Messrs. Hamilton & Bird's catalogue of autograph letters, original manuscripts, &c.

  • Hamilton and Bird.
Date:
[between 1840 and 1849?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Messrs. Hamilton & Bird's catalogue of autograph letters, original manuscripts, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    235 Marmontel’s Incas; or, the Destruction of Peru, translated into English, 4to, cf. gt. fairly written on 436 pages, 8s. 256 Medical Recipes.—Collection of 201 old Medical Recipes' well written on 181 pages, 4to, /if. hnd. 5s. Circa 1700 257 Melmoth (William, Translator of Pliny, &;c) Autograph to an Exchequer Receipt, little injured by damp, scarce, 5s. Jan. 1728 258 Methodus Studii Theologii., sive directorum, quo Theologii Studiosi in Studio suo promoveant, in English and Latin, sm. 8vo, cf. neatly written on 154 pages, 4s. Circa 1670 259 Missal, 8vo, cf. gt. edges, £4. 4s. This volume is written in a very clear character throughout, on 308 pages, interspersed with three miniatures, St. Elizabeth, the Annunci- ation of the Virgin, and St. Katherine at the end: added to which are 16 beautifully arranged borders of flowers, fruits, &c., most of which are on a gold ground, thus giving effect to the colors ; it commences with the kalendar; and the capitals through the volume are richly coloured, and heightened with gold ; apparently the writing is about the middle of the 14th century. 260 Molesworth (Lord) Friendly Letter to Messrs. Jenkins and James, 2s. 6d. Kensington Palace, April 18, 1803 261 Montague (General,aftencards Earl of Sandxoich) and Bul- strode Whilelocke.—Order for the payment of £5.611. 7s. 9d. to Martin Noel, Merchant, for Provision, &c., transplanted to the Island of Jamaica, in America, tioo interesting Autographs, with portrait of Gen. Montague, 9s. Dec. 20, 1650 262 Montrose (Duchess of) Autograph Letter to Mr. Gundry, 2s. - - Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire 263 (James Graham, Marquis of) Decree of Starre- Chamber concerning Inmates and divided Tenements in Lon- don, or three miles about, 4to, £1. 11s. 6d. 1636 The bottom of the title has a Poem of eight lines, in the Auto • graph of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, and commences thus, “ Great, good, and just, could I but rate My greifes, and thy too sudden fate, I would weepe ye world to such a strain As it should deluge once againe, &c.” and signed “Montrose,” very rare. This heroic man was betrayed by his intimate friend Lord Aston, who was the cause of his execu- tion on the 21 st of May, 1650. To add to his indignity, they affixed the hook of his deeds about his neck. Note on fly-leaf, “This volume was formerly James’ Marquis of Montrose, and I bought it at Strawberry Hill sale. [I. or J.]F.” 264 More (Mrs. Hannah) Cheap Repository Tracts, in 12mo, with the Autograph, and following on fly-leaf, “ The Lord is my Shepherd, therefore shall I lack nothing.” Hannah More, 1829, 8s. b
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