Letter books containing copies of letters to and from their agents, chiefly in Constantinople, 1632-1661

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Title: Letter books containing copies of letters to and from their agents, chiefly in Constantinople, 1632-1661
Alternative Title: Letters of a Turkey merchant
Creator: Company of Merchants of England Trading to the Levant
Description: Eight autograph letters signed to Sir. Andrew Rickard laid in v. 1.
These manuscripts were all purchased by Horace Walpole in the sale of Sir Julius Caesar's manuscripts, Paterson, 14-16 December 1757. Sold variously at Strawberry Hill, as listed below. Sir Frederic Madden tried to get as many of the Caesar manuscripts as he could for the British Museum. His Diary (now in the Bodleian) tells the story, as quoted by Mr. Lewis in his third lecture. On May 6th Rodd brought him 'the two best volumes' of the Caesar manuscripts (apparently lots 152 and 154), for which in the settlement he paid £240; he added that they cost the booksellers (in the Ring) at the sale about £140: lot 152 was run up by Boone, but Madden noted that the low price for lot 154 (£31.10.0 for a collection worth 200 guineas) made up for the high price of lot 152.
Levant Company. Letter Books. Copies of letters to and from their agents, chiefly in Constantinople, 1632-1661. Manuscript. Three volumes, folio. Old vellum. Bookplate 1 in Volumes 2 and 3.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole, with his bookplate in v. 2 and 3 and his annotation on the inside cover of v. 3: "Bought at sale of Sir Julius Caesar's MSS, Dec. 1757". Later owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Robinson, March 1949. Lot 82 in the Caesar Sale; Horace Walpole's note in Volume 3 that he bought them at the Caesar Sale. The three volumes were separated in the sale in 1842, perhaps because Horace Walpole's note was in the third volume. Note by Phillipps in Vols. 1 and 2: 'From Strawberry Hill 1842. P.'
Extent: 3 v.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

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Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 49 2535 7
Container / Volume: v.1

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Subjects: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, bart., 1792-1872 > Ownership
Caesar, Julius, Sir, 1558-1636 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Bookplate
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Letter books containing copies of letters to and from their agents, chiefly in Constantinople, 1632-1661

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