OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Manuscripts

Catalogue of books in the dressing room Hartwell

Image not available

Description
Manuscript note on flyleaf by John Lee dated 1845; front cover penned with contemporary manuscript title "Catalogue of books in the dressing room," lower margin of front wrapper frayed with some loss of paper, spine worn but sound. This manuscript library catalogue of the books in the "dressing room" at Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire was prepared in 1787 for the then owner Sir William Lee (1726-1799). A note penned on the flyleaf dated 1845 signed by the antiquary John Lee (1783-1866) who inherited the property in 1827 on the death of Revd. Sir George Lee (1767- 1827) reads: "Found at Hartwell. This catalogue was probably made by Sir William Lee in 1787 or by someone by his order as the additions appear to be in his handwriting. One or two of the additions appear to be in the writing of the Revd Sir George Lee." More than 450 titles are listed in headings divided by subject and size, with the majority of books relating to medicine, natural history and philosophy. Several pages of additions appear to have been penned in 1791.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1787.
Call number
mssHM 81167
Provenance
Purchased from Samuel Gedge Ltd., January 2015.
Dimensions
19 cm :
Associated people
Lee, George, (1767-1827.)
Lee, William, (1726-1799.)
Find out more
View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    Catalogue of the library of professor T.F.Tout

    Manuscripts

    The Catalogue is a typescript (some pages are carbon copies), with annotations and additions in various hands. It is divided into the following sections: Introductory Note (p. i-iv), Medieval Books (p. 1-87), Medieval Books Addenda (2 p.), Modern Books (p. 1-32), The Non Historical Publications of the Manchester University Press (p. 1-6), Titles Not Listed in Tout Catalog & Supplementary List (p. 1-7). Catalogue is in a cloth-covered "Instantaneous Binder," with some damage to the spine.

    mssHM 82622

  • Image not available

    Commonplace book

    Manuscripts

    Contains a Historical Dialogue in Scripture, as well as addresses, ballads, epigrams, epitaphs, extracts, poems and verses. The volume also includes works by or about Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift and Sir Robert Walpole, among others. There is a Table of Contents (possibly incomplete) and penciled autograph notes on the flyleaf. Note: page numbering is not consistent.

    mssHM 82623

  • Image not available

    Catalogue of books in the library [of the Carew family of Crowcombe Court, Somerset]

    Manuscripts

    Alphabetical listings of library books at Crowcombe Court under several categories (parliamentary journals, history, classics, divinity dictionaries and grammars, law, philosophy, literature, etc.) With notes on some Somersetshire families. Contains later additions (after 1740).

    mssHM 60693

  • Image not available

    Boston journal of natural history

    Rare Books

    "Catalogue of the library": v. 1, p. [497]-512; "Additions to the library": v. 3, p. [513]-522; "Constitution and by-laws": v. 6, 13 p.

    750175

  • Image not available

    Golem 100 : photocopy

    Manuscripts

    Photocopy of the final draft of Alfred Bester's science fiction novel Golem 100, published by Simon & Schuster in 1980. With letter by David G. Hartwell, literary editor, to Robert Silverberg regarding the novel. Photocopy contains edits.

    mssHM 84209

  • Image not available

    To Mary Hunter on her birthday, September 11, 1833. From her affectionate E.B.B. : [poem in 2 stanzas of 8 lines each]

    Manuscripts

    Copy in an unidentified hand of the poem originally written on the flyleaf of a copy of the Olney Hymns by Cowper, published by Duncan.

    mssHM 4933