Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
February 1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/726
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    yO: | 114] A. L. s. 3 pp. 4to, Berkeley, Feb. 25, 1813: . Our Vicar is literally turned quack Doctor, and vends pills a la Brodam with pompous advertisements, etc., etc. !!! You will see how ingeniously he has avoided the law, by calling him- self the Inventor and making his son (a mere child) the Vendor ... 115 A. L. 4 pp. 4to (wanting concluding page), Berkeley, 29 April, [1808], concerning educational facilities in Cheltenham om “i. J.”), 1815-21 (6) ag) Tarntas (Dr. Edward) Printed Circular Letter, 2 pp. 4to, with a auto. subscription and signature, 1821, concerning vaccine '» inoculation ; The Third Report of the Nottingham Vaccine ~~ Institution, 4 pp. 4to; A Comparative View of the Natural Pmall-pox, 1p. 4to; eal Engravings of the Naval Medal {1 * presented to Jenner, (4) 118 Dopeson (C. L.) “Lewis Carroll,” Auto. Post-card concerning a plan for finding the day of the week.—PHiLLporis (Eden) A. L. s. 2pp. 4to.—NeEwron (Rev. John).—BALLANTYNE (R. M.).—Vicrorta (Queen) A. L. s. 6 pp. 4to, 1862, con- cerning the gift of a Bible; and others, zn two albums The Property of a Lady. 119 Watpoe (Horace) A. L. s. 24 pp. 4to, Strawberry Hill, June 23, 1789, to Hannah More, A LETTER OF GREAT INTEREST: Madam Hannah, You are an errant reprobate, and grow wickeder and wickeder every day. You deserve to be treated like a Negre. Then goes into various criticisms of her poems, and asks for permission to print her poem of “ Bonner’s Ghost.” I’ll tell you what, I will forgive all your enormities if you will let me print your Poem, I like to filch a little immortality out of others, and the Strawberry Press could never have a better opportunity, I will not haggle for the Public, I will be content with printing only two hundred copies, of which you shall have half, and I half. It shall cost you nothing but a Yes ... as to not printing it at all, charming and unex- ceptionable as it is you cannot be so preposterous ... yr. Friend, or Mortal foe as you behave on the present occasion H. Walpole. *,* Austen Dobson says that only 96 copies were printed. A ie a Letter from Hannah More to Horace Walpole, 34 pp. 4to, of great interest, mentioning Voltaire, ete. (2) C
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