- Author: Duclos, Charles Pinot-, 1704-1772, author.
- Title: Acajou et Zirphile, conte.
- Publication: A Minutie [that is, Paris] : [publisher not identified], MDCCXLIV [1744]
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Tag Archives: Lewis Walpole Library April 2021
By order of the House of Lords, no lady, can claim admission…
An admission ticket for the fifteenth day of the trial of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville; the impeachment trial took place in Westminster Hall in April-June 1806.
- Title: By order of the House of Lords, no lady, can claim admission into the seats called the Peeresses Seats by this ticket unless her name is written on the back thereof, on the line denoting the state of her claim. Guydir, Dept. Gt. Ch.
- Publication: [London] : [publisher not identified], [1806]
File 523 D914 806
Acquired April 2021
The constable’s guide to his duty
- Title: The constable’s guide to his duty : containing instructions to constables, petty constables, headboroughs, tithingmen, &c. in the several particulars of their office.
- Publication: Oswestry : Printed and sold by J. Salter, MDCCXC [1790]
63 790 C756
Acquired April 2021
An invocation to Edward Quin, Esq
- Author: Jones, John Gale, 1769-1838, author.
- Title: An invocation to Edward Quin, Esq. : as delivered at a society called the Eccentrics : on Saturday, the 26th of Nov. 1803, at the request of the members : with corrections and additions, including notes critical and explanatory / by John Gale Jones.
- Publication: London : Printed for the author, and sold by R. Bagshaw, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden; J. Jordan, Fleet-Street; and by all other booksellers, [1804]
- Manufacture:[London] : Printed by E. Spragg, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden.
763 804 J76
Acquired April 2021
The artists assistant in drawing, perspective, etching…..
- Author: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, author.
- Title: The artists assistant in drawing, perspective, etching, engraving, mezzotinto-scraping, painting on glass, in crayons, in water-colours, and on silks and satins. : Containing the easiest and most comprehensive rules for the attainment of those truly useful and polite arts, methodically digested and adapted to the capacities of young beginners. Illustrated with suitable examples engraved on copper.
- Edition: The third edition, improved.
- Publication: London : Printed for Robert Sayer, Map and Printeseller, No. 53 Fleet-Street, and John Smith, No. 35, Cheapside, as the Acts directs, 4th January, 1772.
72 772 B787
Acquired April 2021
Mr. Kean as Othello
In this image, a full-length image of Edmund Kean as Othello constructed from parts of a print or prints while his costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming and small metal buttons. This image is the only one of the four mounted on a secondary sheet, this one ruled as if from a ledger.
- Title: Mr. Kean as Othello [art original] : Act 5th, Scene 3rd / made by the author.
- Production: [England], [ca. 1828]
Drawings C697 no. 1 Box D115
Acquired April 2021
The something wrong developed
- Title: The something wrong developed; or, Free remarks on Mrs. H. More’s conventicles, &c. : seasonably addressed to the Blagdon controvertists; and inscribed to the Bishop of Bath and Wells.
- Publication: Bristol : Printed by Harris and Bryan, 52, Corn-Street. Sold by Cadell and Davies, Strand; Rivington, St. Paul’s Church-Yard; and Hatchard, Piccadilly, London; also by S. Hazard, Bath; Evill, Wells; and by all the Booksellers in Bristol, 1801.
53 M813 So696
Acquired April 2021
An impartial account of the life and writings of Joanna Southcott
- Title: An impartial account of the life and writings of Joanna Southcott, the prophetess : containing the particulars respecting her miraculous pregnancy, and the coming of Shiloh, an abstract of her doctrines, and a variety of other interesting and authentic information. Embellished with a correct portrait of Joanna, and a drawing of the superb crib and canopy.
- Publication: Leeds : Printed by Inchbold and Gawtress, and sold by A. Cumming, at his periodical warehouse, in Briggate., [1814]
53 Im34 814
Acquired April 2021
Madame Vestris as Don Giovani
In this collage a full-length image of a woman, identified as Miss Vestris: her head and neck, arms, and boots have been cut from an unidentifed print or prints while her costume and hat and their trimming are cut from satin cloth with additional decorated paper trimming. On the verso written in red ink, two poems: “The Snow Drop by Henry Neele” and “I Saw Thee Weep, Byron” transcribed in two columns.
- Title: Madame Vestris as Don Giovani [art original] / H.A.S.
- Production: [England], [ca. 1828?]
Drawings C697 no. 3 Box D115
Acquired April 2021
A garland of new songs
A chapbook.
- Title: A garland of new songs. : William and Margaret; Mary’s dream; Roy’s wife of Aldivalloch; My Nannie, O; Death or liberty.
- Publication: Newcastle upon Tyne : Printed by J. Marshall, in the Old Flesh-Market. Where may also be had, a large and curious assortment of songs, ballads, tales, histories, &c., [between 1800 and 1831]
File 74 800 G233 no. 11
Acquired April 2021