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Letters from the English Kings and Queens Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Anne, George II, & C, To the Governors of theBiblio.com

(manuscript); HUNTING; ENGLISH VICTORIAN DIARYBiblio.com

English Victorian manuscript diary containing the hunting notes of a Pytchley man Charles W. Prescott 1871; amusing not only to the hunting-world

1870D11031England 1870s. Hardcover. Very Good. England Kent and Norfolk counties: c. 1871-1874. 8vo 175 x 115mm; 61 numbered pages in the hand of Charles W. Prescott detailing his various hunting excursions around the Kent countryside. Prescotts ownership inscription on front free-endpaper is dated 1871. His entries are easily read and cover Prescotts adventures on hunting hares with a skulk of foxes writing Found another in the same field ran her straight back to Old Park round the pond and the pack hunted her beautifully. Dec. 16 1871. The hunts took place over sprawling village and countryside or as he describes hop-gardens hills and ploughs of land in the Herne Bay area of Kent England. Many entries are headed by recognizable locations; Stroud Park Broomfield Hilsborough Wolston Heath and Chislet Mill and are dated with month and sometimes year. Only a portion of the way full his entries span about three years the first dated: Oct. 19 71 Stroud Park and last March 25 1874. Contemporary black morocco marbled endpapers and marbled endpapers with original brass clasp faint splitting at lower hinge of first few leaves strengthened at endpapers corners rubbed otherwise in very good shape especially considering it was wielded around so much of the Kentish countryside. Prescott makes many personal anecdotes about his day noting things in his surroundings like scent moderate or adding his opinions we could not kill I think we should have but the sun was too hot. Prescott often ends the entries with jotting down the days weather as something like very indifferent but as good as could be expected with a very cold east wind or simply stating Frost. It is evident from Prescotts personal asides that he was a vigilant huntsman quite dedicated to the task. Further personal glimpses reveal a record of his horses charming names including Salt Fish and Molly Malone. At the time Prescott was taking these notes Herne Bay area and the Kentish villages would have been teeming with people. The Victoria era was one of prosperity when elite English folk flocked to popular destinations to partake in their favorite pastimes. From 1873 on in the journal Prescott notes he was hunting with Pytchley by writing their name in parentheses. The Pytchley hunt is an organization originally based in Northamptonshire in formation as early at the 1630s. The organization is still active today. Pytchleys website notes that from 1819-1873 right as Prescott began with Pytchley for one year the Althorp and Pytchley countries were hunted by one pack with a second pack established at Brigstock. Prescott was part of the famous hunt organization at a time when it was amid significant change and expansion. His notes may keep further clue of such growth. While the huntsman himself may be unknown to history the anecdotal evidence in Prescotts diary gives us a glimpse of the Victorian man fond of his sport. hardcover

Sanctuary Books · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €

Bible. NT. English. Authorized. 1841. N. T.ABAA

The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; with the marginal readings; and illustrated by marginal references both parallel and explanatory and a copious selection carefully chosen and newly arranged.

184135204New York: John C. Riker 1841. 16mo 11 cm 4.4". Frontis. add. engr. t.-p. 2 350 pp.; 4 plts. A small hand-size English New Testament based on that of the Polyglott Bible. Riker printed several variations on this edition from 1831 onwards; in this case the added engraved title-page still gives the publication date as 1831 but the main title shows 1841. The text is printed in double columns with a central column of references and => illustrated with a frontispiece an additional engraved title-page wood-engraved headpieces and four steel-engraved plates the latter done by Illman and Pilbrow after various artists. Â Â Â Â Provenance: Tipped-in leaf with inked inscription: "Hannah M. Williams / Presented by directive from her grandmother Williams when on her death bed with this injunction to be read with careful attention"; in pencil below is "A precious legacy." Williams or a contemporary apparently took the directive seriously; there are several instances of pencilled bracketing marks of emphasis and marginalia in the "precious legacy" hand. Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary diced-grain red sheep covers framed in gilt roll surrounding gilt-stamped acanthus and acorn design spine with gilt-stamped title "Polyglott Testament" and decorative motifs board edges with gilt roll. All edges gilt. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â See Hills English Bible in America 768 for 1831 ed.; 1841 not listed. Bound as above rubbed at joints and extremities with front hinge inside cracked yet sound. Front pastedown and free endpaper with pencilled inscriptions dated 1853; inscription leaf as above; one front fly-leaf with pencilled annotations and with hole in lower center. Additional annotations as above; one plate with "My Saviour" pencilled in lower margin. Intermittent mild foxing and a bit of other staining; a few corners bumped. Worn yes still luminous in its own way and an interesting example of two early 19th-century women's engagement with the Bible. John C. Riker unknown books

Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Co., LLC (PRB&M) · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €

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