On the death of Her Royal Highness

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Engraved card printed within black mourning border, illustrated above title with an image of Prince Leopold leaning mournfully over his wife Princess Charlotte’s tomb, which is adorned with her portrait and topped with an urn. Sixteen lines of verse are engraved at the bottom.

 

  • Title: On the death of Her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales : who died Novr. 6th, 1817.
  • Publication: [London] : T. Crabb, [1817]

Catalog Record

File 56 C47 817On No.2

Acquired November 2022

Articles of association

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Proposal for rules and regulations for a yearly subscription, at the cost of two shillings and sixpence, for the tenants of Sir George Pauncefote-Bromley, 2nd Baronet, to the ‘Association for the Prosecution of Felons, & &’, by which the subscribers ‘shall keep an accurate account of the Ages, Colours, and Marks of Cattle, the particulars of his Stock, and other Goods … Any person guilty of committing Felony upon the property of any Servants of the Subscriber, shall be prosecuted at the expense of the Society.’

 

  • Title: Articles of association, entered into July 1st, 1803, by the tenants of Sir George Pauncefote, Bart. and by several Gentlemen, farmers, and others, of the County of Nottingham, for the prosecution of persons guilty of committing felony, or any other depredation against the properties of the subscribers in the said county.
  • Publication: Newark [England] : Hage, printer, [1803]

Catalog Record

File 64 N849 803

Acquired May 2023

Grand aerostatic ascent…

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Broadside advertising an ascent by Sieur Krous involving balloons in the form of Henry IV of France and “a number of wild animals”, which would perform an “aerial chace, or hunt in the air”.

 

  • Title: Grand aerostatic ascent. The nobility, gentry, and the public are most respectfully informed that the Sieur Krous, having at length succeeded in obtaining a ground for the above experiment, it will positively take place on Monday, July 3, 1815, at the Angel Gardens, Lambeth Walk, (late Chapman’s) near Vauxhall. …
  • Publication: London : W. Glindon, Rupert-Street, Haymarket, 1815.

Catalog Record

File 53 K93 815

Acquired January 2023

Proposals for engraving by subscription The British Monarchy

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“Conditions: I. That this Work shall consist of 250 Copper Plates of the same Size as these Proposals, and be Printed on the same Paper. II. That five half sheets shall be Published once a Fortnight… III. That the Subscribers names and their respective Titles shall be Alphabetically Digested… IV. That those who please to favour us with their Names and Places of Abode… V. That the First Number will be delivered on Saturday the Second Day of December next. Subscriptions are taken in by George Bickham… There will be some Books printed on Large Paper, and those who may have them, at Nine-pence a Number.”

 

  • Title: Proposals for engraving by subscription The British Monarchy: or, A new chorographical description of all the dominions subject to the King of Great Britain. Comprehending the British Isles, the American Colonies, the Electoral States, the African & Indian Settlements … engrav’d by George Bickham.
  • Publication: [London] : [publisher not identified], October 1749.

Catalog Record

File 66 749 P965

Acquired May 2023

The origin of language, and Idea of a perfect government

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  • Title: The origin of language, and Idea of a perfect government. Two poetic epistles, to Thamyris.
  • Publication: [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1785?]

Catalog Record

496 B85 785

Acquired May 2023

A copy from Enthusiasm delineated

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A prospectus of a print which was publishd by John Ireland on November 12th, 1795

 

  • Author: Ireland, John, -1808, author.
  • Title: A copy from Enthusiasm delineated, a very curious print, designed and engraved by Hogarth, of which there are only two impressions, both of them in the possession of John Ireland …
  • Publication: [London] : [John Ireland], [1795]

Catalog Record

75 H67 S795Ir

Acquired September 2022

The soul of harmony

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  • Title: The soul of harmony : being a collection of the most admired glees, catches, duets, and songs, ancient and modern, in the English language, as sung at the harmonic & anacreontic societies of London, Norwich, Bath, &c. &c. &c.
  • Publication: Norwich : Printed and published by and for Stevenson and Matchett, Market-Place, and R.M. Bacon, Cockey-Lane; and sold by Scatcherd and Letterman …, [1804]

Catalog Record

74 804 So722

Acquired July 2022

Execution of John Stacey, at Winchester

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Printed in two columns. With woodcut illustration at top that depicts the chaotic scene of the execution, which took place on the day of the Magdalen Hill Fair, Winchester, in front of a huge crowd.

  • Title: Execution of John Stacey, at Winchester, for the horrid murders of Mr. Langtrey and his housekeeper, at Portsmouth.
  • Publication: [London] : Printed by J. Catnatch, 7, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials, [1829]

Catalog Record

File 523 Ex96 829+

Acquired July 2022

The life and mysterious transactions of Richard Morris, Esq

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  • Author: Old acquaintance.
  • Title: The life and mysterious transactions of Richard Morris, Esq. : better known by the name of Dick Spot, the conjuror, particularly in Derbyshire and Shropshire. / Written by an old acquaintance …
  • Publication: London : Printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, for Ann Lemoine, White-Rose-Court, Coleman-Street, and sold by T. Hurst, Paternoster-Row, [1798?]
  • Manufacture: [London] : Printed by T. Maiden, Sherbourne-Lane, Lombard-Street

Catalog Record

53 M877 798

Acquired March 2022