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1.
A riddle

Published / Created:
Undated
Call Number:
Osborn c578
Collection Title:
Miscellan. poems,
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
The skillet
Subject (Topic):
English literature --18th century, English poetry --18th century, and Occasional verse, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A riddle

3.
Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Published / Created:
1794-1812
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 527
Image Count:
3
Abstract:
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., 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, Spectator (London, England : 1711), 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, and Women writers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

5.
[Autograph letter signed] 1804 May 22, St. Paul's Churchyard [to] Francis Wingrave, Strand

Creator:
Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809
Published / Created:
1804 May 22
Call Number:
Osborn c317
Collection Title:
[Letters and papers concerning the publication of the first four London editions of Goldsmith’s
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Intellectual life --18th century
Subject (Name):
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, Warner, William, ca. 1813-1848, and Wingrave, F. (Francis)
Subject (Topic):
Accounting and English literature --18th century
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Autograph letter signed] 1804 May 22, St. Paul's Churchyard [to] Francis Wingrave, Strand

6.
[Selection of Hester Lynch Piozzi's annotations in the Spectator]

Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Published / Created:
1794-1812
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 527
Collection Title:
Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
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):
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821 and Spectator (London, England : 1711)
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading --Great Britain, English literature --18th century, English poetry --18th century, English prose literature --18th century, and Women writers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Selection of Hester Lynch Piozzi's annotations in the Spectator]

7.
[Selection of Hester Lynch Piozzi's annotations in the Spectator]

Creator:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Published / Created:
1794-1812
Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 527
Collection Title:
Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
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):
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821 and Spectator (London, England : 1711)
Subject (Topic):
Books and reading --Great Britain, English literature --18th century, English poetry --18th century, English prose literature --18th century, and Women writers
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Selection of Hester Lynch Piozzi's annotations in the Spectator]