1640]
Call Number:
Monteverdi 5
Image Count:
9
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Author's presentation inscription to Malatesta Albani. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Shelfmark in ms. on t.p. verso: M VIII 4. Accompanied by 3 leaves of ms. notes. From the Albi Rosenthal Collection of Monteverdi and the birth of opera. and Signatures: [dagger]⁸(-[dagger]1, blank?) A-3F⁴ 3G².
Publisher:
Nella stamperia d'Andrea Fei,
Subject (Name):
Doni, Gio. Battista (Giovanni Battista), 1593 or 1594-1647. Compendio del trattato de' generi e de' modi della musica. and Rosenthal, Albi, 1914-2004
Subject (Topic):
Music, Greek and Roman, Music--Acoustics and physics, and Musical instruments
"De cavaglieri che intervengono alla giostra": [4] p. at end. and Short description and numerous illustrations regarding the festival and tournament hosted by Ferdinand Maria in Munich 28 August 1658 for Leopold I, with verse from the performances.
Description:
"De cavaglieri che intervengono alla giostra": [4] p. at end., Biliothèque d'Arsenal's copy with 36 illustrations. Cf. Fêtes de la Renaissance, III, p. 412., Imperfect: Leaf A4 wanting. Extra illustrated copy with 42 illustrations on 65 leaves, the last 3 with German captions. All illustrations hand-colored. Text inlaid into sheets with height of 32 cm. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Fran. Comitis. de Haunsperg. Autograph: Haunsperg. Shelf-marlk label. Printed waste used in binding. No. 1 of 2 titles bound together., Short description and numerous illustrations regarding the festival and tournament hosted by Ferdinand Maria in Munich 28 August 1658 for Leopold I, with verse from the performances., and Signatures: A-C⁴.
Publisher:
[s.n.],
Subject (Name):
Comitis de Haunsperg, Fran.--Bookplate., Ferdinand Maria,--Elector of Bavaria,--1636-1679., and Leopold--I,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1640-1705.
Subject (Topic):
Tournaments--Germany--Munich--Early works to 1800.
Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780]., Relief shown pictorially., Sheets m, Sheets mounted together to form 2 sheets., and Title cartouche depicts local produce, a palm tree and a camel.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate, Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Cook, James, 1728-1779, Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing th, and Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794
Genesis (Anglo-Saxon poem) and Paraphrasis poetica Genesios ac praecipuarum sacrae paginae historiarum
Description:
Contains the Anglo Saxon Genesis, Exodus, and Daniel formerly ascribed to Cædmon, "Christ and Satan" or "Harrowing of Hell.", Interleaved with ms. notes by Jan Van Fliet. Autograph and ms. note on t.p. of William Griffith explaining that he had acquired this book in Breda in August 1667 from the library of the late Jan Van Fliet, who had written the annotations. The book had belonged to Isaac Vossius and had been given by Vossius's great nephew to Jan van Vliet (cf. ms. note on p. 1). Blind stamp and bookplate of the 6th Earl of Macclesfield ("North Library ...1860" surmounted by crest of the Earl of Macclesfield with motto "sapere aude")., and Signatures: [triangle of dots with parentheses]² A-O⁴.
Publisher:
Apud Christophorum Cunradi, typis & sumptibus editoris and Prostant Hagae-Comitum apud Adrianum Vlacq
Subject (Name):
Cunradus, Christophorus, bookseller, Griffith, William--Autograph, Griffith, William--Ms. notes, Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677, Macclesfield, Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme, Earl of, 1811-1896--Bookplate, Macclesfield, Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme, Earl of, 1811-1896--Stamp, Vliet, Jan van, 1622-1666--Ms. notes, and Vossius, Isaac, 1618-1689--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Bible--O.T.--History of Biblical events--Poetry, Bible--Paraphrases, English (Old), and English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100
Calendarium astrologicum and Almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 10 of 12 titles bound together., Title page and calendar in red and black., and Signatures: A-B⁸ C⁴.
Publisher:
Printed by B. Griffin for the Company of Stationers
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Markets, Astrology, Ephemerides, and Almanacs, English
Collection of poems by various authors, including Lorenzo de' Medici and Giovanni Boccaccio., Imprint from colophon., Ms. correction of text on final p.; each poem numbered in ms. Armorial bookplate: Ex libris Petri Ginori-Conti., Signatures: A⁴., and Woodcut on t.p.
Publisher:
Appresso Agostino Simbeni
Subject (Name):
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375, Ginori Conti, principe di Trevignano, 1865-1939--Bookplate, and Medici, Lorenzo de', 1449-1492
Binder's stamp: A. Tarrant, binder, 16 Gt. Queen St. Unidentified armorial bookplate with motto: Groeninghe velt., Blanks not digitized., Colored plates on paper with numbered, printed captions. Plates credit Catlin, McGahey, and Day & Haghe., and First edition, first colored issue.
Publisher:
Geo. Catlin,
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works. and Indians of North America--West (U.S.)
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755
Call Number:
Bg44 27y
Image Count:
3
Description:
BEIN Bg44 27y: Unidentified armorial bookplate with motto: Nec impetu, nec imperio., Signatures: pi² A-R⁸ S⁴(-S4, S3v blank)., and Title in red and black.
Description of the festivities surrounding the arrival of Christine of Lorraine in Florence, and her marriage to Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand-Duke of Tuscany; extensive illustration of paintings, statuary and other decorations by various artists.
Description:
"Con licenzia, & priuilegio.", Book one has illustrated, engraved t.p. on leaf A1r, with Medici arms., Book two has own, type, t.p., new pagination and register: "Della descrizione del regale apparato fatto nella nobile citta di Firenze per la venuta, e per le nozze della serenissima madama Cristina di Loreno moglie del serenissimo don Ferdinando Medici terzo gran duca di Toscana. Libro secondo ..." Title vignette with printer's eagle device. Leaves 2C3-4 not found in all copies., Dedications in both books signed: Raffael Gualterotti., Description of the festivities surrounding the arrival of Christine of Lorraine in Florence, and her marriage to Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand-Duke of Tuscany; extensive illustration of paintings, statuary and other decorations by various artists., Later impression, with corrections: see dealer's description for list of variants. Leaves 2C3-4 misbound after 2C1. Armorial bookplate: Ger. M.se d'Adda (Adda, Gerolamo d', marchese, 1815-1881). Binder's stamp: E. Niedrée 1847. Beinecke copy has folded plate inserted at end signed "Fran.co Gessels delin.e e scol.re", with ms. caption: Ballo de otto cavaglieri armati con solenniss.ma pompa practicato nel teatro d'Mantova per le nozze di quel s.mo sig.r duca con nobil. concorso l'anno i672. Second impression, with corrections: see dealer's description., Pagination errors., and Signatures: A-H² ²A⁴B²C-E⁴F²G⁴H-V²X⁴Y-2B²2C⁴2D²2E⁴2F-2O².
Publisher:
Appresso Antonio Padouani,
Subject (Name):
Adda, Gerolamo,--marchese d',--1815-1881--Bookplate., Christine,--of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany,--1565-1636--Marriage., Ferdinando--I,--Grand-Duke of Tuscany,--1549-1609--Marriage., and Padovani, Antonio, 16th cent., printer.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., Pageants--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., and Weddings--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
Description of the festivities surrounding the arrival of Christine of Lorraine in Florence, and her marriage to Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand-Duke of Tuscany; extensive illustration of paintings, statuary and other decorations by various artists.
Description:
"Con licenzia, & priuilegio.", Book one has illustrated, engraved t.p. on leaf A1r, with Medici arms., Book two has own, type, t.p., new pagination and register: "Della descrizione del regale apparato fatto nella nobile citta di Firenze per la venuta, e per le nozze della serenissima madama Cristina di Loreno moglie del serenissimo don Ferdinando Medici terzo gran duca di Toscana. Libro secondo ..." Title vignette with printer's eagle device. Leaves 2C3-4 not found in all copies., Dedications in both books signed: Raffael Gualterotti., Description of the festivities surrounding the arrival of Christine of Lorraine in Florence, and her marriage to Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand-Duke of Tuscany; extensive illustration of paintings, statuary and other decorations by various artists., Leaves 2C3-4 misbound after 2C1; signature Cc3 changed in ms. to Cc2. Round stamp on t.p. with initials "P.G.N." Faint ms. notes on front endpaper (No. 37...) and rear paste-down.., Pagination errors., and Signatures: A-H² ²A⁴B²C-E⁴F²G⁴H-V²X⁴Y-2B²2C⁴2D²2E⁴2F-2O².
Publisher:
Appresso Antonio Padouani,
Subject (Name):
Christine,--of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany,--1565-1636--Marriage., Ferdinando--I,--Grand-Duke of Tuscany,--1549-1609--Marriage., P.G.N.--Stamp., and Padovani, Antonio, 16th cent., printer.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., Pageants--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800., and Weddings--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
Armorial bookplate: Pri. de Fredericis., Final [3] p. blank., Signatures: pi² 1-6⁴ 7²., and The engraved frontispiece reproduces the commemorative medal.
Publisher:
Dalla Società tipogr. de' classici italiani,
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand,--Archduke of Austria,--1754-1806--Marriage., Maria Beatrice d'Este,--Duchess of Massa and Carrara,--d. 1829--Marriage., Pri. de Fredericis Bookplate., and Società tipografica de' classici italiani, printer.
Ephemeris and Diary, astronomical, astrological, meteorological, for the year of our Lord God, 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 2 of 12 titles bound together., First word of title in Greek characters., The words "astronomical, astrological, meteorological," are enclosed in brackets on t.p., Printer's name from Wing., Signatures: A-C⁸., Title page and calendar in red and black., and Contains advertisements.
Publisher:
printed by J[ohn]. D[arby]. for the Company of Stationers
anno Domini Mcccclxxxxvi die xii Iulii [12 July 1496]
Call Number:
2017 +317
Image Count:
808
Alternative Title:
Correspondence
Description:
BEIN 2017 +317: Capital spaces, some with printed or manuscript guide-letters. Capitals supplied in red or blue. Capital strokes in red, blue, green or yellow. Rubricated throughout in red or blue. Contemporary manuscript notes., BEIN 2017 +317: Provenance: 1. Antonio Pillone, 2. Odorico Pillone, 3. Venetian dealer Paolo Maresio Bazolle purchased from the Pillone family in 1874 and sold to 4. Sir Thomas Brooke (armorial bookplate) sold by his heirs in 1957 to 5. Pierre Berès (Bookplate: Libro no [in manuscript: 29] de la Bibliothèque Pillone, Pierre Berès). Acquired by the Beinecke Library from Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., BEIN 2017 +317: Binding: Contemporay brown Italian goatskin over wooden boards by Belluno bindery B, sides panelled and tooled to two different designs on upper and lower cover, with Hobson stamps 8, 11, 21, 25, and 26. Spine with four raised double-bands tooled with crosses, compartments decorated with diagonal fillets, flower-head and punch tools, 9 (of 10) bosses, 1 (of 4 clasps), 4 catches. Fore-edge painting by Cesare Vecellio of St. Jerome; title lettered vertically, top and bottom edges painted., BEIN Zi +5141: And other tracts. For fuller description see collation slip in volume., Imprint from second colophon on leaf 2D6., Signatures: pi⁶ a-u⁸ x⁴ A-2C⁸ 2D⁶ 2E⁸ 2F⁶., and Includes Regula monachorum ex epistolis S. Hieronymi excerpta (leaves 377-390, 2E1-2F6).
Esequie del re di Francia and Eseqvie d'Arrigo qvarto cristianissimo re di Francia, e di Navarra
Description:
"Con licenzia de superiori, e priuilegio.", Armorial bookplate on t.p. verso: P:V: Georgius Bergonci ex testamento., Errata on p. 51., Illustrations: twenty-six half-page etchings by Aloys Rosaccio, signed "AR", and an armorial title-vignette. The etchings are after paintings of scenes in the life of Henry IV used in the church decorations. Coat of arms on t.p., Signatures: A-N²., The text describes funeral decorations at San Lorenzo in Florence, mainly the twenty six paintings by various Florentine artists (cf. p. 17), depicting the life of the king, citing Latin inscriptions of each painting; includes a detailed description of the catafalque., and Woodcuts: historiated and floriated initials, head-and tail-pieces.
Publisher:
Nella stamperia di Bartolommeo Sermartelli e fratelli,
Subject (Geographic):
Florence (Italy)--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Bartolomeo Sermartelli e fratelli, printer., Bergonci, Georgius--Bookplate., Cosimo--II,--Grand Duke of Tuscany,--1590-1621., Henry--IV,--King of France,--1553-1610--Death and burial., Rosaccio, Aloys., and San Lorenzo (Church : Florence, Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Funeral decorations--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800. and Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy--Florence--Early works to 1800.
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:
Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
An album of prints with some drawings by Henry William Bunbury, assembled by Horace Walpole (ca. 1776-1782), and mounted with captions by Walpole along with prints etched or engraved after Bunbury designs by: W. Dickinson, F. Bartolozzi, Thomas Watson, J. Bretherton, J. Baldrey, and P.W. White. Includes a series "Hints to bad horsemen" and a portrait by Joshua Reynolds of a young Bunbury engraved by T. Blackmore
Description:
Title vignette., Title from t.p. printed at Strawberry Hill Press by Thomas Kirgate, mounted on p. [1]., and Original marbled boards with calf backs. Bookplate 2 early state. (Later state in the second volume). Press-mark C.19. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811. and Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811,
Subject (Topic):
English wit and humor, Pictorial, Animals, Horseback riding, Horses, Jumping (Horsemanship), and Peasants
Imperfect: lower corner of leaf G4 torn, with no loss of text; some loss of ms. marginalia, due to trimming. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Bredanense. Ms. shelf-label: 5347/Bis. Ms. annotations throughout text. Binder's stamp: Chambolle-Duru. Stamp on case: Lonstein-Laurenchet. and Sigantures: A-I⁴ K².
Publisher:
Apud Franciscum Morpanium, prope Carmelitas
Subject (Name):
Chambolle-Duru (Firm), binder, Lonstein-Laurenchet, binder, Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755--Bookplate, Morpain, François, printer, Proclus, approximately 410-485, and Vinet, Elie, 1509-1587
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic--Early works to 1800, Geometry--Early works to 1800, and Music--Early works to 1800
BEIN Ik G252 727 Copy 1: No. 1 of 2 works bound together with binder's title: Gay's Fables. Autographs of Walter Falk and Morley Hirsch., BEIN Ik G252 727 Copy 2: 26 cm. Armorial bookplate: John Holland., BEIN Ik G252 727 Copy 3: 25 cm. Bookplates of George Herbert Palmer and Chauncey Brewster Tinker., BEIN Tinker 1069: 24 cm. Bound with his The beggar's opera. 3d ed. London, 1729] Imperfect: p.173 wanting. In manuscript on t.p.: "O.F. [i.e. Charles Ford] given me by Mr. Gay 1727.", Signatures: [A]⁴ B-Z⁴ 2A²., and Final p. blank.
Fvnerale della signora Sitti Maani Gioerida della Valle
Description:
"Nel funerale di sitti Maani Gioerida sua consorte" by Pietro della Valle: p. 115-149 (in prose)., Account of the funeral of Maani al Jairudu della Valle held 27 March, 1627 at S. Maria in Aracoeli, Rome., Armorial bookplate: Biblioteca Peruzzi. Stamp: Ex libris D.A., Engravings: fold. plate of catafalque, portrait on p. [3] , coat of arms of Maani della Valle on t.p., family seal in Arabic & Syriac on p. 17., Includes epitaphs in Arabic, Armenian & Greek., and Pages 31-69 have verse in Italian, p. 70-114 in Latin, by members of the Accademia degli Umoristi, Rome.
Publisher:
Appresso l'Erede di Bartolomeo Zannetti,
Subject (Name):
Della Valle, Pietro, 1586-1652., Erede di Bartolomeo Zannetti, printer., Peruzzi--Bookplate., and Valle, Maani al Jairudu della,--1598?-1621--Death and burial.
Subject (Topic):
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy--Rome--Early works to 1800.
A collection of 20 proof states of the 27 prints after George Cruickshank used as illustrations for The Universal songster; or, Museum of mirth. Most are signed with Marshall's initials 'JRM', with two signed 'J.R. Marshall' and most identify the artist as 'G.C.' (i.e. George Cruikshank) or G. Cruikshank'. One print based on William Hogarth's "O the roast beef of Old England, &c." includes the attribution "From Hogarth by G.C."
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., The Universal songster; or, Museum of mirth was first issued by John Fairburn in weekly numbers beginning in 1825, and then shortly afterwards by Jones & Co.; see Cohn., Printed on india paper with three additional prints, all duplicate impressions on a different paper stock and all faulty. One duplicate plate is annotated in the top margin: "3 blocks by G. Ck. 9 blocks by RC. 1 block by [illegible]. Rimil 1863 r/m/. Out of Universal songster. Bone has the others.", Bound in calf gilt, all edges gilt; two auction records tipped on first blank., and For further information, consult library staff.
Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657.
Description:
A-H⁴ I⁴(-I4, blank?)., All illustrations hand-colored. Text inlaid into sheets with height of 32 cm. Armorial bookplate: Ex bibliotheca Fran. Comitis. de Haunsperg. Shelf-mark label. Printed waste used in binding., Libretto without the music., No. 2 of 2 titles bound together., and Opera composed by Johann Kaspar Kerll with libretto by Giorgio Giacomo Alcaini, orignally performed in Munich, 13 February, 1657. Cf. Grove music online.
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., author
Published / Created:
Mcccclxxxxiii die xviii Iulii [18 July 1493]
Call Number:
2017 +316
Image Count:
320
Alternative Title:
Works. 1493 and Tragoediae
Description:
BEIN 2017 +316: Capitals supplied in red or blue. Manuscript note on free back endpaper: Collated complete pp. B. Quaritch Ltd. [undeciphered initials]., BEIN 2017 +316: Provenance: 1. Antonio Pillone, 2. Odorico Pillone, 3. Venetian dealer Paolo Maresio Bazolle purchased from the Pillone family in 1874 and sold to 4. Sir Thomas Brooke (armorial bookplate) sold by his heirs in 1957 to 5. Pierre Berès (Bookplate: Libro no [in manuscript: 55] de la Bibliothèque Pillone, Pierre Berès), 6. Helmut Friedlaender (bookplate "HNF"; sale Christie's NY, 23 April 2001, lot 117). Acquired by the Beinecke Library from Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., BEIN 2017 +316: Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled brown goatskin over thin wooden boards, bound for Antonio Pillone by Hobson's Belluno Binder A. Sides panelled within triple fillets, outer and central compartments adorned with widely spaced small 4- and 5-petalled rosette tools, two inner borders composed respectively of a repeated blossom and leaf tool and leafy tool (see Hobson tools 1, 2, 7 and 11). Spine with two double raised bands tooled with intersecting triple fillets, 4 (of 10) brass bosses, 1 (of 2) clasps and 2 catches. Fore-edge painting by Cesare Vecellio of Seneca with abbreviated name and title ("SEN T") at bottom., BEIN Zi +4994: For fuller description see collation leaf in volume. Manuscript marginal notes. Worm-eaten, with some damage to text. Bound in old limp vellum, with flap, oriental style, and leather strap; part of the strap, presumably with buckle, missing. Manuscript notes: fol. 2a: "Es dela Libr1. de S. Miguel de los Reyes."; fol. 1a: "This book was given to me by Dr. Pedro Perez the antiquarian of Valencia May 8th 1844. Q. Ayshford Sanford." Dr. Perez's visiting card pasted on fol. 1a. 31 cm., Title from caption of text on leaf I (a1); imprint from colophon., Commentaries by Gellio Bernardino Marmitta and Daniel Caietanus., Signatures: A⁴ a-b⁸ c-z⁶ &⁴ (A1 blank)., and Woodcut initials, also capital-spaces with guide-letters.
Describes the entry of Charles IX and Catherine de' Medici into Bayonne to meet Elizabeth de Valois., Imperfect: wormed with slight loss of text. Unidentified armorial bookplate., and Signature: a⁴.
Publisher:
[s.n.],
Subject (Geographic):
Bayonne (France)--Social life and customs--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Catherine de Médicis,--Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France,--1519-1589., Charles--IX,--King of France,--1550-1574., and Elizabeth,--of France, Queen, consort of Philip II, King of Spain,--1545-1568.
Subject (Topic):
Festivals--France--Bayonne--Early works to 1800. and Visits of state--France--Bayonne.
A collection of sixty-four prints (mostly engravings and etchings) showing views of London and its vicinity, including views of Chelsea with Ranelagh, Hampstead, Highgate from Upper Halloway, Old Bedham with the gardens in front, Whitehall with the gatehouse, Grosvenor Square, St. Mary's Church on the Strand with old Somerset House, The Royale Mews in Charing Cross, St. James's Square with the Round Pond, Covent Gardent, Royal Gardens of Somerset, Hampstead, and scarce views of Barnes and Richmond as well as views of Twickenham, and many other scenes in and around London in the later half of the 18th century
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., Thames River (England), Saint James's Park (London, England), Twickenham (London, England), and London (England)
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 1 of 12 titles bound together., With a title-page portrait., Signatures: A-E⁸ F⁴., and With a final advertisement leaf.
Publisher:
Printed by J. Macock for the Company of Stationers
Merlinus verax and Almanack for the year of our Lord, 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 3 of 12 titles bound together., A lover of loyalty = John Gadbury., A different work from the "Merlinus verax" of Robert Neve., and Signatures: A-B⁸ ²B⁸ D⁸ E⁴.
Publisher:
Printed for the Company of Stationers
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Almanacs, English, Ephemerides, Astrology, History, and Chronology
"Inscriptiones appositae ad pompam funebrem": p. [2]-[12], second count., Armorial bookplate: Castel di Valmarino., Plate "Catafalco eretto nella regia ducal collegiata di S. Maria della Scala in S. Fedele pel triduo solenne di esequie celebrate alla Maestà di Giuseppe II imperatore, e re appostolico i giorni 9, 10, 11 marzo 1790" signed: Joseph Piermarini inv. delin., D. Cagnoni sculp; title vignette signed: Andrea Appiani inv. et delin., Cagnoni sc.; head-piece on p. III signed: Andr. Appiani inv. et del., Mercoli inc., and Signatures: [1]² 2-7² [8]⁶.
Publisher:
Nell'Imperial monistero di S. Ambrogio maggiore,
Subject (Name):
Appiani, Andrea, 1754-1817., Cagnoni, Domenico, ca. 1730-1797., Castel di Valmarino--Bookplate., Joseph--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1741-1790--Death and burial., Mercoli, Giacomo, 1745-1825., and Piermarini, Giuseppe, 1734-1808.
Subject (Topic):
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Italy--Milan--Early works to 1800.
Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1715?
Published / Created:
1703
Call Number:
Zc20 703Lag
Image Count:
13
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Nouveaux voyages. English
Description:
"A short dictionary of the most universal language of the savages": v. 2, p. 287-302., Armorial bookplate: Thomas Foley of Great Witley Court in the county of Worcester Esqr., Bookseller's advertisements: vol. 2, p. [1] (3rd count)., Includes index at end of volume two., and Vol. 2 has title: New voyages to North-America. Giving a full account of the customs, commerce, religion, and strange opinions of the savages of that country. With political remarks upon the courts of Portugal and Denmark, and the present state of commerce of those countries ...
Publisher:
Printed for H. Bonwicke ..., T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, B. Tooke ..., and S. Manship ...,
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., Canada--History--To 1763 (New France), Denmark--Description and travel--Early works to 1800., and Portugal--Description and travel--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Foley, Thomas--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Algonquian languages--Dictionaries--English., English language--Dictionaries--Algonquian., and Indians of North America--Canada--Early works to 1800.
Remarkable news from the stars and Ephemeris for the year, 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Imperfect: hole in corner of leaf B4, with no loss of text. Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 9 of 12 titles bound together., Subsequently published with title: Remarkable news from the stars., Quires [A]-B in red and black., Printer's name from Wing CD., and Signatures: [A]⁸ B-C⁸.
Publisher:
printed by A.G. [Alice Grover] for the Company of Stationers
Starry messenger for the year of our redemption, 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 6 of 12 titles bound together., Title page and calendar in red and black., Printer's name from Wing CD., and Signatures: [A]⁸ B-C⁸.
Publisher:
Printed by A.G. [Alice Grover] for the Company of Stationers
Olympia dōmata and Almanack for the year of our Lord God 1687
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 7 of 12 titles bound together., Title page and calendar in red and black., First two words of title in Greek characters., and Signatures: A-C⁸.
BEIN 2017 +313: Capital spaces with manuscript guide-letters. Capitals supplied in red or blue. Some Latin manuscript marginal notes. Contempory note on author and his times on front flyleaf., BEIN 2017 +313: Provenance: 1. Antonio Pillone, 2. Odorico Pillone, 3. Venetian dealer Paolo Maresio Bazolle purchased from the Pillone family in 1874 and sold to 4. Sir Thomas Brooke (armorial bookplate) sold by his heirs in 1957 to 5. Pierre Berès (Bookplate: Libro no [in manuscript: 58] de la Bibliothèque Pillone, Pierre Berès). Acquired by the Beinecke Library from Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., BEIN 2017 +313: Binding: Contemporary Italian goatskin over wooden boards, blind-tooled by Belluno binder A (see Hobson tools 3, 7 and 10), 7 (of 10) bosses, 2 clasps and catches, vellum endleaves. Title lettered in ink on upper cover "iulii [cor.tacitus] agricolae vita." Fore-edge painting by Cesare Vecellio of Tacitus with his name abbreviated at bottom: COR T. See Hobson, A. "Pillone library." in Book collector, v. 7 (1958), 28-37., BEIN Zi +5838 Copy 1: Book-plate of Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex. A few manuscript notes in margins. Ff. 160 (c.sig.y10, blank), 175-176 (c.sigs.&⁷⁻⁸, &8 blank) and 188 (c.sig.B6, blank) wanting; the text of f. 175a has been supplied in manuscript on a sheet of paper pasted at the bottom of f. 174b. Slightly water-stained., BEIN Zi +5838 Copy 2: Book-plate with the letters B and O in center. From the library of Dean Clarence W. Mendell. 27 cm. Ff. 1, 160 (c.sig.y10, blank), 176 (c.sig.&8, blank) and 188 (c.sig.B6, blank) wanting. Water-stained, worm-holes in the beginning; f. 2 mended. Old polished calf binding, stamped in gold., Ff. 160 (c.sig.y10), 175 b (c.sig.&7), 176 (c.sig.&8), 187b (c.sig.B5) and 188 (c.sig.B6) blank., The second, third, and fourth sheets of quire a are signed a¹⁻³, the rest of the quire being unsigned., Capital spaces blank., and Hain gives no imprint or date; Proctor leaved the book undated; Copinger and Voullième (in the Bonn catalogue) ascribe the printing to Christophorus Valdarfer, between 1475 and 1480, but in the Berlin Catalogue Voullième names Zarotus as printer and omits the date; Castan and Brunet date the book between 1475 and 1480, but name no printer; Collijn dates the book at about 1490; The Brit. museum cat. dates the book about 1487.
Philosophical transactions. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies and labours of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world
Description:
Continued by: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. A, and : Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. B., During suspension of publication: Philosophical collections were issued., Suspended between v. 12 (1677) and v. 13. (1683), and Vols. 1-46, 1665-1750, issued as no. 1-497.
Publisher:
Printed for B. Walford, Printer to the Royal Society, at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church yard
Subject (Geographic):
Royal Society of London. Philosophical collections
Subject (Name):
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. A and Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. B
BEIN 1999 +S9: 105-107, 109 in cases with binder's stamp: Bound by James MacDonald Company New York City; 105, 107, 109 have armorial bookplate: James Brodie of Brodie Esq.; 106 has ms. inscription "Liber Academiae Marischallana Aberdonensis", bookplate (with shelfmark): University of Aberdeen, armorial binding: Academia Marischallana Aberdonensis., Yale Med has only general index for Volumes 1-70, by Paul Maty, published in London, 1787 (gift of Dr. John Farquhar Fulton)., BEIN Z17 253: Vol. 40;Autograph of John Winthrop with presentation inscription to Yale Library; special copy bound for C. Mortimer, editor., BEIN 2006 +322 2: 24 cm. Autograph: William Gibson. Binder's stamp: Stikeman & Co. Binder's stamp in case: James Macdonald Co., New York City. In case with: Franklin, Benjamin. Experiments and observations on electricity ... London : E. Cave, 1751 and Franklin, Benjamin. New experiments and observations on electricity ... London : E. Cave, 1751., SML,YA46 40: Vol.1-vol.46 and index: Facsimile., Vols. 1-12, 1665/66-1677, with v. 12; Vols. 12-17, 1678-93, in v. 17; Vols. 1-70, 1665/66-1780. 1 v.; Vols. 71-110, 1780-1820. 1 v.; Vols. 111-120, 1821-1830. 1 v., Also issued online., and Vols. 105(1815)-107(1817), 109(1819) include contributions by Charles Babbage.
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 11 of 12 titles bound together., Part 2 has special t.p.: Poor Robin, 1687 : a prognostication ..., Advertisements: p. [7] and [48]., and Poor Robin = William Winstanley. Cf. ESTC.
BEIN Depew Ip K628 906p: Advertising matter, final leaf dated 15.8.06, on [4] p. at end, not noted in pagination., BEIN 2000 2003: Advertising matter on [10] p. at end, not noted in pagination. Bookplate: Henry C. Taylor., BEIN Richards Kipling 881: Advertising matter, final leaf dated 15.8.06, on [4] p. at end, not noted in pagination. Armorial bookplate of Sir Charles Oman. Autograph and presentation inscription from the author to Oman. Ms. poem "The coin speaks" in the hand of Kipling on half-title p. Kipling's fingerprint on t.p. Additional ms. stanzas added in Kipling's hand to "Puck's song" and "Rimini." From the David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling. In case with card and envelope addressed by Kipling to Omar and envelope and TLS from Geoffrey Dawson to Oman., BEIN Richards Kipling 806: Bound in red cloth with raised Ganesha device in gilt on front cover; pale yellow dust jacket with lettering in red; housed in black morocco slipcase. Advertising matter, final leaf dated 15.8.06, on [4] p. at end, not noted in pagination. From the David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling., and BEIN Richards Kipling 1024: Bound in red cloth with raised Ganesha device in gilt on front cover. Advertising matter, final leaf dated 15.8.06, on [4] p. at end, not noted in pagination. From the David Alan Richards Collection of Rudyard Kipling.
BEIN 2018 699: Contemporary limp vellum binding; ties wanting. Unidentified armorial bookplate., In 7 parts, [pts. 2-7] each with special t.p. "Aprobacion" ([pt. 2]) dated: 1752. Imprint (slight variations) appears on title pages to [pts. 2-7]; [pts. 4 and 7] dated: 1754., On title pages to [pts. 2 and 4-7]: compuestas por Pablo Minguet y Yrol (slight variations)., and Frontispiece has title: Academia musical de los instrumentos / que explica Pablo Minguet en sus tratados, los quales enseñan el nuevo estilo de tañerlos por musica, y cifra con perfecc[io]n.
Publisher:
Por Joaquin Ibarra ...
Subject (Topic):
Musical instruments, Instrumental music, and Instruction and study
A collection of approximately 130 drawings and sketches by John Chute and one etching and engraving entitled Chaucer's Grove by P. Mazell (artist James Pettit Andrews) given to Horace Walpole, for his renovation of Strawberry Hill, bound in one volume and with an additional 23 loose leaves, including sketches for the Gallery, Round Tower, and one inspired by a doorcase in Dugdale's St. Paul's for the presses in the Library. Some of the drawings have been annotated by Walpole and/or Thomas Kirgate
Alternative Title:
Original drawings and sketches
Description:
Title from ms. title page in Horace Walpole's hand., Title from Hazen: Original drawings and sketches., In English., John Chute (1701-1776), English architect and connoisseur of the arts and literature, member of Horace Walpole's 'Strawberry committee.', Bound in original marbled boards., Inscribed on front fly leaf: "Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 5, 1887.", On front pastedown, Carlingford's bookplate., Marble boards with half-leather. Written in ink in unidentified hand on front cover: Strawberry Hill (drawings). Paper lable on spine: "33.", The 3 volumes consist of 1 album and 2 cases., and Original marbled boards. Second Strawberry Hill Sale fleuron used as bookplate. Press-mark K.13, but moved to the Closet. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; probably kept in the Glass Closet until 1790. Inscribed on the fly-leaf: 'Lady Waldegrave from W.V. Harcourt, July 6, 1867.' Bookplate of Lord Carlingford, who married Lady Waldegrave in 1863.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Twickenham (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Country homes, and Buildings, structures, etc
Consists of 34 engravings by Salvatore Busuttil after his own designs, signed and dated between 1837 and 1839. Title leaf signed: G. Cattaneo.
Description:
Consists of 34 engravings by Salvatore Busuttil after his own designs, signed and dated between 1837 and 1839. Title leaf signed: G. Cattaneo. and Engraved title leaf is front pastedown, the unnumbered leaf and 33 leaves of plates are loose in binding, mounted on fabric and folded accordian style, measuring 1377 cm. in length. All leaves are hand colored. Armorial bookplate with motto: Semper progrediens [Rudolf Ritter von Gutmann?] Bookplate: The Brother Julian F.S.C. Collection, Manhattan College, New York. Binding: rebacked red Morocco, gold tooled with the Papal arms of Gregory XVI.
Publisher:
Presso l'Editore Deodato Minelli,
Subject (Name):
Cattaneo, G., Gregory XVI, Pope, 1765-1846., Gregory--XVI,--Pope,--1765-1846--Binding., Manhattan College. Library Bookplate., and Ritter von Gutmann, Rutter--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Corpus Christi festival--Italy--Rome. and Processions--Italy--Rome.
Speculum perspicuum uranicum, Almanack for the year of our redemption, 1687, Coelson, 1687. The second part of this almanack, and Second part of this almanack
Description:
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 4 of 12 titles bound together., Title page and calendar in red and black., The words "the death of our Saviour, ... was burned, 21 years." are bracketed together on title page., Signatures: [A]⁸ B-C⁸., and "Coelson, 1687. The second part of this almanack" has separate dated title page with "printed by Ralph Holt" in imprint; register is continuous.
Publisher:
Printed by A. Grover [and Ralph Holt] for the Company of Stationers
Two volumes, in two different hands, with drawings in ink (some colored) on vellum of swan marks granted by the King of England to persons who have lands valued at least 500 marks and who wish to keep swans, otherwise designated a royal bird and the property of the crown. The catalog of marks assigned to each family, in rough alphabetic order is preceded by a summary of various laws related to the keeping of swans and their designation as royal game. From Horace Walpole's 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex: Curious books in the glass closet in the library ... Two books of swan-marks, on vellum: extremely rare
Description:
In English and Latin., Title from preliminary leaf, larger volume, on paper bound in preceding marks on vellum leaves., Title on preliminary leaf in smaller volume: The swane booke., Both volumes with the armorial bookplate of Earl of Derby, 1775-1851 and press mark 25. B., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Two books of Swanmark's, 8vo, bound in vellum, and extremely rare.
Two volumes, in two different hands, with drawings in ink (some colored) on vellum of swan marks granted by the King of England to persons who have lands valued at least 500 marks and who wish to keep swans, otherwise designated a royal bird and the property of the crown. The catalog of marks assigned to each family, in rough alphabetic order is preceded by a summary of various laws related to the keeping of swans and their designation as royal game. From Horace Walpole's 1774 edition of Description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex: Curious books in the glass closet in the library ... Two books of swan-marks, on vellum: extremely rare
Description:
In English and Latin., Title from preliminary leaf, larger volume, on paper bound in preceding marks on vellum leaves., Title on preliminary leaf in smaller volume: The swane booke., Both volumes with the armorial bookplate of Earl of Derby, 1775-1851 and press mark 25. B., and Text from the 1842 Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole: Two books of Swanmark's, 8vo, bound in vellum, and extremely rare.
Onuphrio Muralto = Horace Walpole., The first state of the title-page, 1790, is found in thin paper copies, with uncorrected text, possibly for local sale., At least 2 copies on vellum have title-page in state 2, and text of the cancels., Half-title: Edwards's edition of the Castle of Otranto., BEIN: Vellum binding by Edwards of Halifax., and 25.5 cm. Frontispiece A and B. First leaf wanting. Extra-illustrated, including: folding map, drawings by F. Miller and G.P. Harding; 6 plates published by Harding in 1793; frontispiece of Sivrac's translation, 1795; Miel's plates from Berlin edition, 1794; Kirgate's notes; 2 trade cards.
Publisher:
Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, bookseller of London
Annales of England and Chronicles of England from Brute unto this present year of Christ 1580
Description:
BEIN 1987 303: 20 cm. Imperfect: final leaf 4G8 wanting; bled at edges with some loss of text. Few manuscript annotations throughout. Armorial bookplate of Edward Herbert, Viscount Clive., BEIN Osborn pa94: 20 cm. Manuscript pencil annotations concerning provenance; early manuscript ink annotations and corrections throughout. Ownership inscription of Margaret Barrie on page [32] at beginning indicates this book was left to her by her father Burton, read by her in 1675, and read by Oliver in 1679. Armorial bookplate of John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley. Bookplate of Michael Scott. Binder's stamp of Riviere and Son. Stamp of H. Sotheran, with explanation in manuscript that the book was actually bought from Pickering. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya., BEIN Osborn pa105: Quires ²[par.]-3[par.]⁴ (the table and errata) bound at end. Manuscript shelfmark "942" written on shelf label. Armorial bookplate of the Bishopsgate Institute, with its blind stamp on multiple pages throughout and ink stamp on title page verso, no. "1627" and classification "942" written in manuscript. Ink stamp of Quenby Library also on title page verso. Few manuscript annotations throughout, with a manuscript genealogical table on rear flyleaves in what appear to be two different hands. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya. Bound in 16th-century full English calf, with stamp: Sober Society. Accompanied by: bookseller's description (1 leaf)., "Apparently the first edition of the 'Chronicles' in the complete form"--BM., Later editions published as: Annales., Actual printer's name from STC., Signatures: [par.]⁴, ²[par.]-3[par.]⁴ A-3I⁸ 3K⁸(-3K7,8) 3L-4G⁸., Final page blank., Engraved title page showing the descent of sovereigns from Edward III., and Includes index.
Publisher:
By [Henry Bynneman for] Ralphe Newberie, at the assignement of Henrie Bynneman
BEIN 2013 1188: Armorial bookplate: Bryan Fausset. Inscriptions: Simon Hughes. Scant manuscript annotations on rear free endpaper. No. 12 of 12 titles bound together., Title page and calendar in red and black., and Signatures: A-C⁸.
Publisher:
Printed by Tho. James for the Company of Stationers
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Almanacs, English, Astrology, Ephemerides, and Markets
Armorial bookplates with captions "La vie durante" and "Pour dieu et pour terra High Legh Library"; manuscript notes throughout and interleaved in the hand of J.M. Osborn. Imperfect: v.1, pt.1 and pt.2 wanting.
Publisher:
Printed by H. Baldwin and Son, New-Bridge-Street, for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
High Legh Library Bookplate and Osborn, James Marshall--Ms. notes
Armorial bookplates with captions "La vie durante" and "Pour dieu et pour terra High Legh Library"; manuscript notes throughout and interleaved in the hand of J.M. Osborn. Imperfect: v.1, pt.1 and pt.2 wanting.
Publisher:
Printed by H. Baldwin and Son, New-Bridge-Street, for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand,
Subject (Name):
High Legh Library Bookplate and Osborn, James Marshall--Ms. notes
BEIN Im J637 W787: With "End of first volume" on p. 602 and "Vol. I" at foot of first leaf of each quire. Uncut, in original boards, spine missing., BEIN Osborn pc238: 21 cm. With "Finis" on p. 602 and no volume indictors. "Fac similies of Dr. Johnson's hand writing"--folded leaf after errata. Ms. notes throughout., BEIN 2004 252: 22 cm. With "Finis" on p. 602 and no volume indictors. Armorial bookplate: Barne., Errata on p. [16] at end., Signatures: [A]²(-A1) B⁸(±B4) C⁸(±C2,3) D⁸(±D1) E-L⁸ M⁸(±M5) N-R⁸ S⁸(±S7) T⁸(±2) U⁸ X⁸(±X4) Y⁸(±Y1,4,6) Z-2B⁸ 2C⁸(±2c4) 2D-2F⁸ 2G⁸(±2G7) 2H-2I⁸ 2K⁸(±2K8) 2L⁸(±2L1,8) 2M⁸ 2N⁸(±2N3) 2O⁸ 2P⁸(±2P1) 2Q⁴ 2R²(-2R2) 2S⁸., and Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and sons, T. Payne and Sons ...
ELIZ +06: This copy of the variation with misprint "gve" in vol.1, p. 135, line 10; and vol. 2, p. 29-30 and 301-302 in cancelled state. Bookplates of Chauncey Brewster Tinker and A. Edward Newton. Autograph of Dora Stratton., BEIN 1982 +140: In this copy "Advertisement" p. [ix]-xii of v. 1 misbound after t.p. of v. 2. This copy of the variation with misprint "gve" in vol. 1, p. 135, line 10, p. 271-272 in cancelled state; and vol. 2, p. 29-30, 301-302, and 353-354 in cancelled state. Autograph of Oldfield Bowles., BEIN Im J637 +W791 copy 1, 2 & 4: This copy of variation with the misprint "gve" in v. 1, p. 135, line 10. Vol. 2, p. 29-30 and 301-302, in cancelled state., BEIN Tinker +339: Bookplate of Chauncey Brewster Tinker. Presentation inscription to William Scott, Baron Stowell, from James Boswell., BEIN Tinker +338: Variant copy, with the correct "give" in v. 1, p. 135, line 10. Vol. 2, p. 29-30 and 301-302, in uncancelled state. Bookplates of Chauncey Brewster Tinker and Jessie F. Hay. Autograph of Samuel Yate and R.B. Price., BEIN Tinker +340: Bookplates of Chauncey Brewster Tinker and Ganson Goodyear Depew., BEIN Im J637 +W791 copy 4A: Proof of the engraving by James Heath of the Reynolds' 1756 portrait of Johnson (frontispiece in v. 1) in earliest known state., BEIN 2005 +244: 30 cm. With the correct "give" in v. 1, p. 135, line 10.; p. 271-272 in uncancelled state; and vol. 2, p. 29-30, 301-302, and 353-354 in uncancelled state. Original blue boards. Unidentified armorial bookplate. Armorial bookplate: Frederici Locker., and BEIN 2023 +1: This copy of the variation with the misprint "gve" in vol. 1, p. 135, line 10, and p. 271-2 and 273-4 in cancelled state; and vol. 2, p. 29-30, 287-8, 353-4, and 395-6 in cancelled state. Bookplate of Philip W. Pillsbury. Binder's stamp on front endpaper. Autograph letter, signed, of Samuel Johnson to Hester Thrale removed, housed, and classed separately as BrSides Box 2023 76.
Publisher:
Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry
BEIN Defoe 50 722 1: Armorial bookplate of Wadham Wyndham. Ms. note on front paste-down endpaper: Exlibris Hon. P[?] Wyndham., Fully described in Hutchins, H.C. Robinson Crusoe and its printing, p. 83-85., Title in red and black., With two final advertisement leaves., and Signatures: pi² B-2A⁸.
Publisher:
Printed for W. Taylor, at the ship and Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row
Other editions attributed to Richard King, a pseudonym. Cf. Nos. N50050 in English short title catalogue., Other editions published in 1771 and 1772. See English short title catalogue and Gentleman's Magazine, v. 41, issue 561., In square brackets, following imprint: Price. Two shillings., Not in ESTC., and Inlaid and bound to 35 cm. Dated in mss. on t.p. "1760". Copiously extra-illustrated with prints and clippings.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Cooke, No. 17, Pater-Noster Row ; T. Lewis, Russel-Street, Covent-Garden ; R. Mariner, Compton-Street, Soho; and T. Shepherd, No. 147, in the Minories
Autograph manuscript, heavily corrected, of a translation from the Greek of Musaeus (Grammaticus), concerning the tragic love between Hero and Leander.
Description:
Binding: Contemporary polished calf, gold-tooled edges, with title on spine: MS. Hero and Leander--W. Hayley., Bookplate, with lion and Maltese cross, and pencil inscription: Sub Robore Virtus; F.W. Cosens. [Frederick W., 1819-1889], For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Inscription on first page: 22 ff. 4to. n.d. Complete from Hero & Leander Close friend of Blake., and Title inscription in Greek: Mousaiou ta Kath' Hero Kai Leandron.
Subject (Name):
Hayley, William,--1745-1820. and Musaeus,--Grammaticus.
Subject (Topic):
Hero (Greek mythology) and Leander (Greek mythology)
Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England
Description:
(Cont.) The apology of syr Thomas More.--The debellacyon of Salem and Bizance.--The answer to the first part of the poysoned booke, whych a nameles heretike hath named the supper of the Lord.--A dyaloge of comforte agaynst tribulacyon.--A treatice to receaue the blessed body of our Lorde.--A treatice upon the passion of Chryste (unfinished)--Certein deuout and vertuouse instruccions, meditacions, and prayers made and collected by syr Thomas More knight while he was a prisoner in the towre of London.--Letters., [Dedication]--Table of the vvorkes.--A table of many matters conteined in this booke. Collected and gathered together by Thomas Paynell preist.--Foure thinges [poems] Mayster Thomas More wrote in his youth.--The lyfe of John Picus, erle of Myrandula, with diuers epistles and other workes ... translated out of Latin.--The history of King Richard the thirde, vnfinished.--A treatyce (vnfynyshed) vppon these wordes of holy Scrypture: Memorare nouissima, et ineternum non peccabis [De quatuor nouissimis]--A dialoge concernyng heresyes and matters of religion. The supplication of soules.--The confvtacion of Tyndales avnswere.--Letter impugning the erronious wrytinge of John Frith, agaynst the blessed sacrament of the aulter., 27 cm. bount to 29 cm. In manuscript, in several hands, on verso of t.p.: "Thy boke belongeth vnto Wyllyam Goodwyn [i.e. William Goodwin, Dean of Christi Church (d. 1620)?] ... And now to me William Rop[er] knight/June 1620/ And now to Antony Rooper esqre. June 1635 And now to Edward Rooper esq. June 1643 ...". On p. 1458 is an 8-line Latin poem in manuscript, signed W.R. (i.e. Sir William Roper, great-grandson of Sir Thomas More), followed by a manuscript genealogy of the descendants of Sir Thomas More through his daughter Margaret; according to it, Sir William Roper was born in 1557 and died in 1628. With the blank leaf [paragraph]10. Bound in old leather over wooden boards, with brass clasps, bosses, and strips. On the front cover is a strip of horn, framed in brass and lettered "William Rooper knyght." Bookplate of Aldenham House, Herts. (Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham)., Colophon: Thus endeth this boke. [paragraph] Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the hande and starre, at the coste and charge of John Cawod, John Walley, and Richarde Tottle. Finished in Apryll, the yere of our Lorde God, 1557 [paragraph] Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum., Described in Hoe, III, pp. 253-254., Edited by William Rastell, , whose name appears in the heading on [par.]2., Gothic type in double columns., Irregularities in paging: p. 89-96 are numbered by columns 89-104., Signatures: [superscript pi][par.]¹⁰ [par.]⁸ a-f⁸ h-2z⁸ A-2B⁸ 2C⁸(2C5+chi1) 2D-2Y⁸ 2Z⁶., The first quire was printed by John Cawood, the rest by Richard Tottel (STC)., and Title within architectural border.
Publisher:
At the costes and charges of Iohn Cawod, Iohn VValy, and Richarde Tottell,
Subject (Name):
Capuchins England West Sussex Stamp., Catholic Church--Doctrinal and controversial works--Catholic authors., Frith, John,--1503-1533., Gibbs, Henry Hucks,--1819-1907--Bookplate., Goodwin, William,--d. 1620 (?)--Autograph., Monasterium S. Francisci Stamp., Newcastle, John,--Duke of--Bookplate., Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494., Rastell, William, 1508?-1565., Richard--III,--King of England,--1452-1485., Roper, Antony--Ownership., Roper, William,--Sir,--1557-1628--Autograph., Roper, William,--Sir,--1557-1628--Bookplate., Roper, William,--Sir,--1557-1628--Ms. notes., Roper, William--Ownership., and Tyndale, William,---1536.
Subject (Topic):
Lord's Supper. and Monasteries--England--West Sussex--Stamp.
Workes of Sir Thomas More Knyght, sometyme Lorde Chauncellour of England
Description:
Described in Hoe, III, pp. 253-254., Edited by William Rastell, , whose name appears in the heading on [par.]2., Gothic type in double columns., Imperfect: leaves [superscript pi][par.]1-2 wormed, with no loss of text. Bound in two volumes. Contemporary inscription to Elizabeth Harrygton from William Harryngton. Inscription: John Harrygton, his booke. Contemporary manuscript poem on title page verso. Some marginal manuscript annotations. Armorial bookplate: Sr. Edward Blount. Stamps of the Monasterium S. Francisci (Crawley, West Sussex)., Irregularities in paging: p. 89-96 are numbered by columns 89-104., Signatures: [superscript pi][par.]¹⁰ [par.]⁸ a-f⁸ h-2z⁸ A-2B⁸ 2C⁸(2C5+chi1) 2D-2Y⁸ 2Z⁶., The first quire was printed by John Cawood, the rest by Richard Tottel (STC)., and Title within architectural border.
Publisher:
Iohn Cawod, Iohn VValy, and Richarde Tottell,
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Doctrinal and controversial works--Catholic authors., Frith, John,--1503-1533., Harrington, Elizabeth--Presentation inscription from W. Harrington., Harrington, John--Autograph., Harrington, William--Presentation inscription to E. Harrington., Monasterium S. Francisci Stamp., Richard--III,--King of England,--1452-1485., and Tyndale, William,---1536.
Subject (Topic):
Lord's Supper. and Monasteries--England--West Sussex--Stamp.
"This map is copied from an original drawn by Monsr. D'Anv, Also appeared in Kitchin's General atlas describing the whole universe. London : Printed for Robert Sayer, [1780]., Prime meridians: Ferro and London., and Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer,
Subject (Geographic):
Africa, West--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Abbot, Charles,--Baron Colchester,--1757-1829--Bookplate, Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782, Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. General atlas describing the whole universe, and Robert Laurie and James Whittle
Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano, Tragedy of Paulo Giordano Vrsini, Duke of Brachiano, Vittoria Corombona, White devil, White diuel, and White divel
Description:
For printing details and variants see "Studies in bibliography" VI, p. 117-40 and VIII, p. 113-7., Imperfect: bled with some printed marginalia wanting. Bookplates of John Kershaw, of Park House and Henry Huth., and Signatures: A² B-L⁴ M².
Publisher:
Printed by N.O. [i.e. Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Archer, and are to be sold at his shop in Popes head Pallace, neere the Royall Exchange,
Subject (Name):
Archer, Thomas, active 1603-1634, publisher, Huth, Henry, 1815-1878--Bookplate, Kershaw, John--Bookplate, and Okes, Nicholas, printer
BEIN Eliz +13: Armorial bookplate: Wm. Gott. Ms. letter from William Gifford to John Dent concerning the work. From the library of John Dent. Presentation inscription from Ben Jonson to Francis Young, with Jonson's autograph. Rebound, incorporating portions of contemporary binding, by C. Lewis in 1831., The title page is engraved and signed "Guliel[mus] Hole fecit"., The first leaf is blank., The subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. Of these, "Every man out of his humour", "Cynthia's revels", and "Poetaster" have title pages in varying states; see Greg for details. Pagination and register are continuous., A number of sheets exist in two different settings, and certain of these appear to be reprints done much later; see Greg, and "Studies in Bibliography" 40:106-20; 49:149-168; and 50:408-408., and Signatures: [par.]⁶ A-4P⁶ 4Q⁴ (3E3 signed 2E3; [par.]1 blank).
Publisher:
Printed by W. Stansby, and are to be sould by Rich. Meighen
A volume of drawings mostly by Vertue in various medium and some engravings, with the drawings mounted or laid in, including twenty-two portraits; eighteen other drawings of allegorical figures, scenes from mythology, and a scene from Richard Steele's Spectator (1711), in which Yarico is drawn as a Native American Indian maiden. Some of the drawings are copies of engravings including those by Pierre Berchet, Claude Lorrain, and other unidentified sources. A few portraits are unidentified but most have been annotated with the name of the subject, some with additional annotations in Horace Walpole's hand: Sr. R. Walpole from Wotton; W. Caxton, printer; Sr. Is. Watts; Coverd[?]; Henry Howard Earl of Surrey; Junus; Dr. Clarke; Dr. Swift; Milton; Joseph Bowles, with a note indicating that the sketch took 55 minutes; Scarpu(?); T. Hearne; Tho. Tristram, dated 20 April 1723; Mich. Bergers; Chr. Mazard(?); Dr. Tudway, with a portrait of the Earl of Oxenford on verso; unidentified portrait with a portrait of Vertue on the verso; unidentified scholar, dated July 1729 Cambridge. Also tipped in are: an engraved portrait of Darcy Wentworth by Willem de Passe; an engraved portrait of William Parsons by Simon Gribelin, after Pierre Berchet; an engraved portrait of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, by Goltzius; Hatchard, a gentleman of Berkshire who "was so very fat that he could not get into a hackney coach", S.G. sculp. Also included is a drawing of a pearl said to have been "taken out of the ear of my grandfather after his head was cutt off and given to the princess Royal. This the attestation of Queen Mary .. now in the possession of the Duke of Portland ... trans. by G. June 1735", later used for his engraving 1749? Also included is a portrait sketch identified as "Grimaldi" on wove paper and laid in (at a later date?) a sketch of a man on a sleigh pulled by a horse, also on wove paper
Alternative Title:
Drawings by Vertue
Description:
In English, some Latin., Title from Hazen., Leaves 14, 15 lacking images?, Binding: red morocco, now rebacked., Note on first blank in Horace Walpole's hand: "This was Mr. Vertue's, & most of the Drawings are by Him." Followed by a note in another hand: "Knowley Inner Library B.e. S.4. No. 21.", On front pastedown: Horace Walpole's bookplate (BP1)., Also on front pastedown: Armorial bookplate of Lord Derby on front pastedown, with his shelf mark "3.B"., and Red morocco, now rebacked. Bookplate 1. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Burgers, Michael, -1726,, Bowles, Joseph, 1692 or 1693-1729,, Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492,, Clarke, Alured, 1696-1742,, Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735,, Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677,, Milton, John, 1608-1674,, Oxford, Edward De Vere, Earl of, 1550-1604,, Parsons, William, 1658-1725?,, Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1517?-1547,, Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745,, Tristram, Thomas,, Tudway, Thomas, 1655 or 1656-1726,, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,, Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748,, and Wentworth, Darcy, 1592-1667,
A folio album of 144 caricatures mounted on 87 sheets, mostly etchings, with some aquatints and other satirical prints, some hand-colored, and one pen-and-ink drawing laid in.
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Laid in, a wood engraving: Principal characters, in the new play of the road to royalty! [London] : Printed and published by T. Rockliffe, 65 Ratcliff Highway, [1829]., Laid in, an etching: Rats in the barn, or, Iohn Bull's famous old dog Billy astonishing the varment / [figure of Paul Pry] Esqr. [London] : Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1829]., Laid in, an etching: Funeral of the constitution. [London] : Pubd. March 1809 by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, [1809]., Laid in, a lithograph: View of the Houses of Lords and Commons : destroyed by fire on the 16th Octr. 1834. [London] : Pub. by W. Soffe, 380 Strand, [ca. 1834]., Laid in, a pen and ink drawing on watermark paper G. Pike, 1817: The savior of this grateful country : to Kingston 1 mile to London x miles. [England], [ca. 1817]., Note on front pastedown: This book contains the caricatures published by Sayers during his life. This was his own copy and was presented to me after his death. [Signed] Eldon., With Lord Eldon's bookplate., and For further information, consult library staff.
