Bellegarde, Abbé de [Jean Baptiste Morvan]. [WITH MANUSCRIPT POEM BY HILARIUS ON 'RIDICULE'].

Reflexions upon ridicule; or, what it is that makes a man ridiculous; and the means to avoid it.

London: printed for Tho. Newborough at the Golden-Ball, D. Midwinter at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and Benj. Tooke at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1707. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [xvi], 390, [xviii]pp. A8-Z8, Aa8-Dd8. With an index. Second edition. Twentieth-century black cloth. With a previous owner's name and address rubberstamped on the front pastedown. ESTC T139371. English translator unknown, but it has been incorrectly ascribed to Jeremy Collier in the 1738 edition of the Dublin reprint (see ESTC). With a manuscript poem about the book addressed to J [I]. C. jnr from Hil. Bayly, dated 8/26/1708. The manuscript poem at the beginning of the text is about the subject matter of the book and does refer to it. A part on the fore edge was torn at one time and a previous owner reattached it with scotch tape; there is the usual dark mark at the intersection of the tear, but everything is present. The hand is very legible. I checked the UK parish registers for a person or persons whose first name started with 'Hil.' and whose surname was 'Bayly.' I found two; one had died in 1701. Those two are: Hilarius Bayly - Baptism - 20 Aug 1639 - Narborough in Norfolk - All Saints Church, and Hilary Bayly - Baptism - 01 Aug 1669 - Ashill in Norfolk - St Nicholas Church - Burial - 08 Oct 1701 - St Nicholas Church. Unfortunately, I was unable to find anything on Hilarius Bayly. An excellent scholar, and whose indulgence I beg for using his quote without his permission, stated that ". I enjoy the idea of someone named Hilarius owning a book on ridiculousness." A very interesting item. Good.

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Book number: 633

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Manuscript

Borlase, George, editor.

Cantabrigienses graduati sive catalogus: exhibens nomina eorum, quos, ab anno 1659, usque ad annum 1800, gradu quocunque ornavit, Academia Cantabrigiensis, e libris subscriptionum desumptus, atque ordine alphabetico compositus.

Cantabrigiae: typis academicis exudebat J. Burges, veneunt apud J. Deighton, Cantabrigiae; T. Payne, T. Cadell, J. White, et W. H. Lunn, Londini, 1800. 0. Hardcover. Quarto. [4],480 pages. With the half-title present. In a contemporary half calf binding over marbled boards, rebacked. From the library of David Elisha Davy, with his bookplate. With manuscript annotations of David Elisha Davy (1769-1851), collector and Suffolk Antiquary. B.A. Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 1790. An excellent association copy. ESTC T105143. Good.

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Book number: 1408

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Association Copies, Manuscript

Keywords: Association Copy

Hanmer, Sir Thomas, et. al. [MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION].

A substantial manuscript archive (ten items) of a "Paper Mill" in Norfolk, UK, dating from the beginning to the end of the eighteenth-century, with one indenture executed and signed by Sir Thomas Hanmer, editor of Shakespeare's Works printed in 1743-1744.

Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. 0. Soft cover. A substantial manuscript archive (ten items) of a "Paper Mill" in Norfolk, UK, dating from the beginning to the end of the eighteenth-century, with one indenture executed and signed by Sir Thomas Hanmer, editor of Shakespeare's Works printed in 1743-1744. I. Deed of Mortgage. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 5 March 1702. An immense (2 feet 6 inches X 2 feet) tripartite indenture, on two leaves (the second somewhat smaller) of parchment, with three seals, between Henry Kottle and John Kottle, gentlemen, of Thetford, Suffolk, both of the first part, and John Toshiks (?) of Thetford, miller, of the second part, and Sir Thomas Hanmer of Ewwson (?) Hall in Suffolk, baronet, of the third part, dated 5 March, 1702, replacing an indenture of 27th Sept. 1673, between Henry Flower and Henry and John Kottle, leasing the mill for a consideration. II. Lease for a papermill. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 24 March 1743. A huge (folded, 2 feet X 2 feet 9 inches and 2 foot 3 inches X 2 feet 9 inches) indenture, with seals and stamps, on two sheets, dated 24 March 1743, between Richard Chorley of Suffolk, and John Dawney and Sheppard Frere. III. Lease. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 25 January 1747. One leaf on parchment, with seal (28 inches X 19 inches). A lease of the paper mill, dated 25 January 1747, between Sir William Bunbury, bart. of Mildenhall, Suffolk, and Mary Russell of Thetford, Suffolk, widow and relict of Thomas Russell, late of Thetford, papermaker, dated 25 January, 1747. IV. Mortgage. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 20 August 1757. A huge (folded, 2 feet X 2 feet 4 inches and 1 foot 6 inches X 2 feet 4 inches) indenture, with seals and stamps, dated 20th August 1757, between William Holmes of Suffolk, papermaker, and Thomas Swale, gentleman. V. Assignment. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 7 September 1761. A huge (2 feet 6 inches X 2 feet and 1 foot 9 inches X 2 feet 9 inches) indenture on two sheets, with seal and stamps, dated 7th September 1761, between John Swale, Gentleman of Suffolk, and William Holmes, papermaker, and Thomas Wright and William Gill, stationers, of London. VI. Bond to perform Covenants. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 7 September 1761. Double (folded) royal folio (folded, 12 1/2 inches X 7 1/2 inches). Obligation on hand-made paper, with seal, dated 7 September 1761, between William Holmes, papermaker of Suffolk, and Thomas Wright and William Gill. VII. Assignment. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 28 May 1764. A huge (2 feet 6 inches X 2 feet) tripartite indenture, with attached appurtenances, two leaves of parchment, with four seals, between Thomas Wright and William Gill, stationers, of London, of the first part, and William Holmes, papermaker of Thetford, Suffolk, of the second part, and John Taylor, gentleman, of Diss, Norfolk, dated 28 May, 1764. VIII. Lease. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 12 June 1764. One leaf on parchment, with seal (23 inches X 16 inches). A lease of the paper mill, dated 12 June 1764, between Wiliam Holmes of Thetford, Suffolk, papermaker, of the first part, and Thomas Searancke of Newmarket, Suffolk, surgeon and apothecary, and John Taylor of Diss, Norfolk, gentleman, of the other part (the trustees). IX. Counterpart of Lease. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 9 October 1793. A huge (2 feet 7 inches X 2 feet) tripartite indenture, with seals and stamps, dated 9th October 1793, between Dorothy Holmes of Norfolk and Suffolk, widow of William Holmes, papermaker, and Edward Holmes, William Holmes, Jr. and Richard Pawson, papermaker. X. Indenture. Paper Mill at Thetford, Norfolk, England. Thetford, Norfolk: 20 December 1734. A good-sized (2 feet 3 inches X 1 foot 9 inches) indenture, with seals and stamps, dated 20th Decem Very Good.

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Book number: 2568

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Books about Books, Manuscript

Theophrastus.

Theophrasti Characteres ethici. Ex recensione Petri Needham, cum versione Latina Isaaci Casauboni.

Glasguæ: in ædibus academicis excudebat Robertus Foulis Academiae Typographus, 1743. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [ii], 53, 52pp. []1, A4-G4 (- G4 blank), A4-F4, G2. Greek text, followed by the Latin translation. Contemporary red morocco, spine gilt. Bound with: 24 page Greek manuscript. This manuscript follows the divisional sections of the Greek text and acts as an explanatory or transilational adjunct to it. This is the first book in which Foulis described himself as University Printer, to which office he was elected on 31 March 1743. Good.

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Book number: 2033

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Manuscript