Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm of thunder and lightning; and To a lady with some of the author's verses. The collection also contains sonnets on ambition and on the death of a child; and, pasted in, a poem in Latin titled On Holbein's picture of Lord Cromwell
Description:
In English and Latin., Inside front cover: bookplate of Philip Yorke, 2nd earl of Hardwick., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Friendship, Nature, Occasional verse, English, Sonnets, English, and Social life and customs
Two country men lean together to look on as a third uncorks a wine bottle, all look pleased with their anticipated pleasure
Description:
Title from item., Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate numbered '21' published as part of a 1810 edition of Bobbin's Human passions delineated, with an engraved dedication page, a portrait of the artist, and at least 25 individual prints depicting human passions., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Manuscript on parchment (goatskin) of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), Laelius de amicitia. With marginal corrections by the scribal hand and interlinear and marginal glosses and variants by various contemporary hands
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by one hand in Gothico-Humanistica Libraria., The decoration is missing, but there are guideletters and spaces for 1-line initials (for the interlocuting personages) and 2-line initials (f. 1v). At the opening of the text space for a 7-line initial., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Greyish brown paper over cardboard. On the spine a black leather label with the gold-tooled title “CICERO DE AMICITIE. - MS.”.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
Subject (Topic):
Dialogues, Latin, Friendship, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on goatskin parchment of Contes Facinus (Conte Facino), Dialogus de amicitia (Dialogue on Friendship), with a dedicatory letter addressed to Francesco Molin (or Molino), dated Padua, 6 March 1470
Description:
Script: Copied by a single hand in Humanistica Textualis. The text at the end of art. 1 is triangular shaped., Decoration: Rich illumination in Paduan style. Pale red captions in the margins. Contains various images and figures, including putti, a griffon, an elaborate altar rendered in trompe-l'oeil, and candelabra. For more information see the detailed description filed in the collection., Binding: Italian, from the first half of the 16th century, attributed to the Manutius bindery. Composed of dark brown leather over pasteboard; both covers are blind-tooled (or silver-tooled) with a frame enclosing at the top and bottom two horizontal strapwork friezes. Remnants of tow clasps attached to the front board are preserved. Gilded edges., and In Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Facino, Conte.
Subject (Topic):
Friendship, Italian literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Album containing the correspondence of Benjamin Strutt of Colchester and John Pattison Jr. of Witham. The letters are highly literary in nature, and contain many references to, playful imitations of, and comments on MacPherson's Ossian, Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, the works of Laurence Sterne "and other obscene sentimental writers." They also document the men's classical studies, including quotations and translations from both Greek and Latin authors, as well as their interest in the moral philosophy of Shaftesbury and Lord Kames. and In addition, Pattison and Strutt exchange personal and family news, share scholarly and professional goals, chart their "inclinations" and "fancies", write elaborate set pieces called "Visions", and comment on their own friendship. A letter from Pattison attempts to console Strutt for the death of his son in 1781, noting that "the Cause of Death must be Accidental, and not Natural," and reminding him of their philosophical speculations.
Description:
Binding: contemporary half-calf, boards. and Title from front cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century
Subject (Name):
Kames, Henry Home,--Lord,--1696-1782--Influence, Macpherson, James,--1736-1796--Influence, Pattison, John--Jr.,--1758-1782, Strutt, Benjamin,--1754-1827, and Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Influence
Subject (Topic):
Classical studies, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Friendship, Sentimentalism in literature, and Students--Books and reading--England
Satire: a young couple seated together on a sofa as they drink coffee, a plate beside her on a table. The husband on the right has his arm around his bride as they look at each other fondly
Alternative Title:
Honeymoon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Two fashionably dressed young women dose on a sofa in a sitting room with wallpapered walls and a rug on the floor. A young man stands behind the sofa and quietly tickles the check of the young woman on the right. The friendship between the two women is illustrated by the long ribbon tied on one of each of their wrists; around their necks, each, too, wears a pendant with miniature portrait of the other. An open book between them on the sofa is titled "The Fair Seducer." An oval mirror hangs on the wall between two windows behind the young man
Alternative Title:
Weary after a walk
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '200' in lower right corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 8th September 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Friendship, Jewelry, Mirrors, Seduction, Sofas, Sleeping, Wallpapers, and Women
Two fashionably dressed young women looking over a letter together sit at a table beside a window in a well-appointed room with an ornate rug on the floor and draperies hanging before the windows. The letter begins: "Dear Sir, When last I had the honor of ..." On the table are a pen, ink set, and several books
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
Three good-looking young women sit before a large fire, pulling up their petticoats to warm their legs. The woman on the left has an open book inscribed 'Matrimony - To have and to hold' and appears to be reading to the others. A cat plays with a mouse (right). The wall-paper and carpet and the striped backs of the three chairs complete the design
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend and lily, upper left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd 2d July 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Cats, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Friendship, Interiors, Mice, Parlors, Reading, Wallpapers, and Women
Two young women sit near a secluded stand of trees looking at each other. The one on the right rests her arm on a picnic basket as she turns left to look at her companion who is stretched out behind her on the ground, a large white shawl draped over her head as she rests her check on her hand
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Lady Diana Beauclerk, English artist, 1734-1808., and For further information, consult library staff.
