A catalogue of the ... library ... of ... Richard Gough ... : Which will be sold ... on ... April 5, 1810 / [Richard Gough].

  • Richard Gough
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[1810]
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    whose benevolence, impartiality, and integrity, he is proud to bear this public testimony. Pleshy in Essex, the seat of the High Constables of England, and particularly of Thomas of Woodstock, the unfortunate uncle of Richard the Second, having been an early -attachment of Mr. Gough, he was at no small pains and ex})ence to draw up a full account of it, from the Records of the Duchy of Lancaster; in which he was most kindly assisted by Mr. Harper, the keeper of them. This he illustrated with a variety of plates of views, seals, &c.; and published it in 4to. 1803- Having purchased, at the sale of the late Matthew D uaue. Esq. the Plates of the Coins of the Seleucidge, Kings of Syria, in bis Collection, engraved by Rarto- lozzi, he drew up an account of the several reigns un- der which they are arranged ; with the Inscriptions re- maining in honour of some of the Sovereigns, and par- ticularly that discovered (in the late possession of Egypt by his Majesty’s troops) in honour of Ptolemy Epiphanes, King of E^ypt, connected with this period through Antiochus PC. or Epiphanes, King of Syria. This work was published in 4to. 1803. In the same year he was called upon by the ex- press desire of his friend Mr. Manning, to assist in the publication of his “ History of Surrey,” in which A\’il- liam Bray, Esq. of Shere was a ])rincipal coadjutor, and of which the first volume appeared in 1804; [and a second 1810 has just been completed.] He counted some of the first Antiquaries of the Th ree Kingdoms among his Correspondents * ; but, * Among these he particularly specified, in alphabetical order: George Allan, Esq. of Darlington. Hon. Dairies Barrington. Right Rev. Dr. William Bcnnet, Bishop of Cloyne. William Bray, Esq. Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries. •T. C. Brooke, Esq. Somerset Herald. Rev. Dr. Camjibell, of Ireland. Rev. John Carter, Master of Lincoln School. Rev. Ralph Churton, Middleton Cheney. Rev. Wfilliam Cole, of Milton. Rev. Sir John Cullum, Bart. Mr. Henry Ellis, British Museum. Mr. James Essex, of Cambridge. ^ftev. T. Falconer, Editor of Strabo.