Holograph catalogue of Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield's library at Ethrope. The manuscript begins with an explanation of the shelving system at the library, followed by an index to the volume which divides the work by book size and language. The entries for each book include information about their shelving position and date published, and include historical, scientific, artistic, and literary works, as well as works on law and architecture. Holdings include biblical commentaries; John Dryden's plays; poems by Stephen Duck; numerous collections of prints and drawings, including William Hogarth's Collection of Prints and Darly's Collection of Caricatures; dictionaries in English, Italian, and French; Thomas Betterton's History of the English stage; and Horace Walpole's History of the royal and noble authors. The manuscript also includes several collections of musical works, including Cervetto's 6 Solos for the violincello and bass
Description:
In English., A note in the preface declares that "this Catalogue was taken in June 1778 by A. Edwards, no. 79 New Bond St. London.", Title from title page., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full red morocco. In gilt on spine: Catalogue Of The Library At Ethrope., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710., Cervetto, Giacobbe, 1682-1783., Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1755-1815., Darly, Matthias., Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756., Edwards, A., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Collectors and collecting, Nobility, Books and reading, Private libraries, and Intellectual life
Title from caption below image., "Canto XVII"--Following title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Title from text in image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text., Publication date based on sitter's death date., and Mounted on white paper frame: 379 x 261 mm.
Title from text in image., Text in image above sitter's name: nat. 1632; denat aetat 68., Text in image below sitter's name: "... whose tunefull [sic] muse affords the sweetest numbers and the fittest words. Addison.", Caption below image: Praenobili dno. dno. Edoardo comiti Oxoniae, &c. ad archetypu[m] museo Harleyano asservatum qua[m] par est observantia[m], D. D. Vertue sculptr., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and Mounted on sheet: 326 x 257 mm.
"Portrait of John Dryden, bust in profile to right but looking at the viewer; in an ornamental oval; theatrical attributes below; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., and Text below image: From the collection of the late Earl of Oxford.
"Portrait of John Dryden, half-length, turned to the right, holding laurel wreath in left hand; in oval frame with coat of arms in lower part."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Place of publication taken from printmaker's known place of activity., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0822.969., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
White, George, approximately 1684-1732, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1710 and 1730]
Call Number:
Portraits D799 no. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text. Title, statements of responsibility, and imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1950,0520.97., and Framed in white paper: 426 x 296 mm. Titled in manuscript.
Publisher:
Sold by Thomas Bowles, printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Caption title., Place of publication from theatre address., A playbill., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 162.
Publisher:
New Theatre in King-Street
Subject (Name):
Dryden, John, 1631-1700. and Morgan, McNamara, -1762.
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 71., and Dated in ms.
