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Verlag: John Macrone, London, 1835
Anbieter: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Fair. 1835. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. Fully bound in leather with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Slight crinkling to gutters however binding remains firm. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Textblock edges dyed gilt. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate peeling to spine joint and edges. Minor wear marks to boards. Gilt lettering is darkened.
Verlag: HardPress Publishing, 2019
ISBN 10: 1318697050ISBN 13: 9781318697052
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
Buch
Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 334.
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Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2015
ISBN 10: 1330805542ISBN 13: 9781330805541
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
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Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut - Gepflegter, sauberer Zustand. | Seiten: 730.
Verlag: Cochrane and M Crone, 1834
Anbieter: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
1st Ed. 2 vols. xxvii + 424pp. + xxiv + 431pp. + [i]. Red and black lettered t.ps. with b/w. device. Port. frontiss. Some light browning, bookplate, contemporary speckled calf with gilt Signet lib. stamp to boards, some loss to corners, rebacked with much of original cracked and worn spines laid down, gilt lettered title labels to spines. US$69.
Verlag: WENTWORTH PR, 2019
ISBN 10: 1011308452ISBN 13: 9781011308453
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: Saunders and Otley, London, 1834
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). The second volume of Egerton Brydges 'Imaginative Biography', featuring a selection of eleven biographies of noted figures. In complete. Volume II only. Lacking volume I. A selection of biographical works of numerous noted men and women, written by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges. A bibliographer and genealogist, Brydges was also a Member of British Parliament. By far his best remembered works are his biographies, with his novels and poetical works largely forgotton. The individuals featured in this volume are: Sir Walter Raliegh, Charlotte Smith, Mergaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, Grey Lord Chandos, William Herbert Earl of Pembroke, William Browne, Nicholas Breton, Francis Petrarch, Michael Drayton, Samuel Johnson, and Torquato Tasso. An interesting collection of biographical works. With the bookplate of Charlotte Harrison to the front pastedown. Hardback. Externally rubbed. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and also to the extremities. Loss to the head and tail of the spine, heavier to the tail. Small amount of loss to the spine label. Tidemark to the rear board. Crack to the tail of the front joint. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are clean. Very Good. book.
Verlag: Geneva Vignier., 1832
Anbieter: Antiquariat Luechinger, St. Gallen, Schweiz
Buch
12x19, 227 Seiten, Hln, Nur Vol. I erschienen, also cplt. vorliegend. Sprache: englisch.
Verlag: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1814
Anbieter: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardbacks, no dust-wrappers. 4 volume set. iv, 571pp ; 550pp ; 564pp ; 578pp. Gilt titles to spines. Marbled edges. Boards somewhat worn. Slight creases to front free end-paper of volume 2. A decent set. (r31).
Verlag: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1824
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Leather. Zustand: Good. None (illustrator). An attractive edition of this bibliographical works of the poet Lord Byron. Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (30 November 1762 8 September 1837) was an English bibliographer and genealogist. He was also Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1812 to 1818. He wrote some novels and poems, now forgotten, but rendered valuable service by his bibliographical publications. In a half calf leather binding with marbled paper covered boards. Externally, sound though with rubbing. Internally, generally firmly bound. Front hinge is tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Good. book.
Verlag: Printed for F. C. and J Rivington, Otridge and Son, J Nichols and Co. T Payne, Wilkie and Robinson, et al., London, 1812
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hardback. Zustand: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A nine volume set of Collins's genealogical, biographical, and historical peerage of England by Egerton Brydges. Complete in nine volumes. Arthur Collins was an English antiquarian and historian. This is his most well known work, originally published in 1709 and 1712. The work went through numerous editions with increased number of volumes.Sir Egerton Parker published this 1812 sixth edition, bringing the book's contents up to date and describing Collins as "a most industrious, faithful, and excellent genealogist" whose only failing was a habit of regarding rank and titles with "too indiscriminate respect and flattery." First edition thus.Containing a complete peerage of England, with historical, biographical, and genealogical notes of the 'Blood Royal' and dukes, marquises, earls to the death of George II and the accession of George III, viscounts and barons up to the nineteenth century, and a short extinct peerage from the accession of King Henry VII with an account of peerage claims.Featuring illustrations of coats of arms to title vignettes.Detailed Index to rear vol. IX, unpaginated.No half titles as called for.Singular leaf of publisher's advertisements to vol. VII, and two leaves of publisher's advertisements to vol. IX as called for. Collated, complete.From the library of Anthony R. Wagner, long-serving officer of the arms at the College of Arms in London, one of the most prolific authors on the subjects of heraldry and genealogy of the 20th century. Inscribed to front free endpaper vol. I. 'Anthony R Wagner, Richmond Herald,' dated 1944. Rebacked with the original boards, spine, and title labels restored. Externally with shelf wear, bumped to extremities, original spine occasionally chipped, title labels lightly rubbed. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper dated 1944. Internally, firmly bound. Occasional light spotting and browning to odd leaf, pages otherwise generally bright and clean. Good. book.
Verlag: R. Triphook 1810 - 1814, London, 1810
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
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Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition Sir Egerton Brydges' four volume work of British bibliography, illustrated throughout, in a signed binding by Carss. The first edition of this work. Complete in four volumes. In a full calf signed binding by Carss, Glasgow. A limited edition work, being limited to two-hundred and fifty copies. This work is a concise bibliography of historic British works. Volume III contains 'A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie' by Thomas Tusser from 1557, 'The Paradise of Daint Deuices', published in 1576 with additions from 1580 and 1600, and 'England's Helicon' published in 1614. Volume IV contains 'The Mirour for Magistrates' by John Higgins, published in 1587. Written by Egerton Brydges. Brydges was a bibliographer and genealogist, as well as being a Member of Parliament. He published many works which were very valuable for bibliographical services, including 'Censura Literaria'. Also written by Joseph Haslewood. Volume I with four plates. Volume II with one plate. Volume IV with two plates. Collated, complete. In a full calf signed binding. Externally, smart. Light surface cracks to the spines. A little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Hinges of Volume I is starting but firm, resulting in the joints to be starting but firm. Front hinges of Volumes III and IV are starting but firm. Small crack to the head of the rear joint of Volume II, to the head of the front joint of Volume III, and to the tail of the front joint of Volume IV. Institutional stamp to the front pastedowns. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Volume II, 'Arnold Yates'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good Indeed. book.
Verlag: Geneva: G. Fick, 1822
Anbieter: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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First edition, 2 parts in one, lvi, 464pp., one of 75 copies printed, ex-library with several stamps, cont. quarter calf, lacks spine, uncut.
Verlag: London: printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker Ave-Maria Lane, 1821
Anbieter: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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8vo, pp. xii, 97; uncut in the original boards (upper cover becoming detached); remains of printed label on spine. First edition. This title is traditionally attributed to Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762-1837), but this book is not listed amongst his publications either by M.K. Woodworth in her biography of Brydges (1935), or in CBEL3, and there seems to be no compelling reason to assign it to anyone other than a real person called Wilfred Woodfall - possibly a relation of the family of printers. Another book of poems by the same author, Travels of my Nightcap, was published in 1825.
Verlag: London: printed for B. and J. White Fleet-Street, 1795
Anbieter: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Small 8vo, pp. xii, 113; with a plate opposite p. 29 (signed: J. Neagle, sc.), plate a little stained, else a good copy; disbound. First published in 1785, with a new edition the same year. Brydges, genealogist, private printer, and (less successfully) poet, novelist and economist, first published his poetry when he was just 22. It was did not receive the acclaim he had hoped for, even though he reprinted the collection, with additions, the same year, and then again in 1789. The present edition is expanded again: fifteen more sonnets are added (making a total of 32), and several personal poems at the end 'Verses upon ancient Mansions', an elegy to Mrs Lefroy of Hampshire, and an epistle to a friend, 'on a visit in Lincolnshire. on the Pleasures of Vicissitude'. Like the preceding editions, this one is very uncommon: ESTC locates just three copies in the UK (two at the BL and one at the Bodleian); plus six in the USA (Boston PL, Cornell, Florida State, Newberry, Rosenbach and Illinois). Online records consulted do not mention the plate at p. 29 in this copy, but as it shows a landscape by moonlight, and is opposite a sonnet addressed to the moon, there seems little doubt that it belongs.
Verlag: Lee Priory Press, 1814
Anbieter: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Erstausgabe
Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Hardback, contemporary half-calf, marbled paper covered boards. 23 x 15 cm. [10], 128pp, [1]. Title with wood-engraved vignette, a little spotted, otherwise contents pretty clean. One of an edition of 100 copies. Binding rubbed to extremities, joints splitting but holding. A second volume was published in 1818.
Verlag: Printed for G. & T. Wilkie. 1785, 1785
Anbieter: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Half title. Neatly bound in 20thC half calf, marbled boards. Retaining orig. e.ps & pastedowns. Armorial bookplate of John Foljambe, & contemp. ownership inscription on titlepage pertaining to the Foljambe & Cripps families. An attractive clean copy. ESTC T144980; four locations in the UK: BL, Brighton, Cambridge & NLS.
Verlag: Typis G. Fick, Genevae, 1822
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). A very scarce work by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges presenting various translations of 'Polyanthea Librorum Vetustiorum'. Two parts in one. A very scarce work. One of seventy five copies printed. With two ink inscriptions to the front endpaper. The first is illegible, and is dated 1838. The second reads F. William Cock and is dated 1903. In addition there is a ink inscription to the half-title page that reads 'By Sir S. E. Brydges'. Written by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, the English bibliographer and genealogist. This volume features Greek, Italian, French, Hipanicorum, and English translations. Hardback, with paper covered boards. Externally generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with light bumping to the extremities. The front and rear hinges are very lightly strained. The odd handling mark to the front and rear pastedown and endpapers. Two ink inscriptions to the front endpaper, alongside a tipped-in newspaper cutting, with an additional ink inscription to the half title page. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age toned to the extremities, with light spotting and the odd handling mark. Very Good. book.
Verlag: William Tegg & Co., 1853, 1853
Anbieter: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, Vereinigtes Königreich
New edn. 8vo. Contemporary full calf, elaborately gilt tooled spine with label, marbled edges and endapers (poor - edges rather worn and rubbed, outer joint split at top of spine; label chipped). Pp. cvi + 767, illus with b&w plates (previous owner'sbookplate on front paste-down).
Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60112493: 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 332 pages. Gravures et page de titre manquantes. Dos manquant. Plats défraîchis se détachant. Quelques rousseurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60112490: 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 303 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice (portrait) et en 1re page de titre. Dos manquant. Plats détachés. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60112491: 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 312 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en 1re page de titre. Dos manquant. Plats détachés. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Couverture rigide. Zustand: bon. RO60112492: 1835. In-12. Relié. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Dos abîmé, Mouillures. 320 pages. Gravures en noir et blanc en frontispice et en 1re page de titre. Dos manquant. Plats défraîchis se détachant. Quelques rousseurs. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.
Verlag: Press of Bonnant, Geneva, 1824
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Leather. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A limited edition copy of this biographical and critical work of poetry and poets prior to 1675, from the library of former Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery. A fascinating biographical and critical work of poetry and poets prior to 1675, containing brief characters of the English poets and a lengthy critical preface by Sir Egerton Brydges. Containing short biographies of notable poets such as John Skelton, Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Christopher Marlowe, and more.Written by Edward Phillips, seventeenth-century English author, and nephew of noted English poet and intellectual John Milton. Phillips and his brother were educated by Milton himself when he was young, and Milton's influence is apparent in this work.The third edition of this work, printed originally in 1674. This is a limited edition publication of only four hundred copies.Rebacked in contemporary speckled calf, with the original calf laid down to the spine and boards, by F. Bedford, with the binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper.From the library of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Roseberry, 1st Earl of Midlothian. Primrose was a British Liberal Party politician and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. His ink signature is to the front blank, and his library's stamp is to the title page. In full contemporary speckled calf binding. Rebacked, with the original calf laid down to the spine and boards, by F. Bedford, with the binder's stamp to the verso of the front free-endpaper. Externally, generally smart, with some shelf wear to the boards and rubbing to the spine, joints, and extremities. Ink signature to the front blank, and library stamp to the title page. Internally, hinges are strained. Remaining binding is firm. A few light spots to the pages, which are otherwise bright and clean throughout. Very Good. book.
Verlag: John Macrone, London, 1835
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Leather. Zustand: Very Good. J. M. W. Turner (illustrator). A smartly bound set of the poetical works of seventeenth century author, John Milton. Complete in six volumes. Each volume contains a frontispiece, with two plates two volume two, one plate to volume three, two plates to volume four, and one plate to volume five. Each volume should contain a frontispiece and one plate, but some have been bound incorrectly. All are present, collated complete. A collection of English poet and intellectual, John Milton's poetical works, including his 1667 blank verse epic, 'Paradise Lost'. Edited by Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, an English biographer and genealogist who acted as Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1812 to 1818. Illustrated by Joseph Mallord William Turner, known as William Turner, an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. Bound in half brown calf with patterned boards. Externally, smart with shelf wear and light rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot or handling mark. Age toning and light scattered spotting to the endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.
Verlag: John Macrone, London, 1835
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
Verbandsmitglied: PBFA
Erstausgabe
Leather. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. J. M. W. Turner (illustrator). First edition. A beautifully bound set of the works of seventeenth century poet and intellectual John Milton. The first edition of Milton's works to be edited by Sir Egerton Brudges. In half signed morocco bindings by Root & Sons.English bibliographer and genealogist Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges's edition of Milton's works, including his 1667 blank verse epic, 'Paradise Lost'.Illustrated with a frontispiece and title page, illustrated by English Romantic painter and watercolourist J. M. W. Turner, to each volume. Collated, complete.With the inscription of Rosamond Jay, 1914, to a front blank of each volume.A wonderful set of the works of this towering figure of English literature, a poet with an enduring legacy, described by Thomas Carlyle as 'the moral king of English literature'. In half morocco signed bindings, with gilt detailing to back strips and cloth covered boards. Externally, lovely. A touch of rubbing to joints. Inscriptions to a front blank of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to frontispieces and engraved title pages, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed. book.
Verlag: Printed For Thomas Tegg, London, 1842
Anbieter: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Finely bound example of Sir Egerton Brydges' compilation of Milton's poetical works. Octavo, bound in full morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt vignettes to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, all edges gilt, frontispiece portrait of Milton. In very good condition. English poet and polemicist John Milton was active during a time of religious flux and political upheaval and became best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost written in blank verse. Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown during his lifetime and introduced many new words to the English language. In his 1796 biography, William Hayley referred to him as the "greatest English author", and he remains generally regarded "as one of the preeminent writers in the English language.".
Verlag: PRINTED AT THE PRIVATE PRESS OF LEE PRIORY, BY JOHNSON & WARWICK, Lee Priory, Kent, 1815
Anbieter: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Buch Erstausgabe
Original Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. First. One of only 80 copies printed (this appears to be number 75). In original brown paper wrappers, marked and worn at the corners, but a good tight copy. Each page lined in black, 'revival' of the 1621 printing of Braythwayte's poems - he was born at Warcop in Westmorland in 1588 and died at Appleton in Yorkshire in 1673. The work is dedicated to Philip Bliss of St John's College. A well-preserved copy of an unusual item.
Verlag: From the Westmoreland Gazette 12 February, 1876
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Galley proof with 69 lines of text in a single column of small type, on slip of paper laid down on leaf removed from album. At foot: 'Westmoreland Gazette, Feb. 12, 1876.' In good condition, lightly aged. The text begins: 'Another personal link between the present generation and the band of poets and writers whose memory hovers around the Lake district has been severed in the death, last week, of Miss Rotha Quillinan. She was the second daughter of Edward Quillinan the disciple and friend of Wordsworth, a man of high culture, and a not unworthy representative of the Lake school of poets.' The article begins by discussing Quillinan's life and introduction to Wordsworth: 'A close friendship at once sprang up between the two, and the same year Quillinan left the army, and established himself at Spring Cottage, a house on the banks of the Rotha, where the subject of this notice was born. Fourteen lines are taken up quoting Edward Quillinan's 'well-known sonnet' on his daughter, beginning 'Rotha, my Spritual Child! This head was grey'. The circumstances following the death of Rotha's mother are described, including the travels of the Quillinan family ('[ ] in the winter of 1843 they took up their residence at Ambleside, passing the summers of that and the succeeding years at Belle Isle, Mr. Bridson's charming insular retreat on Lake Windermere, where Professor Wilson and others seem to have visited them. Two or three years later they permanently settled at Loughrigg Holme, a cottage built almost on the rock which forms the base of Loughrigg, and half way between Ambleside and Rydal Mount.') After Quillinan's death in 1851 his daughters continued to reside at Loughrigg: 'Miss Rotha Quillinan and her sister had won for themselves a repute for unostentatious goodness, and in Ambleside they have always been highly esteemed, especially amongst the poor, who attended the funeral last Saturday in Grasmere churchyard in large numbers. Her body lies in the plot of her godfather, Wm. Wordsworth, and on the banks of the beautiful river whose name she bore.' In manuscript on the reverse of the leaf on which the proof is laid down are the final stanzas of the poem 'Forgotten' by Elizabeth Akers Allen.
Verlag: Boughton Boughton under Blean Kent. 29 December, 1818
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
3pp., 4to. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with slight damage to a corner of the second leaf. Pencil note in another hand at foot of last page. Hamilton (1781-1876), Oriental Secretary to the British Embassy at Constantinople, published 'Antar: A Bedoueen Romance' with the London publisher John Murray in 1819. The present letter therefore relates to a pre-publicity copy of the book, which Wrighte has read with 'great pleasure'. Readers are, he considers, 'much obliged to Mr. Terrick Hamilton for presenting it to the Public in such an elegant English dress'. He complains that the book 'contains but little information with respect to the domestic habits of the Arabians' and no allusion to the Red Sea (despite the fact that it 'relates to the different Tribes of Arabs in Arabia Felix, bordering on the Coasts of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf'), but finds that it has 'every mark of genuineness'. He also discusses 'the Arabic names for the Constellations' and 'the pasturing of Cattle'. The latter part of the letter concerns his son Henry. He explains that he feels 'anxiety to get him into some situation within the Church or in some civil capacity at Home or abroad', and suggests that the reason why he has not replied to Brydges's 'kind Letter concerning him', may be that he 'has been improvident and I hope is now fully sensible of it, and is perhaps ashamed to write to you'. The Gentleman's Magazine, November 1854, carries a short obituary for Wrighte.
Verlag: Without date or place but published in 'The Metropolitan' magazine London July, 1832
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität
On both sides of a 33 x 12.5 cm strip of paper. In fair condition, lightly-aged, with tiny part of mount adhering to one corner, and the merest loss to another. 'Egerton Bry' is written in another small hand in light pencil at the head. The Osborn Collection at Yale possesses what its catalogue entry describes as a 'probably incomplete' section of the manuscript, ' purporting to be the memoirs of a certain John Fitznigel Clavering, whose career and interests bear a strong likeness to those of Brydges himself'. The Yale cataloguer is unaware that 'Clavering's Auto-Biography. Containing Opinions, Characters, &c., of his Contemporaries' was serialised in The Metropolitan magazine (London: James Cochrane and Co.), in 13 installments between March 1832 and November 1833. The passage in the present manuscript features in the issue for July 1832. Brydges' authorship was well-known at the time: the London magazine 'The Original' of 14 July 1832, in its 'Magazines of the Month', reports that 'The Metropolitan' is presenting a 'further supply' of 'the dish of pleasantly-seasoned gossip catered, we believe, by Sir Egerton Brydges, and called "Clavering's Auto-biography"'. The manuscript is a fair copy, with only a couple of minor deletions. The two sides of the leaf do not form a continuous narrative, a passage in the printed text relating to Joseph Haslewood having been excised. Otherwise there are no significant variations between the manuscript and the printed version, apart from 'sniffling' in the manuscript being given as 'snuffling' in the print text. It is an entertaining and informative piece of writing, and is indeed 'splendidly seasoned'. It reads as follows: '[recto] [.] Mrs Chapone was somewhat crooked in person, - and a little so in temper and mind. She was one of the ancient family of Mulso, of Northamptonshire. | Fat old Captain Grose, the antiquary, was as good humoured as he was droll. I remember him in lodgings at his publisher's, Hooper, in Holborn; and I attended the sale of his drawings. He left a son, Genl Grose, and a daughter, who I think married Mr Singleton, Captn. of Landguard Fort in Suffolk and was mother (if I mistake not) of the present Archdeacon Singleton, late private Secretary to the Duke of Northumberland in Ireland, - an agreeable man, full of wit and anecdote, whom I have seen at the Castle. | When in London, many years ago, I used to be in the habit of spending much time at the British Museum. There I saw numerous Literati, with whom I had no personal acquaintance. There I continually sat opposite to Joseph Ritson, a strange little, ugly, half-deformed creature, bitter, goggling, and self-conceited, sniffling over an old, ill-written manuscript, and poring to find out that some word had been inaccurately transcribed for the printed copy, - a consonant omitted, or a vowel filled up in the orthography - and then accusing the editor of a moral crime. He had no quality of mind, but industry, and got credit which he did not deserve. But I ought not to be so severe; - the poor creature was insane. | There sat D'Israeli, daily extracting from the voluminous MS letters of Ja. I & Ch. I. There sat William Gilford, preparing notes for [.] [verso] [.] was then poor, and almost | Once I remember talking about her to Caroline Symmons, wh when a child had been noticed her. Caroline Caroline was an exquisite poetess, and died, I think, at 16. Some of her ballads or songs are appended to one of Wrangham's Seaton-Prize-Poems. Her father Dr Charles Symmons, a learned man, (a native of Pembrokeshire, I believe) has not long been dead. He was a various writer in prose and poetry. I was once or twice in company with him; - a plain, and rather vulgar-looking man. His brother, John Symmons, a book-collector, is probably still living, at a great age. Dr S. wrote the Life of Milton - not a very good one. - He had more learning and industry, than genius. | I knew how to hit the chords of Caroline Symmons's imagination, and I brought out sweet notes from her. | I am rather fond of female authors, provided they are not pedantic. - I was once in company with the Miss Burys - clever women - but whom Lord Orford spoiled, and made affected and conceited. Tall ladies - no beauties! Their father was them - any thing but literary himself! | As to old John Aikin with his great bottle-nose, he was a sensib [.]'.