Collation: v. 1: 20 p.l., cccxxvi p., 1 l.; v. 2: 1 p.l., ccccclxxiii p. Signatures: v. 1: Aa-Ee4a-v4x6A-S4T6; v. 2: [*]1a6b-x4y6(y6 blank)A-X4Aa-Xx4AA-GG4., Imperfect: t.-p. of v. 2 wanting and supplied in positive photostat., and Vol. 2 has title: The second parte of the cōfutacion of Tyndals answere in whyche is also confuted the chyrche that Tyndale deuyseth. And the chyrche also that Frere Barns deuyseth ...
Publisher:
Wyllyam Rastell,
Subject (Name):
Barnes, Robert,--1495-1540. and Tyndale, William,---1536.
London Atlas Series" and "Stanford's Geographical Estabt., London" printed below lower corners., Mounted on linen. Stamps and label of Library of the Department of Geology, Yale University., Relief shown by hatchures; depths shown by gradient tints., and Shows routes on several voyages and northernmost points of many voyages.
A list of other maps and atlases by Wyld is pasted on the verso., Description derived from published bibliography., and General map showing "dividing line between the free & slave-holding states."
A printed letter. and Folded by later owner to 24 x 19 cm. Imperfect: Portion of letter excised with manuscript notes wanting? Signed and annotated in manuscript by Thomas Clarkson; addressed to Dr. Fell of Ulverston, Lancashire.
Publisher:
[publisher not identified]
Subject (Name):
Clarkson, Thomas, 1760-1846--Autograph, Fell, John--Ownership, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee Appointed to Take the Examination of Witnesses Respecting the African Slave Trade
Accompanied by: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing several works in verse and prose apparently composed by Dorothy Calthorpe. The volume opens with three poems in couplets: "Philismena to Philander," "Philander to Philismena," and "In commendations of a country Life it being so innocent," and a short prose "Discription of the Garden of Edden." These are followed by a longer prose narrative: "A Short History of the Life and Death of Sir Ceasor Dappefer, or els a pleasent histtory of Jewlious and Dorinda the truth of it was so lately represented that some of those worthy persons are stil liueing and ownes what is here repated." The story, which Calthorpe claims is based on the lives of her father and grandfather, traces the business success and courtships of a father and son. "A Castell in the aire, or the pallace of the man in the moone" is a prose work containing both religious reflection and descriptions of "visiones" of Roman gods, eagles and celestial gardens. and The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New : newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised ...London: Henry Hills and John Field, 1660. Ownership and presentation inscriptions include "Dorothy Harvey her book Giuen me by my uncell Nicholas Jun 15 1686. Pray for NH, he pray for thee;" "Given to Anne the Hon.ble Ly. Middeleton by Mrs. Caroline Acton, Decr. 1836;" and "Jane Anne Broke from her Godmother Anne Hon.ble Lady Middleton July 28 1860." Bound in black gilt-panelled morocco, with a six-compartment gilt spine. Marbled endpapers.
Alternative Title:
Writings, [1672-1684]
Description:
Dorothy Calthorpe was probably connected to the Calthorpe family of Ampton in Suffolk, but she has not been further identified. and Purchased from Sotheby's on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2006.
"The three paragraphs printed here, the first of which begins 'Master Humphrey earnestly hopes,' are attributed to Dickens"--Podeschi., BEIN Gimbel/Dickens +H919 2: Hand-colored illustration., Caption title., and Prospectus for the publication by Chapman and Hall of Master Humphrey's clock.
Publisher:
Bradbury and Evans, printers
Subject (Name):
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. American notes and Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.--Master Humphrey's clock