Holograph catalogue of Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield's library at Ethrope. The manuscript begins with an explanation of the shelving system at the library, followed by an index to the volume which divides the work by book size and language. The entries for each book include information about their shelving position and date published, and include historical, scientific, artistic, and literary works, as well as works on law and architecture. Holdings include biblical commentaries; John Dryden's plays; poems by Stephen Duck; numerous collections of prints and drawings, including William Hogarth's Collection of Prints and Darly's Collection of Caricatures; dictionaries in English, Italian, and French; Thomas Betterton's History of the English stage; and Horace Walpole's History of the royal and noble authors. The manuscript also includes several collections of musical works, including Cervetto's 6 Solos for the violincello and bass
Description:
In English., A note in the preface declares that "this Catalogue was taken in June 1778 by A. Edwards, no. 79 New Bond St. London.", Title from title page., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full red morocco. In gilt on spine: Catalogue Of The Library At Ethrope., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710., Cervetto, Giacobbe, 1682-1783., Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1755-1815., Darly, Matthias., Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756., Edwards, A., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Collectors and collecting, Nobility, Books and reading, Private libraries, and Intellectual life
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of recipes for preparing cements and dyes, oils, waxes, varnishes, laquers, solders, metals, ivory, stones, glass, tortoise shell, and other materials used to make and repair clocks and watches; also includes instructions on how to make a seal from any impression, formulas for determining the number of teeth on wheels for an 8-day clock; instructions on making "storm glass" or barameter, The manuscript was possibly a manual that passed down within a family of tradesmen. An entry part, possibly the fourth owner, gives a brief summary of his relationship to the Wardle famiy of Framlington, also Northumberland. Laid in are three leaves (now shelved separately), the first dated 3 June 1810 in which the curate Angus Hutton provides an extract from the Register of Baptism for the Chapelry of Framlington recording the 1726 baptism of Ann, daughter of George Wardle; the second, a copy of a 1725 entry in the Parish Regiser of Alnwick signed by the minister John Johnson recording the christening of Anne daughter of John Marshall, Stony Hills; finally a scrap, not contemporary to the rest of the material, recording the baptism on 2 Oct. 1790, Henry son of Henry and Ann Trotter, and Besides recipes related to the watchmaking trade, the notebook includes recipes for dyeing hair and for toothaches; a recipe for making white gunpowder and another for "marking ink"; also a recipe to "brown gun barrels".
Description:
In English., On the inside front cover a list of names, James T[rotter], Henry Trotter, Alnwick, and a brief accounting. On back flyleaf: Henry Trotter Oct. 10th, 1805 Alnwick, Northumberland., 1st signature (12 l.) lacking., Limp vellum, worn, lock broken but clasp in tact, marbled edges., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Alnwick (England)
Subject (Name):
Wardell family. and Trotter family.
Subject (Topic):
Clock and watch making, Gilt-bronze clocks, Ivory, Finishes and finishing, Hair, Dyeing and bleaching, Stains and staining, and Wood finishing
A commonplace book, bound in vellum., With the armorial bookplate of William Frederick, 9th earl Waldegrave., and Fifteen of the papers were printed in Old England, three in the Remembrancer.
Signatures: pi⁴, A-2A⁴., At foot of titlepage: "No.", the actual number to be inserted in MS.; a variant is without "No." at the foot of the titlepage., LWL 49 3902: With "No." on t.p. with "753" in ms. 2000 catalogues were sold before the sale began., LWL 49 3902: Horace Walpole's copy with his annotations, including a four-page, signed letter providing a history of the collection., and Original marbled boards with calf back, now rebacked. Large Strawberry Hill fleuron used as Bookplate, and fleuron from Anecdotes at end. Press-mark X.7. Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Publisher:
Catalogues may now be had on the premises, and of Mr. Skinner and Co ...
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Portland, Margaret Cavendish Holles Harley Bentinck, Duchess of, 1715-1785