A collection of prints and one drawing (tentatively attributed to Samuel Collings), mostly portraits of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, mounted in Walpole's copy of James Boswell's The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson (London : Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1785).
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Also bound in are three prints described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum; these are cataloged separately., and Original boards with new back but old hand-lettered label, uncut. With Horace Walpole's bookplate (BP2 later state) on half-title page. Large Strawberry Hill fleuron. Press-mark R.10, but apparently moved from the Round Tower to the Library in the Offices. Not in Walpole's Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplate of the Earl of Orford (1813-94), imitated from Horace Walpole's, and bookplate of John A. Spoor. Also with bookplate "AHA".
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784,, Boswell, James, 1740-1795,, Boufflers, Marie Charlotte Hippolyte, countess of, 1725-1800,, Macpherson, James, 1736-1796,, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Printed, and sold at the author’s house, in Well-Yard, near St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; and by Walter Kettilby, at Bishop’s Head in St. Paul’s Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Chemistry --Early works to 1800 and Pharmacy --Early works to 1800
The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles : with the names of the
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
With inset map of "Ould Virginia" [with linen backing].
Description:
Engraved by Robert Vaughan, Ink washes on various vignettes., and Tipped-in facing title page.
Publisher:
Printed by I.D. and I.H. for Michael Sparkes
Subject (Name):
Smith, John, 1580-1631
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Virginia., New England --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775., Virginia --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, and Voyages and travels.
Collection Created:
London : Printed by I.[ohn] D.[awson] and I.[ohn] H.[aviland] for Michael Sparkes, 1624
The generall historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Iles ...
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Inset map of Virginia
Description:
Engraved by Robert Vaughan, Facing p. 41, and Printed by James Reeve
Publisher:
Printed by I.D. and I.H. for Michael Sparkes
Subject (Name):
Smith, John, 1580-1631
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Virginia., New England --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775., Virginia --History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, and Voyages and travels.
Collection Created:
London : Printed by I.D. and I.H. for Michael Sparkes, 1624
Atlas minor: or a set of sixty-two new and correct maps, of all parts of the world. All composed
Image Count:
1
Description:
Autograph of Gravely. Autograph of Baldock. Autograph of Aston. Autograph of W. Alington. and Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and Fundy, Bay of--Maps
Atlas minor: or a set of sixty-two new and correct maps, of all parts of the world. All composed
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Maps, Atlases & Globes
Description:
Autograph of Gravely. Autograph of Baldock. Autograph of Aston. Autograph of W. Alington. and Teaching resource: Professor John Mack Faragher, History 141: The American West.
Subject (Geographic):
America--Maps, Europe, Northern--Maps--Early works to 1800, Great Britain--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Ireland--Maps--Early works to 1800