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1791250188London: J. Debrett 1791. iv ii 281 1 pp. interleaved. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco richly gilt in emblematic Rococco style a.e.g. metal clasps lacking connecting pieces. iv ii 281 1 pp. interleaved. 8vo. Goldsmiths' 14607; ESTC T45338 J. Debrett unknown
2074455mm x 615mm. 17 3/4 x 24. Large original watercolor with some damage. unknown
1915370851Denver: Privately printed 1915. First edition. 19 photographic illustrations in text including title-page vignette of Wyoming Sagebrush. 76pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Green wrappers stapled. Some chips to wrappers spine perished. Bookplate on the inside front wrapper. First edition. 19 photographic illustrations in text including title-page vignette of Wyoming Sagebrush. 76pp. 1 vols. 8vo. An interesting narrative of the author's childhood memories of life among the Indians of Wyoming mainly at Fort Washakie. Well illustrated with photographic illustrations of Shoshone and Flat Head Indians Chief Washakie scenes on the prairies etc. Mrs. English's father was an army officer in the 7th Cavalry and so most of her childhood was spent at remote western military posts. Huntington 292; Graff 1251; Kaplan 1817 Privately printed unknown
184842797Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman 1848. 1st edition original cloth boards 8vo viii pages 243 242 2 leaves; 24 cm. In Hebrew and English. Hebrew and English on facing pages with duplicate foliation. Singerman 1024. Rosenbach 636 Deinard 959 Goldman-Kinsberg 37. Vinograd Philadelphia 18. <br> The first English translation of the Ashkenazi prayer book published in America. “To unite Ashkenazic Jews in America using different prayer books and to provide them with an error-free text Leeser issued this work the first Ashkenazic prayer book published in America"--Goldman 37. <br> During the mid-19th century IsaacLeeser was the most prominent leader of American Orthodox Judaism and his writings show a defense of traditional Judaism against the changes in doctrine proposed by the growing Reform movement. Starting with Jewish publications in the 1830s Leeser is considered to have laid the foundation for a consistent Jewish printing industry in America. “Practically every form of Jewish activity which supports American Jewish life today was either established or envisaged by this one man†Bertram W. Korn “Isaac Leeser: Centennial Reflections†in American Jewish Archives Vol. XIX 1967 page 136.<br> Hebrew text is chiefly after Rabbi Wolf Heidenheim's celebrated Sapha Berurah. The most recent copy offered at major auction sold for $1250 in 2023. SUBJECTS: Siddurim -- Texts. Judaism -- Liturgy. Prayers and devotions. Ashkenazim. Germany. Poland. OCLC: 13891018. Wear on spine and cover spine internally fixed some pencil marks. Good Condition. A nice solid copy in original binding. BK5 AMR-69-3-. Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman unknown
18882540891888. hardcover. These documents are dated from 1884 to 1892. Several are signed in type by Robert Todd Lincoln American Ambassador to the United Kingdom Department of State. 13.25 x 8.25-inch slim folio-sized volume bound with marble boards and leather 20 pages with the addition of an important typed letter signed by Benjamin F. Butler investigating a mass inheritance fraud perpetrated on the citizens of America by con artists in the United Kingdom. During this period American citizens would be notified that they were heirs to a large unclaimed English Estate or perhaps a large sum of money held in the Bank of England. To receive their inheritance they were told that certain legal fees and real estate transfer taxes would have to be paid to agents of the British Government. Another variation of the scheme involved American con artists placing advertisements in newspapers calling themselves "European claim agencies" and charging Americans exorbitant fees for investigating the ownership of non-existing estates. Lincoln is flustered because the American Legation in London is receiving hundreds of letters from American citizens who were swindled and yet little was being done in the United States to educate its citizens to the magnitude of the fraud. Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine extract March 3 1891 ".since March 4 1889 one hundred and ninety 190 letters have been received at this Legation alleging the writers claims to large estates in England or to fantastic sums of money 'in chancery' or 'in the Bank of England' none of them containing an element of probability." In conclusion is a typed letter signed by former Union General Benjamin F. Butler 1 page on law office letterhead Boston November 14 1888 whereby he brings to light the vast magnitude of the con in part: ".I have now been more than 45 years in the practice of a legal profession more or less extensively. I have heard of more than 4500--I hope I do not exaggerate--cases of large estates in England awaiting American heirs and I have been consulted in a very great many and early in life looked into such matters; but I have not for the last 25 years at all because I never have heard of one dollar coming from England to any American heir on account of such estates. In the first place it is a legal impossibility unless the heirs are British subjects.all those I have ever known about are swindles." Leather binding worn at the spine with light fading to the marble boards. All interior documents are in good to very good condition.<br/> <br/> unknown
181817093Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1818. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 108pp. Publishers original drab brown cloth; upper board blocked in gilt with title within a floral design. Ink name on front pastedown. Cloth soiled binding lightly shaken gilt rubbed else a very good copy. The date of publication is taken from the Advertisement page 4. This seems to be the first Oliver and Boyd printing of a hieroglyphic Bible and the second Edinburgh printing after the Doig and Sterling edition of 1814. The accepted publicaton date for this Bible is 1818; three other known copies are known to have been issued either in quarter leather and marbled paper boards or in printed card covers. Our copy is in what is clearly publisher's cloth with gilt blocked on the upper board. This combination is unknown before 1826. It is likely then that the textblock while printed earlier was bound after 1826. Exceedingly scarce. Protected in a custom clamshell box. Oliver & Boyd hardcover
181817093Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd 1818. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. 108pp. Publishers original drab brown cloth; upper board blocked in gilt with title within a floral design. Ink name on front pastedown. Cloth soiled binding lightly shaken gilt rubbed else a very good copy. The date of publication is taken from the Advertisement page 4. This seems to be the first Oliver and Boyd printing of a hieroglyphic Bible and the second Edinburgh printing after the Doig and Sterling edition of 1814. The accepted publicaton date for this Bible is 1818; three other known copies are known to have been issued either in quarter leather and marbled paper boards or in printed card covers. Our copy is in what is clearly publisher's cloth with gilt blocked on the upper board. This combination is unknown before 1826. It is likely then that the textblock while printed earlier was bound after 1826. Exceedingly scarce. Protected in a custom clamshell box. Oliver & Boyd hardcover books
1830257842Thame Oxfordshire 1830. 50 pp of manuscript hymns responses and chants with four-part vocals and organ accompaniment. Oblong 4to. Bound in full black morocco covers blind-stamped and tooled in gold to a panel design with wide rolls stamped with the initials "S.E.W." on the front cover and "W" with a crown on the rear cover. 50 pp of manuscript hymns responses and chants with four-part vocals and organ accompaniment. Oblong 4to. A musical notebook beautifully bound in the Regency style belonging to Sophia Elizabeth Wykehanm 1st Baroness Wenman of Thame Park 1790-1870. She was an early love interest of the future King WIlliam IV - when he later ascended the throne he revived the title of Baroness Wenman. Provenance: Sophia Elizabeth Wykehanm 1st Baroness Wenman of Thame Park her monogram in gilt on the binding unknown books
1791250188London: J. Debrett 1791. iv ii 281 1 pp. interleaved. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco richly gilt in emblematic Rococco style a.e.g. metal clasps lacking connecting pieces. iv ii 281 1 pp. interleaved. 8vo. Fine Emblematic Rococco Binding. Goldsmiths' 14607; ESTC T45338 J. Debrett unknown books
2074455mm x 615mm. 17 3/4 x 24. Large original watercolor with some damage. unknown books
1787095086Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Colles Moncrieffe White H. Whitestone Byrne Cash Marchbank Heery and Moore. Complete in two volumes. Modern green cloth binding with gold title on spine covers stained spine darkened owner bookplate and collection stamp Rufus M. Jones Quaker author and scholar and peeled area inside back cover in both volumes. Binding tight pages lightly tanned with sporadic light foxing else pages good. Both volumes have two fold out illustrations one scenic and one map. Photos and greater description happily provided upon request. . Good . Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1787. Printed for Messrs. Colles, Moncrieffe, White, H. Whitestone, Byrne, Cash, Marchbank, Heery, and Moore hardcover
18882540891888. hardcover. These documents are dated from 1884 to 1892. Several are signed in type by Robert Todd Lincoln American Ambassador to the United Kingdom Department of State. 13.25 x 8.25-inch slim folio-sized volume bound with marble boards and leather 20 pages with the addition of an important typed letter signed by Benjamin F. Butler investigating a mass inheritance fraud perpetrated on the citizens of America by con artists in the United Kingdom. During this period American citizens would be notified that they were heirs to a large unclaimed English Estate or perhaps a large sum of money held in the Bank of England. To receive their inheritance they were told that certain legal fees and real estate transfer taxes would have to be paid to agents of the British Government. Another variation of the scheme involved American con artists placing advertisements in newspapers calling themselves "European claim agencies" and charging Americans exorbitant fees for investigating the ownership of non-existing estates. Lincoln is flustered because the American Legation in London is receiving hundreds of letters from American citizens who were swindled and yet little was being done in the United States to educate its citizens to the magnitude of the fraud. Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine extract March 3 1891 ".since March 4 1889 one hundred and ninety 190 letters have been received at this Legation alleging the writers claims to large estates in England or to fantastic sums of money 'in chancery' or 'in the Bank of England' none of them containing an element of probability." In conclusion is a typed letter signed by former Union General Benjamin F. Butler 1 page on law office letterhead Boston November 14 1888 whereby he brings to light the vast magnitude of the con in part: ".I have now been more than 45 years in the practice of a legal profession more or less extensively. I have heard of more than 4500--I hope I do not exaggerate--cases of large estates in England awaiting American heirs and I have been consulted in a very great many and early in life looked into such matters; but I have not for the last 25 years at all because I never have heard of one dollar coming from England to any American heir on account of such estates. In the first place it is a legal impossibility unless the heirs are British subjects.all those I have ever known about are swindles." Leather binding worn at the spine with light fading to the marble boards. All interior documents are in good to very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
1976L3 boxtemp446 ik<p>The Pilgrim Study Bible: Authorized King James Version KJV Red Letter Concordance Self-pronouncing Thumb Indexed Black Berkshire Leather 124. Editor-in-Chief: E. Schuyler English Associate Editor: Marian Bishop Bower and Contributing and Consulting Editors. Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Authorized King James Version. Including Self-pronouncing introduction to each book over 7000 annotations special helps comprehensive index. 1976 Oxford University Press. Black Berkshire leather 124 gilt edges red letter thumb indexed ribbon marker xvi1722 ppConcordance.</p> Oxford University Press.
1978L3 3v<p>A Dream of Red Mansion Complete Three Volumes. By Tsao Hsueh-Chin and Kao Ngo. English translation from the Chinese by Yang Hsien-Yi and Gladys Yang. First Edition published in 1978 Volume 1 Volume 2 1980 Volume 3 by Foreign Languages Press. Blue cloth hardcover toal 1908 pages: xiv599 pp Volume 1 iv701 pp Volume 2 iv586 pp Volume 3.</p> Foreign Languages Press. hardcover
1929541421929. A Monument of English Legal Scholarship English Reports. Full Reprint 1220-1873. Edinburgh and London: William Green & Sons; Stevens & Sons 1900-1929. Odd/Miscellaneous volumes available. We have 85 of 178 volumes available. 21 volumes worn original calf repaired with tape upper black red and lower black spine labels; 8 volumes original tan buckram upper black red and lower black spine labels; 56 volumes bound in green buckram with gilt spine lettering. Light to moderate shelfwear and soiling hinges of some volumes cracked or starting. Ex-library with stamps. Overall good to very good condition internally sound. See digital image. $995. This record contains volumes: 7; 10; 11; 13; 15; 18; 22 to 23; 25 to 30; 32 to 34; 43 to 47; 49; 64 to 69; 71; 86 to 92; 100; 103 to 105; 108; 109; 113 to 134; 142 to 149; 157 to 163; 166; 168; 169; 171; 174 The English Reports are a full reprint of all reports prior to The Law Reports except the Year Books and the collateral reports of the period retaining in bracket the original page numbers. "This is a literal reprint of English cases together with their original footnotes.where a decision has been affected by subsequent legislation the fact has also been mentioned.": Winfield The Chief Sources of English Legal History 196-197. Marke 14. unknown books
196431829-yf3122Kowloon, Hongkong: Cafa Company Ltd. 1964. XXXVII und 478 pages. Original cloth with original dustjacket (a little rubbed and bumped, the dustjacket with a few small missing parts and tears, otherwise a very good and absolutely clean copy) 27 x 21 cm). fest gebunden
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Modern black cloth bdg. Ottoman lettered on spine and board. No colophon page. A good copy. Foolscap 8vo. (18 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script. 38 p., 1 b/w portrait of Byron. The Prisoner of Chillon is a 392-line narrative poem by Lord Byron. Written in 1816, it chronicles the imprisonment of a Genevois monk, François Bonivard, from 1532 to 1536. After almost 100 years later, this poem wastranslated into the Ottoman Turkish by Abdullah Cevdet firstly printed in Geneva. Abdullah Cevdet, (1869-1932), was a leading Ottoman/Turkish free-thinker, materialist, and Westernizer. He was born in the town of Arapgir in Ma?muret?ül-Azîz Province of the Ottoman Empire and grew up in a pious, lower-middle-class Muslim household, where he received a strict religious education. His father's stubborn refusal of smallpox vaccination left him pockmarked for life and contributed to his eventual gravitation towards scientism. Abdullah Cevdet graduated from the Military Middle School in Ma'muret'ül-Azîz in 1885, and then entered the Kuleli Military Medical Preparatory School in Istanbul. Three years later, he enrolled in the Royal Military Medical Academy. At this time, he was still very religious; one of his early poetry books from this period includes a glowing "Na't-i Serif," a eulogy for the Prophet Mu?ammad. However, like many other cadets, Abdullah Cevdet's views underwent a drastic transformation in the academy, where he became an ardent scientistic thinker and materialist. Here he produced his first translations from major works of German Vulgärmaterialismus, such as Ludwig Büchner's Kraft und Stoff and Aus Natur und Wissenschaft. He continued to translate from European writers up until his death, including Vittorio Alfieri, Émile Boutmy, Lord (or George Gordon) Byron, Jean-Marie Guyau, Baron (or Paul-Henri Dietrich) d'Holbach, Friedrich von Schiller, William Shakespeare, and François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire). One of his most important contributions to Ottoman and Turkish intellectual debate was the translation of Gustave Le Bon's writings into Turkish and the introduction of his elitist ideas to the Ottoman elite. Abdullah Cevdet also continued to write poetry throughout his life. Although the poems he wrote in the academy bore strong Parnassian influences, his later work was increasingly Symbolist in nature. He also translated the Persian poetry of Khayyâm into Turkish. (Source: Oxford Islamic Studies Online; Cevdet, Abdullah). Özege 18963.; TBTK 7035. OCLC 754957413 (Not found an institutional copy in OCLC). First Edition. Extremely rare.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original color map. Folded. Oblong folio. (35 x 52 cm). In Ottoman script. Color lithograph. A very detailed and attractive Ottoman map of America. Scale: 1:12.000.000. Otherwise a very good copy. Slightly chipped extremities. Dated Hegira: 1311 = [Gregorian 1895]. Ali Seref Pasa or Hafiz Ali Esref. He was a soldier, who was schooled in Paris as a cartographer around 1862. Already in Paris he published his first atlas with 22 maps, called 'Yeni atlas'. Upon his return to Istanbul he became a chief cartographer at the Maatbaa-i amire Printing Press in Beyazit, which was the successor of the Muteferrika press from 1727. Among others he translated the large Kiepert map of Anatolia to Ottoman. He died in 1907, leaving his large project of a gigantic map of Anatolia in 100 sheets unfinished. Ali's name is often misunderstood or even listed as two different people: Ali Seref Pasa and Hafiz Ali Esref. Until the surname law adopted on June 21, 1934, Turks did not have surnames. They were born with one first name and were until the adulthood described only as sons or daughters of their parent's names. Later they were given titles such as Effendi (Sir), Bey (Chief) or Hanim (Madam) for higher classes, or they were given names according to their work or class. The names were not inherited by children until 1934, when the surname law was enforced. The map maker Ali received names Seref, the honourable, and Pasa, the dignitary. He was also known as Hafiz, the memorizer of Qur'an and Esref, Proud. So Ali Seref Pasa would have a meaning 'Honourable Dignitary Ali, and Hafiz Ali Esref, Memorizer of Qur'an, Proud Ali. Daruttibaa - Matbaa-I Amire Printing Press: The first press in the Muslim world, called Daruttibaa, was founded in Istanbul by Ibrahim Muteferrika in 1727, with a permission of Sultan Ahmeet III. It was located in Muteferrika's house. The first book was published in 1729 and until 1742 sixteen other works followed. After Muteferrika's death, the press was supressed for printing, as printed books were considered dangerous. In 1796 the press was purchased by the government and moved to Uskudar in Istanbul, and in 1831 finally to Beyazit, where it was renamed to Matbaa-i Amire in 1866. The press was closed in 1901 and was reopened in 1908 under the name 'Âmire' In 1927 the name changed to State Printing House. The press still exists and is known for publishing school and educational books. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.; Not in TBMM Map Collection.
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary cloth bdg. Foolscap 8vo. (19 x 12 cm). In Ottoman script. 152 p. The Bride of Lammermoor is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819, one of the Waverley novels. The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland, shortly before the Act of Union of 1707 (in the first edition), or shortly after the Act (in the 'Magnum' edition of 1830). It tells of a tragic love affair between young Lucy Ashton and her family's enemy Edgar Ravenswood. Scott indicated the plot was based on an actual incident. The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose were published together anonymously as the third of Scott's Tales of My Landlord series. The story is the basis for Donizetti's 1835 opera Lucia di Lammermoor. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti, (1797-1848). 54 years after the first edition in 1819 was published, and 38 years after the composition of Donizetti's opera, the Ottoman Turkish edition was published firstly in 1873, translated by Hamid. Zartanyan Publishing House was founded in the late 19th century in the Ottoman Istanbul, in Beyoglu district, around Suultanhamami by Zartan Efendi. Kevork Zartanian, (?-1888), was an Armenian publisher who founded his publishing house named Zartanian Publishing House in 1870. In the 18 years that passed from the publication of this book to his death, he has published books in many fields. Since he was also a music publisher (most likely), he published Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" because it was transferred to an opera by Donizetti Pasha in the early 19th century. According to Özege, Scott's translations into the Turkish language were only three. Other titles are 'Miyarü'l-makal' (1873) and 'Salahaddin-i Eyyubî ve Arslan Yürekli Risar' (1912). The last one was published in Mihran Publishing House was one of the early publishing houses in the Ottoman Empire which was one of the Armenian publishing houses. Özege 13789.; TBTK 8991. First Edition.
190525521Oxford: Clarendon Press 1905 1906 1921. 3 volumes. 8vo luxuriously bound in full tan morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe lettered and decorated with skillfully accomplished borders of gilt and black in panels of spines enclosing small gilt ornament covers decorated with a frame of a black enclosed within gilt fillet border with gilt ornaments at corners gilt ruled turn-ins a.e.g. xviii 726; viii 611; ix 582 pp. A fine set. An exquisite and handsomely bound set of this excellent collection of post-Elizabethan verse. Volume I contains Chamberlayne's "Pharonnida" and "England's Jubilee"; Benlowe's "Theophila"; and the poems of Katherine Phillips and Patrick Hannay. The second volume includes Marmion's "Cupid and Psyche"; Kynaston's "Leoline and Sydanis" and his "Cynthiades"; the poems of John Hall Sidney Godolphin and Philip Ayres; Chalkhill's "Thealma and Clearchus"; the poems of Patrick Carey and William Hammond; Bosworth's "Arcadius and Sepha"; and others. Volume III contains the work of John Cleveland Thomas Stanley Henry King Thomas Flatman and Nathaniel Whiting. Includes facsimile title-pages for the various works. Clarendon Press unknown
39412OXFORDSHIRE THE OAK TREE FINE PRESS 2010. LIMITED TO 200 COPIES AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. THIS IS NUMBER 39. PRINTED LETTERPRESS ON ZERKALL MOULD PAPER HAND BOUND IN CLOTH ILLUSTRATIONS BY EZEKIEL MABOTE. A FINE COPY. VERY RARE. OXFORDSHIRE, THE OAK TREE FINE PRESS, 2010 hardcover
40330Oblong folio 227 x 293 mm. Disbound. i manuscript index tipped-in 233 pp. including three blanks. Notated on 10-stave rastrum-ruled paper with watermark of a shield with "GR" below.<br /> <br /> Contains the following works:<br /> <br /> 1. Clari Giovanni Carlo Maria 1677-1754 adapted by Charles Avison 1709-1770. "Unto the Lord." Duet. 16 pp.<br /> 2. Clari/Avison. "O all ye Nations." Duet. 10 pp.<br /> 3. Carissimi Giacomo 1605-1674. "Hodie Simon Petrus." Duet. 5 pp.<br /> 4. Carissimi. "O nomen Jesu." Duet. 4 pp. Attributed to Giovanni Battista Bassani in RISM ID: 800226688.<br /> 5. Steffani Agostino 1654-1728. "Saldi marmi." Duet. 19 pp.<br /> 6. Steffani. "Dolce è per voi." Duet. 9 pp.<br /> 7. Clari. "L'Amante disperato" "O femina mendace". Duet. 16 pp.<br /> 8. Steffani. "M'hai da piangere." Duet. 11 pp.<br /> 9. Steffani. "Dolce labbro." Duet. 9 pp.<br /> 10. Purcell Henry 1659-1695. "In guilty Night." Trio. 9 pp. <br /> 11. Anon. "O sanctissima." Duet. 1 p. Not in index.<br /> 12. Handel George Frederic 1685-1659. "T'amo sì." Duet. Full score. 12 pp.<br /> 13. Kent James. 1700-1776. "Hear my prayer." Anthem for two solo voices and four-part choir. 10 pp.<br /> 14. Marcello Benedetto 1686-1739. "My God my God." Solo. Full score. 16 pp.<br /> 15. Marcello. "Da voi parto." Solo cantata. 10 pp.<br /> 16. Astorga Emanuele. "Ruscelletto che vai." Solo cantata. 10 pp.<br /> 17. Clari. "Ecco Amor ecco Amore." Trio. 21 pp.<br /> 18. Astorga. "Oh che voi direste bene." Duet. 14 pp. <br /> 19. Caldara Antonio 1671-1736. "Voi vene pentirete." Duet. 4 pp <br /> 20. Kent. "When the son of Man shall come." Anthem for three voices. 15 pp. Incomplete.<br /> <br /> All pieces in a single hand with the exception of items 11 and 20 in two different hands.<br /> <br /> With "Lady Cornewall" in contemporary manuscript to upper margin of index; "1792" to upper outer corner and "554" to upper inner corner of first page. Occasional pencil annotations including figured bass; half a measure canceled on p. 185. <br /> <br /> Disbound; first signature detached. Occasional small tears to edges; several minor inkstains to pp. 56-57; pp. 124-125 excised likely due to a scribal error with no loss of music; contemporary repairs to upper outer margin of p. 7; final leaf detached; remnants of red sealing wax to corners of index. It is notable that the all of the music in the present manuscript is drawn from repertoire significantly older than the manuscript's date of 1792 in some cases over 100 years earlier performance of music of the past being a relatively novel concept at the time.<br /> <br /> The Academy of Ancient Music was "founded as the Academy of Vocal Music in 1726 to revive the glories of 16th- and 17th-century sacred music and madrigals. Again though it was the music itself rather than profit that provided the inspiration the founders a mix of leading professionals and aristocratic enthusiasts; and again the society was formalized and admitted larger audiences as the century progressed - although these changes brought their own problems with an increasing partiality for later Baroque music including Handel's oratorios and a gradual decline in missionary zeal for the older repertory." Simon McVeigh in Oxford Music Online<br /> <br /> "Lady Cornewall" was most likely Catherine Cornewall 1752-1835 wife of Sir George Amyand Cornewall 1748-1819 a portrait of whom by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723-1792 is held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. The manuscript index is possibly in her hand. "Rather different in character was the collection made by the Cornewall family of Moccas Court Herefordshire which has almost entirely vanished. Fortunately a detailed and most interesting manuscript catalogue dated 1796 and now owned by Albi Rosenthal has survived. This was predominantly a vocal collection amounting to about 2000 items with some Italian bias but besides Alessandro Scarlatti and Jomelli it extended to Gluck. A special section of the catalogue dated 1795 contained music belonging to a Miss Cornewall who also owned R.C.M. MSS. 2061-4." A. Hyatt King: Some British Collectors of Music p. 17. unknown
New edition, 3 vols., royal 8vo (235 x 140 mm), [28], 541; [3], 544-1079, [1]; [3], 1084-1752, [8]pp., with the list of subscribers and final 4 pages of adverts, portrait engraved by Sherwin from the original folio edition (offset), nineteenth-century half calf, rebacked, rather rubbed. Samuel Ayscough (1745?1804) was a librarian and indexer, up until this index volume was published there was no concordance to Shakespeare's plays. "This was a speculation on the part of the publisher, John Stockdale, who paid 200 guineas for the index, which was designed to accompany his two-volume edition of the Dramatic Works. Here the words are arranged alphabetically with the lines in which they occur, then the name of the play, and in five separate columns the act, scene, page, column and line."?Wikipedia. Provenance: Ink ownership signature to front endpaper 'William Johnston, July 5th 1861'; later armorial bookplate of Colonel William Johnson, C.B. M.D. Army Med. Staff.
GOR003230545Paperback. Very Good. paperback
[16], 348, [20] p. Hardcover Very good condition, in gilt tooled vellum, lacking front lyleaes, inner front hinge cracked Same contents as STC 12688.5, but with single list of contents at end for all 140 meditations. Thomas Fuller wrote of the author: He was commonly called our English Seneca, for the purenesse, plainnesse, and fulnesse of his style. Not unhappy at Controversies, more happy at Comments, very good in his Characters, better in his Sermons, best of all in his Meditations.
