Manuscript catalogs of Dr. Charles Hutton's books, each volume in a single hand, arranged in alphabetical order and including information on place and date of publication, size, and number of volumes. The first volume contains books from his general library and includes a large number of volumes on scientific subjects, on algebra, geometry, physics, mathematics, navigation, and astronomy as well as biographies of scientific philosophers. The library also contains literary works such as Beggar's Opera and Polly, with the music; Congreve's works; and La Fontaine's works; travel diaries and narratives including those of Cook's yoyages; a biography of Benjamin Franklin and collection of his works; and works on military history. At the end of the manuscript is a tally in pencil showing totals of 2193 articles and 3315 volumes. The second volume contains only mathematical and scientific works in Hutton's library, which also appear in the first volume
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Charles Hutton (1737-1823) was a mathematician, professor, and foreign secretary of the Royal Society from 1777-1783. He was interested in applied mathematics and open to innovations from the continent, active in experiments with military technology, including studies in ballistics and bridge-building, and helped lay the groundwork for the reformation of British mathematics during the first half of the nineteenth century., In English., Note in pencil on flyleaf of vol. 1: Dr. Hutton's Library was sold 1816., Note in pencil on flyleaf of vol. 1: Catalogue Alphabetique des Livres qui appertient a Monsieur le Docteur Hutton chez lui a No. 36 Bedford Row a Londres., On title page of vol. 2: Catalogue of Doctor Hutton's Mathematical Library. Novr. 1815., Note in pencil on flyleaf of vol. 2: Charles Hutton died 1823 but his library was sold in 1816., and Binding: full calf; gilt decoration. On spine of vol. 1: Hutton's Catalogue. On spine of vol. 2: Catalog.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Mathematicians, Books and reading, Collectors and collecting, Private libraries, Science and technology libraries, and Intellectual life
Manuscript on paper, incomplete, containing a catalogue of acts of Parliament from approximately 1488 to 1610 ("septimo Jacobi Reg."). Formerly part of a larger volume; the leaves are numbered 280-370
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In English., Script: secretary script., and Binding: disbound.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Great Britain, and England
Title in letterpress, with engraved borders., Admission ticket for a benefit performance held for the dramatist James Cawdell who retired after a fall during a performance in 1797., and Possibly by Thomas Bewick.
"The biography and footnotes to the text were written by Peter Thomas. The illustrations were cut by Donna Thomas. The brown paper sample was made by Ray Tomasso. The book was letterpress printed on paper trimmed from the margins of an incomplete copy of Keble's Reports (which was printed in England in 1685)"--Colophon. and No. 180.
Publisher:
Peter & Donna Thomas,
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Peter & Donna Thomas (Firm), Thomas, Donna (Donna Sue), Thomas, Peter (Peter R.), and Tomasso, Ray, 1949-
Subject (Topic):
Miniature books--Specimens, Papermaking, and Papermaking--Great Britain--History
Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of historical observations and political analysis of developments in Anglo-Dutch relations from the reign of Queen Mary Tudor into the reign of Charles I. Written from a pro-Catholic and pro-Spanish point of view, the work laments the spread of Protestantism and religious discord in both countries, takes a highly negative view of the revolt of William, Prince of Orange, and charges the Dutch with ingratitude toward the English, who find the Dutch competing with them in the fisheries and in trade despite all of their lavish support of Orange and his allies. The last section of the manuscript returns to the subject of Queen Elizabeth's long reign and vividly describes "the difference of tymes" between the beginning of her reign and its sorrowful end.
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Binding: contemporary full calf, rebacked; both covers stamped in gilt with Monson's initials to the left and right of four small foliate gilt toolings. and Sir William Monson (1569-1643) began his naval career as a privateer, served in the English fleet sent against the Armada, and sailed with the Earl of Essex on the expedition to Cadiz. In 1604 he was named Admiral of the Narrow Seas by James I. A covert Roman Catholic, Monson received a secret annuity from Spain; when this came to light in 1616, he was briefly imprisoned in the Tower and dismissed from office. During the 1620s and 1630s his advice was sought concerning the establishment of a North Sea fishery, and he wrote a series of tracts on the history and state of the Navy.
Subject (Geographic):
England, Great Britain, and Netherlands
Subject (Topic):
Fisheries -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
An obese gouty man in trouble, while his attendants cavort. The man's kettle boils over scalding his gouty foot and startling the cat, in his alarm he knocks over the table and snaps the bell-rope; the couple cavorting in the doorway are oblivious to his strife
Alternative Title:
Careless attention
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Titles in French and English below image., According to Nicholas J.S. Knowles, this is a 20th century reproduction of a drawing by Rowlandson. For an etching after the same drawing, published in 1789, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.327. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 256., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Obesity, Home accidents, Household employees, House furnishings, Fireplaces, Kettles, Cats, Servants, Women domestics, and Lust
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
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1
Resource Type:
still image
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"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and surrounded by a chaotic and disreputable crowd; two chimney boys sit on the church wall, a dancing-bear interferes with a donkey's load and is about to be clubbed by the driver, the one-legged bear-leader (dressed in sailor's clothes) is engaged in a fight with a man swinging a flail, a rifle slung over a monkey's shoulder discharges to the horror of a black serving woman, a sow and her piglets up-end a woman as they charge across the street, a soldier stripped to the waist for a boxing bout is taking tobacco from a wrapper; to right, dishes of food are being carried into an elegant house where victory is being celebrated."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., State with the word "NDINTUR" added to the paper hanging from the upper window on the right. with other design enhancements. See Paulson., Fourth and final print in a series: Four prints of an election., Dedication etched below image: To the Honble. George Hay, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, &c,&c. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient, humble servant, Willm. Hogarth., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 2nd impression., and On page 177 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 43.4 x 55.5 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and surrounded by a chaotic and disreputable crowd; two chimney boys sit on the church wall, a dancing-bear interferes with a donkey's load and is about to be clubbed by the driver, the one-legged bear-leader (dressed in sailor's clothes) is engaged in a fight with a man swinging a flail, a rifle slung over a monkey's shoulder discharges to the horror of a black serving woman, a sow and her piglets up-end a woman as they charge across the street, a soldier stripped to the waist for a boxing bout is taking tobacco from a wrapper; to right, dishes of food are being carried into an elegant house where victory is being celebrated."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title engraved above image., State from Paulson., State with the word "NDINTUR" added to the paper hanging from the upper window on the right. with other design enhancements. See Paulson., Fourth and final print in a series: Four prints of an election., Dedication etched below image: To the Honble. George Hay, one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, &c,&c. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient, humble servant, Willm. Hogarth., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark: 431 x 555 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine