Recueil des histoires de Troie. English and Recueil des histoires de Troye
Description:
[A]3r text begins: and zeland and thus whan alle thyse thynges cam .., A translation of: Recueil des histoires de Troye., Approx. [350] leaves missing., Binder's stamp: Bound by F. Bedford., Bookplates: Charles J. Rosenbloom; A. Edward Newton; John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn. Tipped in is an A.L.S. from Seymour de Ricci to A.E. Newton concerning this work., Imprint from STC and Needham; see also Lotte Hellinga, "Caxton in focus", p. 38-9, 48., In three books., Signatures: [A-O¹⁰ P⁸; A-I¹⁰ K-L⁶; A-K¹⁰]., The first book printed in English and the first book printed by Caxton on his own account., The first leaf is blank., The last leaf contains 14 lines of Latin verse beginning: Pergama flere volo. fata danais data solo ..., and Title from ¹[A]2r, which is printed in red.
Subject (Geographic):
Troy (Extinct city)--Romances--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Bedford, Francis,--1799-1883--Binding., Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer, Mansion, Colard, active 15th century, printer, Newton, A. Edward--(Alfred Edward),--1864-1940--Bookplate., Pruyn, John VanSchaick Lansing,--1811-1877--Bookplate., Ricci, Seymour de,--1881-1942--Autograph., and Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Incunabula in Yale Library and Incunabula in Yale Library--Single leaves
Anne Forster Berkeley letters to William Samuel Johnson
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Approximately 12 letters from Anne Forster Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1770-1771 and undated, concerning their mutual interest in mystical Christian doctrine and spirituality. Letters include and are accompanied by excerpts, copies and translations by Berkeley and others, chiefly in Berkeley's hand, of the writings of François Fénelon, Madame Guyon, and Nathaniel Hooke on subjects such as imputed righteousness, the use of adversity, inward Christianity, and aridity and coldness in prayer. Accompanied also by two letters from Berkeley's son George Berkeley to Samuel Johnson, father of William Samuel Johnson, 1755-1756; one letter from George Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1780; and two copies of a printed leaflet containing predestinarian texts.
Description:
Anne Forster married Church of Ireland clergyman George Berkeley in 1728. The couple spent the early years of their marriage in Middletown, Rhode Island before returning to Ireland, where Berkeley was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1734. Four of their children survived to adulthood: Henry, George, William, and Julia. Anne Berkeley died at Langley, Kent, on 27 May 1786., Source unknown., and William Samuel Johnson (Yale 1744) was the son of clergyman Samuel Johnson of Stratford, Connecticut, a friend and follower of George Berkeley and president of Kings College from 1754-1763. William Samuel Johnson renewed his family's friendship with the Berkeley family while in London on legal buisness in 1767-1771. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1788 and in 1791 became president of Columbia University (formerly King's College). He retired in 1800 to live in Stratford until his death in 1819.
Anne Forster Berkeley letters to William Samuel Johnson
Image Count:
10
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Approximately 12 letters from Anne Forster Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1770-1771 and undated, concerning their mutual interest in mystical Christian doctrine and spirituality. Letters include and are accompanied by excerpts, copies and translations by Berkeley and others, chiefly in Berkeley's hand, of the writings of François Fénelon, Madame Guyon, and Nathaniel Hooke on subjects such as imputed righteousness, the use of adversity, inward Christianity, and aridity and coldness in prayer. Accompanied also by two letters from Berkeley's son George Berkeley to Samuel Johnson, father of William Samuel Johnson, 1755-1756; one letter from George Berkeley to William Samuel Johnson, 1780; and two copies of a printed leaflet containing predestinarian texts.
Description:
Anne Forster married Church of Ireland clergyman George Berkeley in 1728. The couple spent the early years of their marriage in Middletown, Rhode Island before returning to Ireland, where Berkeley was appointed Bishop of Cloyne in 1734. Four of their children survived to adulthood: Henry, George, William, and Julia. Anne Berkeley died at Langley, Kent, on 27 May 1786., Source unknown., and William Samuel Johnson (Yale 1744) was the son of clergyman Samuel Johnson of Stratford, Connecticut, a friend and follower of George Berkeley and president of Kings College from 1754-1763. William Samuel Johnson renewed his family's friendship with the Berkeley family while in London on legal buisness in 1767-1771. He was elected to the United States Senate in 1788 and in 1791 became president of Columbia University (formerly King's College). He retired in 1800 to live in Stratford until his death in 1819.