Lot 197
Hamilton, Lady Anne (1766-1846)
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
Manuscript book of collected verses, "Poems", c. 195pp. , 4to., compiled by Lady Anne Hamilton, daughter of Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton, (book started in 1795, last poem written in 1833), comprising verses by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Paul Whithead Esq., Frederick Howard 5th Earl of Carlisle, Anna Seward, Edward Lovibond, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Hugh Boyd, Lord Byron, with, loosely inserted, a French poem "Impression reçue au premier aspect de l'abbaye de Fonthill" with round watercolour of Fonthill Abbey, poems addressed to Anne Hamilton, 3pp. of notes at end on Edward Lovibon Esq., Miss C. Phillips, Miss Greenly, Newton Barton, Lady Ogle, Mr Mercer, &c., delightful watercolour title, contemporary calf gilt, lettered "A.H." at foot of spine, g.e., slightly rubbed
Footnote
Note: Anne Hamilton, Lady in Waiting to Queen Caroline, wife of King George IV, wrote an epic satirical poem The Epics of Ton or Glories of the Great World: a poem in Two Books in 1807, and had to leave for France in 1832 due to a scandalous book wrongly attributed to her.