Lot 43
Petre, Hon. Henry William
An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company
£555
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
London: Smith, Elder, 1842. Fourth edition, 8vo, folding map and 2 plates, original blue cloth, with, tipped in at beginning:
New Zealand Company. Small two-sided broadsheet advertising Terms of Purchase of Land in Nelson, Terms of Purchase of Land in New Plymouth, Sales in the Colony, Regulations for Free Emigrants, N. Armstrong, Agent for Ireland, Dublin, [undated], very rare;
Gilpin, William. Observations relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty... particularly the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. London, 1786, 2 volumes, 8vo, 28 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, a few leaves working loose, corners rubbed;
Gilpin, William. Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales. London, 1800. 5th edition, 8vo, 17 sepia aquatint plates, modern half calf, spine gilt;
Barber, J.T. A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire. London, 1803. First edition, 8vo, double-page hand-coloured map and 20 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, bookplate of Bourne of Cowarne Court;
Briggs, John. The Remains of John Briggs... containing Letters from the Lakes, Westmoreland as it was. Kirkby Lonsdale: A. Foster, 1825. 12mo, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;
Moule, Thomas. The Landscape Album, or Great Britain Illustrated. London, 1832. 8vo, 60 engraved plates, contemporary embossed dark green calf, g.e.;
Burns, Robert. Poems... with an Account of His Life, and Miscellaneous Remarks on his Writings, containing also many poems and letters not printed in Doctor Currie's edition. Edinburgh: Trustees of late James Morison, 1811. 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf, some soiling and spotting, rubbed;
Cunningham, Allan. The Poems, Letters and Land of Robert Burns. London: G. Virtue, [1838], 2 volumes, 4to, additional engraved titles, numerous engraved plates after Bartlett, T. Allom. &c., contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt, g.e.;
North York Moors. [Addison], Richard, of Raindale. [i.e. Richard Addison of Levisham on the Wolds] Carmina Excerpta. Hull: J. Hutchinson, 1833. 8vo, frontispiece, with the addition of 170 pages of manuscript poetry, seemingly in 2 hands, with an index to the manuscript poems, contemporary half calf, worn; bound in before the list of subscribers is a slip noting 'Epitaph. Sacred to the memory of Rd. Addison, the 9th and youngest child of John and Charity Addison of Leavening born May 12th/ Died Feb. 7th 1845. He was eccentric, learned and religious and much esteemed by all who knew him. His death was sudden.', frontispiece, half-title and preface a little loose North York Moors: the final poem is on p.140. pages [141-146] is the list of subscribers. This is followed by the first leaf of manuscript poetry which is numbered 147-307. The first manuscript acrostic poem is to Miss Hannah Agar and one of the subscribers is a Mary Ann Agar. Another acrostic manuscript poem is to Miss Agar. Some of the poems are credited to other people - Maria Huon, a Friend, H.H., Charlotte Elizabeth, James Hurst, H. Montague, [John Byrom]; "composed by Miss Mary Ann Fothergill, in the 13th year of her age - on the death of Miss Ellen Richardson, York (Falcon Inn, Micklegate", Heu Smithers, Anne Aaulds, Caroline Fry, the Rev. Doctor Raffles, [Felicia Hemans], Thomas Moore, Miss Landon, Pollock, Rev. Dale, J. Montgomery, Southey, Wordsworth, "J.W.W.", one poem "To a Lady afraid of wasps". from 'The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction. (1823)
Footnote
Notes:
New Zealand Company: A fascinating broadsheet advertising in detail land for purchase in New Plymouth and Nelson, and the requirement for emigration.
North York Moors: The final poem is on p.140. pages [141-146] is the list of subscribers. This is followed by the first leaf of manuscript poetry which is numbered 147-307. The first manuscript acrostic poem is to MissHannahAgar and one of the subscribers is a Mary Ann Agar. Another acrostic manuscript poem is to Miss Agar. Some of the poems are credited to other people - Maria Huon, a Friend, H.H., Charlotte Elizabeth, James Hurst, H. Montague, [John Byrom]; "composed by Miss Mary Ann Fothergill, in the 13th year of her age - on the death of Miss Ellen Richardson, York (Falcon Inn, Micklegate", Heu Smithers, Anne Aaulds, Caroline Fry, the Rev. Doctor Raffles, [Felicia Hemans], Thomas Moore, Miss Landon, Pollock, Rev. Dale, J. Montgomery, Southey, Wordsworth, "J.W.W.", one poem "To a Lady afraid of wasps". from 'The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction. (1823)
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
