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[John Newton interest] Halyburton, Thomas
Memoirs of the Life of the Reverend, Learned and Pious Mr. Halyburton
£756
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: R. Cruttenden, 1718. Second edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf rebacked with modern spine
Provenance
From the library of John Newton, abolitionist, clergyman and author of “Olney Hymns” (including “Amazing Grace”) in collaboration with his friend and poet William Cowper. This book is referred to by Newton in his autobiography under the entry for Saturday 25 January 1755: “Purchased the lives of two noted servants of God deceased (Joseph Allen and T Halyburton). Lord grant I may be profited by their experience, and animated by their example”.
Marginalia in the text is believed to be by Newton. The book’s early provenance is identified inside the front cover with the following handwritten statement: “This book was kindly given to me by Mrs Wilson of Olney, the widow of Mr Wilson, the Peluquin of Cowper to whom it was given by John Newton, who in his autobiography thus writes of my revered maternal Grandfather Samuel Brewer “From him I received many helps, both in public and private, for he was pleased to favour me with his friendship from the first. His kindness, and the intimacy between us his continued and ??? to this day, and of all my many friends, I am most deeply indebted to him” 25th March 1857 CS (Charles Sabine)