CS.1394.14 - CS.1394.19

Philobiblon Society (Great Britain)

Bibliographical and historical miscellanies / Philobiblon Society.

Other title: Philobiblon Society (Great Britain). Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society.

London : Printed by Charles Whittingham, 1854-84.

15 v. : illus., photos., facsims. ; 23 cm.

Each volume includes list of members; the contributions are separately paged.

v. 1, 1854. 1. Letter of Thomas James to Lord Lumley, 1599 / [communicated by William Stirling] -- 2. Notes sur deux petites bibliothèques françaises du xve siécle / [Par S.A.R. le duc d'Aumale] -- 3. Michael Scott almost an Irish archbishop / [by the Very Rev. H.H. Milman, dean of St. Paul's] -- 4. A short account of some of the most celebrated libraries of Italy / by Robert Curzon -- 5. Lettres sur les Anglais qui ont écrit français / par Sylvain van de Weyer -- 6. Private letters from the Earl of Strafford to his third wife / [by R.M. Milnes] -- 7. Some remarks on the prefaces to the first editions of the classics / [by Beriah Botfield] -- 8. Memoir of Chief Justice Heath : [1648 / by E.P. Shirley] -- 9. Lettre de Guillaume III [29 d'oct. 1688 / Par S.A.R. le duc d'Aumale] -- 10. The Connock papers : [Italian letter from Queen Elizabeth to the Emperor : 1567 / by H.B. Ray] -- 11. Construction of the speech addressed by Louis XVI to the États généraux / communicated by R.M. Milnes] -- 12. Letter from King John of France to his son Charles / [communicated by P. O'Callaghan] -- 13. On the importance of manuscripts with miniatures in the history of art / [by G.F. Waagem] -- 14. Avisi di Londra [1645-1652. Comunicati da Rawdon Brown -- 15. Doute historique / [Par Octave Delepierret] -- 16. Letter from Giacomo Soranzo to his two sons : 1588 -- 17. On the first edition of the Adagia of Erasmus / [by William Stirling] -- 18. Letter of Dr. John Dee to Sir William Cecyl 1562-3 / [by R.W. Grey] -- 19. A short dozen of books relating to British history, in possession of the Earl of Gosford -- 20. Private printing press at Stonor, 1581 / [by T.E. Stonor] -- 21. Letter from Cardinal Bembo to Lorenzo Loredano, doge of Venice : [1515 / by Walter Sneyd] -- 22. Notes on libraries [Norwich Blickling hall] / by Beriah Botfield. v. 2, 1855-56. 1. Some account of a rare Greek ms. [with an illustration / by Walter Sneyd] -- 2. Catalogue of the books of Richard de Gravesend, bishop of London : 1303 / [by the Very Rev. H.H. Milman, dean of St. Paul's -- 3. Some account of the first English Bible / by Beriah Botfield -- 4. Bibliotheca membranacea Britannica; or, Notices of early English books printed upon vellum / by Beriah Botfield -- 5. The book of the prophet Moses : The history of ... Moses / [by Robert Curzon] -- 6. Notes et documents relatifs à Jean, roi de France et à sa captivit ́en Angleterre / [Par S.A.R. le duc d'Aukale] -- 7. Notices concerning John Cabot and his son Sebastian / [by Rawdon Brown ; communicated by Edward Cheney] -- 8. Notices of the Emperor Charles the Fifth, in 1555 and 1556; selected from the despatches of Federigo Badoer / [by William Stirling -- 9. Eyre papers / ed. by H.b. Ray] -- 10. L'historia di casa Orsini, di Francesco Sansovino : Venetia : 1565 / [Par Edward Cheney] -- 11. Unpublished letters of Laurence Sterne / [by John Murray] -- 12. A few Spanish proverbs about friars / [by William Stirling] -- 13. Inedited poems of Daniel / [Sir John Simeon] -- 14. De la littérature macaronique et de quelques raretés bibliographiques de ce genre / Par Octave Delepierre -- 15. Boswelliana / [by R.M. Milnes]. v. 3, 1856-57. 1 Catalogue of the minister's library in the Collegiate Church of Tong, in Shropshire, with some notices of that structure / by Beriah Botfield -- 2. Notice of Anquetil du Perron and the fire worshippers of India / by Sir Erskine Perry -- 3. Unpublished poems of Donne / [by Sir John Simeon] -- 4. On the Apologies for the massacre of Saint Bartholomew / [by R.M. Milnes] -- 5. Another version of Keats's "Hyperion" / [by R.M. Milnes] -- 6. A funeral oration spoken over the grave of y[symbol] Lady Elizabeth, countess of Essex / by her husband Mr. Higgins ... Sepr. 16th, 1656 ; communicated by Sir David Dundas -- 7. Two letters of Charles the First / [by T.E. Stonor] -- 8. Études bio-bibliographiques sur les fous littéraires / Par Octave Delepierre -- 9. Le marquis de Sy et M. Poupar / [par S.E.M. van de Weyer]. v. 4, 1857-58. 1. James Thomson and David Mallet / communicated by Peter Cunningham -- 2. The origin and progress of printing / by H.G. Bohn -- 3. Contemporaneous narrative of the trial and execution of the Cenci / [by sir John Simeon] -- 4. Letters by Titian respecting some pictures completed by him at the age of ninety-one / [by Sir C.L. Eastlake] -- 5. Essai biographique sur l'histoire littéraire de fous / Par Octave Delepierre. v. 5, 1858-59. 1. Nouveaux documents relatifs à Jean, roi de France / (communiqués par M. Léon Lacabane ; Par S.A.R. le duc d' Aumale] -- 2. L'abbaye de Melrose et les ouvriers flamands / by Octave Delepierre Edward Fairfax ... 1621. From the original copy written with his own hand ... / communicated by R.M. Milnes -- 4. John Guttenberg, first master printer. From the German [of Franz von Dingelstedt] by C.O.W. / [communicated by Octave Delepierre] -- 5. Les Belges : restaurateurs de l'art musical en Europe / par Octave Delepierre. v. 6, 1860-61. 1. History of printing in China and Europe / [by Robert Curzon] -- 2. The first printers of Belgium and England / by Octave Delepierre -- 3. Le canard de la bibliothèque d'Alexandrie / [Par Octave Delepierre] -- 4. Notices of libraries / by Beriah Botfield -- 5. The execution of Cardinal Caraffa / communicated by Edward Cheney -- 6. Letter of Beatrice Cenci, with remarks on her portrait by Guido / commicated by Edward Cheney -- 7. Supplement to the Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard III / [communicated by Dr. Hawtrey] -- 8. Correspondence relating to William Penn / communicated by the Earl of of Ellesmere -- 9. Letters of the Duchess of Atholl and Lady Catherine Stewart / [communicated by Sir George Grey] -- 10. Nouvelles plaisantes recherches d'un homme grave sur quelques faceurs / [Par Octave Delepierre] -- 11. Original letters of Dr. Johnson / [communicated by Sir John Simeon]. v. 7, 1862-63. 1. Interpretation of an important historical document in cipher / by Professor Wheatstone -- 2. Letters of Napoleon Buonaparte / [by Edward Cheney] -- 3. Letter from Marie Antoinette to the Princesse de Lamballe ... / [by Rev. W. Sneyd] -- 4. An account of materials furnished for the use of Queen Anne Boleyn, and the Princess Elizabeth / by William Loke, "the King's mercer," between the 20th Jany. 1535 ... and the 27th April, 1536 / communicated by J.B. Heath -- 5. Extracts from Mr. Burke's table-talk, at Crewe Hall / written down by Mrs. Crewe / [by R.M. Milnes] -- 6. Information contre Isabelle de Limeuil (Mai-août, 1564) / [Par S.A.R. le duc d'Aumale] -- 7. Secret letter from the Queen de Provence to the Marquis de Favras : Intercepted letter from Queen Marie Antoinette to the Emperor of Austria / [by R.M. Milnes] -- 8. Relazione della regina di Suetia / [Per W. Sneyd ; Aggiunte di R.M. Milnes] -- 9. Free and impartial reflexions on the character, life, and death of Frederick prince of Wales / [by R.M. MIlnes] -- 10. Macaronéana / Par Octave Delepierre. v. 8, 1863-64. 1. From the Windham papers / [by Lord Taunton] -- 2. Despatches of Venetian ambassadors from the court of Louis XIII ... 1618-38 / [by Edward Cheney] -- 3. 1783 : 9 ... 20 : Lettre de Mr. de Marat qui contient le récit de ses transactions dans les différentes sciences où il a porté la lumière et la vérité. Roume de St. Laurent / [Par Lord Houghton] -- 4. Account of an interview which took place at Venice in 1622, between the Prince de Condé and Fra Paolo Sarpi / [by Edward Cheney] -- 5. L'enfer décrit par ceux qui l'ont vu : Essai philosophique et littéraire / Par Octave Delepierre -- 6. Sketch of a conversation with Napoleon at Elba / [communicated by Sylvain van de Weyer] -- 7. Démentiana / Par Octave Delepierre -- 8. Lettre de mesdames Marie, Adelaide, et Victoire à Louis XVI : 1791 / [Communiquée par Lord Houghton] -- 9. The examination and confession of certain witches at Chelmsford, in the county of Essex / communicated and prefaced by Hermann Beigel. v. 9, 1865-66. 1. Description of a copy of "Rationes decem Campiani," printed at ... Stonor, 1581 / by T.E. Stonor -- 2. Notice of a fragment of a Sarum breviary in possession of John Eliot Hodgkin -- 3. Book-hunting under Edward III / by W.S. Gibson -- 4. Démentiana : Des hallucinations dans la république des lettres / [Par Octave Delepierre] -- 5. The lord mayor's visit to Oxford, July, 1826 : The minster and steeple in Freyburg in Breisgaw described throughout the varied ornamental parts, in the Gothic style / by John Andrew Ritzchel. Freyburg, 1836 : Avertimenti agli ospitandi nella casa sull'Etna. Catania. 1833. The indictment against that tyrannical, cruel, and bloody monarch, Satan. London, 1845 / communicated by Robert Curzon -- 6. Original letters of Sir Thomas Pope, knt. / communicated by E.P. Shirley -- 7. Correspondence of Madame de Lafayette and Geeral Washington / [communicated by Henry Reeve] -- 8. The Crewe papers : Section 1 : Windham letters / [communicated by Lord Houghton] -- 9. Memorandum on the diaries of the late Mr. Charles Greville / [communicated by Henry Reeve] -- 10. L'enfer décrit par ceux qui l'ont vu : Essai philosophique et littéraire / Par Octave Delepierre. v. 10, 1866-67. 1. Centoniana, ou Encyclopédie du centon / par Octave Delepierre -- Letters of eminent men / communicated by J.B. Heath -- 3. De la bibliophagie / Communiqué par Onesyme Durocher -- 4. Horace Walpole's marginal notes, written in Dr. Mary's Miscellaneous works and memoirs of the Earl of Chesterfield. 1777 / Communicated by R.S. Turner (A more complete impression of the notes, issued later to members of the society in place of this issue, is bound with v. 11) -- 5. édouard III, roi d'Angleterre, on Flandre / [Par Octave Delepierre] -- 6. Lusus macaronici moderni / Communiqués par M. Rostain (The twelve pages of introduction were written by Octave Delepierre) -- 7. Des livres condamnés au feu en Angleterre / [Par Octave Delepierre]. v. 11, 1867-68. 1. Remarks on the illuminated official manuscripts of the Venetian republic / by Edward Cheney -- 2. Expences of dinners provided for Cardinal Wolsey and the lords of the Privy council : from 13 July 1518 to 13 February 1519 / communicated by Baron Heath -- 3. Centoniana, ou Encyclopédie du centon / par Octave Delepierre : 2. ptie. -- [4]. Horace Walpole's marginal notes, written in Dr. Maty's Miscellaneous works and ... Turner : ["Notice. Mr Turner requests the members of the Philot-iblon society to substitute the present more complete impression of Horace Walpole's notes on Dr. Maty's Memoirs of the Earl of Chesterfield for the copy delivered in the last volume, which was not edited by him"]. v. 12, 1868-69. 1. Essai sur la parodie / Par Octave Delepierre -- 2. The Van den Bempde papers / communicated by Sir Erskine Perry -- 3. Morte dell'uxoricida Guido Franceschini decapitato / [Comunicata da Robert Browning, per Sir John Simeon] (Source of "The ring and the book") -- 4. Hermes and Lycaon / communicated by C.R. Markham -- 5. Shelley's Declaration of rights / [communicated by Mr. Fortescue to the editor] -- 6. Notice of Sir John Simeon. v. 13, 1871-72. 1. Narrative / by Mr. Edward Grimston of his captivity in the Bastille, and his escape therefrom / [communicated by Henry Reeves] -- 2. Lettres de Madame de Maintenon à nièce Madame de Caylus / [Communiquées par Lady Knightley] -- 3. Lettres de Madame de Maintenon à Monsieur le Maréchal de Villeroy / [Communiquées par Lady Knightley] -- 4. Notice of the late Princess Lieven / by Ralph Sneyd -- 5. The tombs of the Scaligers at Verona / communicated by Edward Cheney -- 6. Mrs. Harcourt's diary of the court of King George III. v. 14, 1872-76. 1. Notice of Lord Zouche -- 2. Original documents relating to Venetian painters and their pictures in the 16th century. Communicated by Edward Cheney -- 3. Letters of the Bonaparte family. From the originals in the autograph collection of Baron Heath -- 4. Anecdote of King George III and the late Mrs. Arthur Stanhope / [communicated by Evelyn Shirley] -- 5. Papers relating to Mary queen of Scots / [communicated by Sir W. Knollys] -- 6. Unpublished diary of Madame Roland / communicated .

Front flyleaf with inscription by the Rev Edward Hawtrey, provost of Eton College (1853-1862), who donated the series to the College between 1855 and 1861.

Bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.

Contemporary brown cloth binding with blind centrepiece and frame on covers and gold titling on spine.

ECL holds 6 volumes (1854-1861).

Large white margins.

Previously En.5.16 - En.5.22.

Bibliography Great Britain.

Manuscripts Great Britain.

Whittingham, Charles, 1795 - 1876 printer.

Hawtrey, Edward Craven, 1789 - 1862 former owner.

Great Britain England London.

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