Catalogue of the very select and interesting collection of autograph letters, formed with great taste and judgment by George Linnecar, esq., of Liverpool ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, March 19th, 1850, and following day, at one o'clock most punctually.

  • Puttick and Simpson
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1850
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Credit: Catalogue of the very select and interesting collection of autograph letters, formed with great taste and judgment by George Linnecar, esq., of Liverpool ... : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson ... at their Great Room, 191, Piccadilly, on Tuesday, March 19th, 1850, and following day, at one o'clock most punctually. 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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    351 Privy Council of James I. Archp. of Canterbury ; Francis Lord Bacon, Chancellor; Sir Edward Coke (very rare) ; Sir Rob. Naunton ; Sir J ulius Caesar; Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke ; etc. signa- tures to a Bill of Allowances to his Majesty’s Servants, Oct. 1, 1618. An assemblage of rare and interesting signatures, in fine condition, with 2 ports, of Bacon, and printed memoir 352 Richardson (Samuel), novelist b. 1689, d. 1761 A.L.s., 3 pages 4to., to Miss Mulso, London, Aug. 2, 1757* Rare, with portraits and printed memoir / An interesting and familiar letter on a variety of topics, domestic news, &c. 353 Ring (John), physician and poet, translator of Virgil b. 1752, d. 1821 Medical Report, signed by Dr. Ring, W. Woodville (author of Medical Botany), fyc. 354 Robertson (Dr. William), historian b. 1721, d. 1793 A.L.s., 4 pages 4to., to George Chalmers, Register Housex Edinburgh, April 16, 1792 “ I read your state of our national resources with infinite delight. It is a subject of the deepest importance ; and you have exhibited it in a very striking point of view indeed ; and have treated it with a clearness and precision perfectly worthy so great and so interesting an object.” Etc. 355 Rockingham (Charles Watson Wentworth) b. 1730, d. 1782 A.L.s., 1^ pages 4to., [to Admiral Lord Anson]. Kensington„ Oct. 6, 1753. With print “ I understand your Lordship’s fourth son is of age. If you wish to bring him into Parliament, I have at present a vacancy for Highain Ferrers, which I cannot fill so much to my own satisfaction, as by giving this mark that I desire to be thought amongst the number of your Lordship’s friends.” Etc. 356 Rogers (Samuel), poet. A.L.s. 2 pages 8vo. April 4, 1832 357 Roscoic (William) . b. 1752, d. 1831 A.L.s., 1 page 4to., to Messrs. Cadell and Davies, Liverpool, May, 12, 1796. With portrait and print About the Appendix to his Life of Leo X. 358 Roxburgh (John, Duke of), book collector. A.L.s., 1 page 4to. Fleurs, March 29, 1820 359 Rumford (Benjamin Thompson), philosopher b. 1752, d. 1814 A.L.s., 4 pages 4to. to Messrs. Cadell and Davies. Munich, Aug. 22, 1805. With portrait “ As the 1st vol. of my Philosophical Papers is less than the volumes of my Essays, I could wish to add a chapter to the next Edition of that work, in order to bring them to be more nearly of the same size. The chapter I wish to add contains a History of the formation of the Royal Institution, with an account of the nature and design of that Establishment.