Letter books containing copies of letters to and from their agents, chiefly in Constantinople, 1632-1661Company of Merchants of England Trading to the LevantengEight 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.