Doctor Johnson and the fair sex; a study of contrasts, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

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Doctor Johnson and the fair sex; a study of contrasts, extra-illustrated, 1738-1840 (inclusive), 1784-1837 (bulk).

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01795/catalog

Abstract

Printed book with approximately two hundred inserted prints relating to thetext, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

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1v. (.25 linear ft.)

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Houghton Library

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Hall, John, of Richmond

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Epithet: of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x00022a Epithet: schoolmaster, of Cambuslang British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000233 Epithet: of Egerton Ch 6171 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x000225 The John Ha...

Tocqué, Louis

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Mrs. (Hester) Chapone, 1727-1801

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Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

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Title: 1st Baron Lyndhurst British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000394 ...

Jean-Baptiste Vanloo

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Romney, George, 1734-1802

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001391.0x000203 English painter. From the description of Milton sketchbook [graphic] / George Romney. 1791 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78087218 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to his son, John, 1797 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657308 From the description of Autograph letter...

Richard? Bentley

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W. William Russell? Birch

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Posselwhite, J. (James), 1798-1884

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M. Sherris

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John Fletcher, 1579-1625

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Emile-Florentin? Daumont

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Pembroke College (University of Oxford)

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William Pulteney, Earl of Bath, 1684-1764

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T. (Thomas) Worlidge

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Eva Maria Garrick, 1724-1822

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E. Edward Francis Finden

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Horace Walpole, 1717-1797

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Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1741-1821

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John Jackson, 1778-1831

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Angus, William

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John Faber, 1695? -1756

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James Baylis Allen

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Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935

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Hodgson, Boys, and Graves

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Stuart, Gilbert

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Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x0001e0 ...

Mme (Marie-Jeanne) Roland, 1754-1793

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Samuel Rogers, 1763-1855

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Cave, Edward

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Epithet: Editor of the ' Gentleman's Magazine ' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001093.0x0003ab ...

Mrs. (Catherine) Clive

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Pasquale Paoli, 1725-1807

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Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835

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W. H. Mote

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Griffith, William Pettit

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Gilbert, Stuart.

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Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794

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Hannah Pritchard, 1711-1768

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William Pickering

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Locke & Brewman

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Watson, Caroline

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Topham Beauclerk, 1739-1780

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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800

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Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson, English author and literary hostess. From the guide to the Elizabeth Montagu manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-18th century, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, an author and literary hostess, was a central figure in London's Bluestocking circle, and a friend of Samuel Johnson. Her best-known work was 1769's anonymously published An Essay on the Writings and ...

Joseph Addison, 1672-1719

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George Macartney, Earl Macartney, 1737-1806

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Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841

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Marie-Anne du Boccage Le Page, 1710-1802

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Francis Hayman

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George Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton, 1709-1773

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Richard Brocklesby, 1722-1797

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Thomas Loggan?

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Vernor, Hood and Sharpe

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Bird, Edward, 1772-1819

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Thomas Smiley was born in modern Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1759, the son of John Smiley and Anne Stuart. John and Thomas Smiley served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and both saw action at the Battle of Long Island. In 1808, Thomas Smiley moved to White Deer Hole Valley, Pennsylvania (now White Deer), where he established the area's first Baptist congregation. He and his wife, Nancy Tucker (d. 1838), had at least one son, John (1783-1822). Thomas Smil...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...

Johann Zoffany

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Mary Knowles, 1733-1807

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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788

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Clint, George, 1770-1854

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Painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 83 Gower St., to Geo Winston, Esqr., 1832 May 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904132 ...

Talboys & Wheeler

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Frank Barber, d. 1801

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G. Schalken

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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788

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English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], 1769 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269561366 From the description of Autograph letter in third person, not signed : [n.p.], to [William] Hoare, [1773]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269563096 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782 Apr. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269570722 English artist. From the descriptio...

Cheesman, Thomas

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Hurst & Blackett

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Cooper, Robert

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Epithet: of Add MS 32946 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00026c Epithet: Reverend; of Kavanagh Park British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000270 Epithet: of Sloane MS 796 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00026f Epithet: of...

François Séraphin? Delpech

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Oliver, Isaac, 1556?-1617

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John Spencer, Earl Spencer, 1734-1783

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Samuel Richardson, 1689-1761

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W. Robson

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Audinet, Philip, 1766-1837

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J. S. C. Schaak

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Havell, William, 1782-1857

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Philip Audinet

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Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, 1697-1780

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James? Hopwood

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Henri Joseph Hesse

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Anna Seward, 1742-1809

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Sir Joshua Reynolds

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William Holl

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Daniell, William, 1769-1837

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English landscape painter and engraver. From the description of Autograph letter signed in third person, not signed : Cleveland St. [London], to Mr. Huggins, no year Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270521357 Epithet: painter and engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000390 William's Daniell's A voyage round Great Britain, undertaken in the summer of the year 1813, and com...

L. (Léopold) Massard

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Thurston, John

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Epithet: of Hoxne, county Suffolk British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x0000c6 Epithet: of Add MS 32484 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x0000c5 Epithet: of Stowe MS 146 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000...

Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1743-1808

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Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine) Staël, 1766-1817

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Plato

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Williams, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 38309 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00039e Epithet: Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper, afterwards Archbishop of York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00038d Epithet: Bishop of Lincoln; Lord Keeper; of Add MS 32056 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catal...

Thomas Seward, 1708-1790

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Charles John Smith

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Nollekens, Joseph, 1737-1823

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "your Royal Highness", 1810 Dec. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610478 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : Mortimer St. [London], to Mr. Minasi, 1809 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609692 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to General Poulett, 1804 Aug. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610477 From the descriptio...

J. Spelsbury John Spilsbury

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Colley Cibber, 1671-1757

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Beaumont, John Thomas Barber, 1774-1841

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Bell, J. L. (John Lane)

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Epithet: Lieutenant-General; Lieutenant -Governor of Guernsey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000344 Epithet: Provost of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0x000372 Epithet: of Add MS 23804 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001164.0...

Stadler, Joseph Constantine (German printmaker, active 1780-1812)

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Pickersgill, Henry William, 1782-1875

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English painter. From the description of Letters, ca. 1828-1869. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 83101655 ...

Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall, 1751-1831

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Henry Thrale

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H. G. Henry Graves & Co.

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William Wilberforce, 1759-1833

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Godby, James

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Laurence Sterne, 1713-1768

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George Cowie & Co.

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E. Stalker

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Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

Charles? Gavard

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K.? Mackenzie

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William? Evans

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Henry Graves & Co.

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J. John Thomas? Smith

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Thomas Trotter

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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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Jane Austen (b. December 16, 1775, Steventon, Hampshire, England–d. July 18, 1817, Winchester, England) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars. With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814)...

Parkes, Robert Bowyer, 1830-

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Edward Boscawen, 1711-1761

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Joseph Nollekens

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Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1719-1789

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Inigo? Barlow

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Prince Charles Edward, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788

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Thomas Davies

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Ireland, Samuel, -1800

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Samuel Ireland (d. 1800) was an engraver and publisher in London, England. He was also a collector of books and prints. In his later years, Ireland's reputation was ruined by his involvement in the forgery of Shakespeare manuscripts produced by his son, William Henry Ireland (1771-1835) James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785, was an English general, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia in America. From the description of Etching of General James O...

Harding, Sylvester

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Holl, Francis

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Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0002d0 ...

Fry, William Thomas, 1789-1843

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Bartholomew Fair

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Fenner, Sears & Co.

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Dean & Munday

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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834

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London publisher best known for his fine color plate books such as The Microcosm of London, and the monthly magazine The Repository of Arts. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Jane Porter. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 72823177 German art publisher and bookseller in London. From the guide to the Rudolph Ackermann letter to Stephen Elliot, 1822, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Rudolph Acke...

G. P. (George Perfect) Harding

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Sewell, John

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Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 40359 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000800.0x00021e Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000137 Epithet: LL.D; of Add MS 38272 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Elizabeth Seymour Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, 1716-1776.

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Mrs. (Frances Barton) Abington, 1737-1815

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Cooke, George

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Epithet: late of Old Ford, county Middlesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x000109 Epithet: Paymaster -General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x00010c Epithet: engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000144 Epithet:...

Mathews and Leigh

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Alexander Pope, 1688-1744

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Ridley, William

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Bellin, Samuel

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Alfred Guillaume Gabriel, comte d'Orsay

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Charles Churchill, 1731-1764

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Charlotte Lennox, ca. 1729-1804

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Mrs. (Catherine) Clive, 1711-1785

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Anna Williams, 1706-1783

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Archibald Constable &Co.

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Roberts, James

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Epithet: Secretary, Burnley and District United Trades Council British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000372 Epithet: Printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000371 Epithet: the elder, of Ballygiblin; tenant of the Perceval family British Library Archives and Manusc...