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1803rif. 56968Windsor. May 12 1803. King George III Admits War with Napoleon "seems now so certain" A royal letter of profound import written entirely in the hand of King George III and signed "George R." Here the British King writes hastily to Lord Hawkesbury his Secretary of State outlining the lack of recent communications from his emissaries in Paris who were conducting peacetime negotiations with Napoleon after the failure of the Treaty of Amiens the year before. King George III mentions receiving dispatches from Lord Whitworth who was serving as the King's ambassador to France at the time; interestingly it was Whitworth to whom Napoleon threatened war if Great Britain did not evacuate Malta just a few months earlier in February 1803. Whitworth himself evacuated France the day after the present letter was written in full knowledge that peace negotiations were over. The King also relates the failure of French General Jacques Lauriston to arrive in London presumably for last-minute peace talks to prevent conflict. The King states that Lauriston's activities were likely intended to buy time for French negotiators. King George III then writes portentously beginning the second and final paragraph: "War seems now so certain that Lord Hawkesbury cannot too soon form the negotiations between this country and France into a Manifesto and state the conduct of the latter fully since the conclusion of the Peace as the cause of the steps we have been obliged to take." In other words the King is ordering his Secretary of State Lord Hawkesbury to state Great Britain's case for war with France. This is very likely the first admission by the King himself of the reality of impending war with France. Six days after the present letter was written Great Britain declared war on France sparking the long series of armed conflicts known as the Napoleonic Wars which would culminate a dozen years later at the Battle of Waterloo. Important letters signed by King George III are rarely offered in the market. Rarer still are letters composed entirely in his hand and signed by him as in the present example. Cheffin's Auctions in England sold a follow-up to the present letter also to Lord Hawkesbury and dated two days later on May 14 for £11430 in January 2019. That letter was bought for £55 in 1966. By comparison the present earlier letter was bought by H. Richard Dietrich for $92 at Parke Bernet's Fitzgerald sale on November 6 1963. It has remained part of the Dietrich American Foundation collection since then. A momentous political and diplomatic communication from the King of England to his Secretary of State resigned to the fact that war with Napoleon is at hand. 1p. on an 8¾ x 6¾-inch sheet. Left margin reinforced with thicker paper old folds. Mostly minor losses along left margin just touching first letters of several words. Very good. unknown books
1820rif. 10251820. Mezzotint frontis. port. of George III a little foxed arms on each title & two engraved views of the library serving as head- & tailpieces. Five vols. Large folio cont. red straight-grained morocco minor scuffing panelled & tooled in gilt with centerpiece stamped monogram "GR" surmounted by a crown on covers spines gilt dentelles gilt a.e.g. London: W. Bulmer & W. Nicol 1820-29. The catalogue "sumptuously printed" by Bulmer of the magnificent library of King George III 1738-1820 donated to the nation by his son George IV. This is a royal copy having belonged to Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland and the fifth son of George III who became King of Hanover in 1837. It is superbly bound in red straight-grained morocco and printed on paper superior to other sets. "The kings of England had from the end of the fifteenth century always shown a certain taste for fine books especially for the handsomer volumes of their own day.A new library was started in 1765 by King George III when he purchased for 10000 pounds the valuable collection of incunabula with a few manuscripts brought together by Joseph Smith 1682-1770 the British Consul at Venice. "George III continued adding to his library for nearly fifty years buying with considerable discrimination at all the notable sales of the period; he secured the best books at the West Ratcliffe and Askew auctions built up a magnificent collection of English plays and kept on right up to the Roxburghe sale 1812. His usual agents were Messrs Nicol the booksellers but he seems to have obtained from the Continent some extremely valuable incunabula by the assistance of one Horn of Ratisbon a great despoiler of the German convents. "There is a sumptuously printed but hastily compiled catalogue of which copies are seldom met with."-De Ricci pp. 55-56. "As a boy George III had received an excellent education. He learned Latin well enough to be able to read the classics; French and German; history geography and the British political system; mathematics and elementary science; art architecture and music. After he left the schoolroom he continued his education under the Earl of Bute an inspiring if somewhat pedantic tutor.Under his tuition the King developed wide cultural interests a reverence for scholarship and the instinct of a collector. "The King's aim was.to acquire a library which contained every book which an eighteenth-century scholar could desire. It was a library to be used not simply to be admired.It was as far as it could be in the eighteenth century a universal library.It is rich in library catalogues. In addition to the catalogues of British libraries there are catalogues from France Italy Spain Portugal Germany Belgium Switzerland Sweden Poland and Russia. There are over five hundred sale catalogues most British and most with the prices marked. "It was the King's wish that a catalogue should be published but he postponed this as long as possible. When it became clear after 1812 that the King would never recover Queen Charlotte and the Prince Regent urged the preparation of a catalogue. It was compiled by Barnard and published between 1820 and 1829 in five folio volumes.It was never offered for sale but copies were presented to heads of state and the great libraries in the United Kingdom and on the Continent. It is today an extremely rare book."John Brooke "The Library of King George III" in The Yale University Library Gazette Vol. 52 No. 1 July 1977 pp. 33-45. "Frederick Barnard had begun the catalogue of the books and manuscripts of the King's Library while it was at Buckingham House. The catalogue was completed.by Barnard and his staff for the Trustees of the British Museum and printed in five volumes between 1820 and 1829.Very few copies were printed none for sale and they are now very rare."-Paintin The King's Library p. 22. This copy lacks the engraved frontispiece portrait of Bernard. A sixth volume issued separately in 1829 and not present here describes the maps prints and drawings. A magnificent set. From the library of Prince Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland and the subsequent Kings of Hanover. Miller That Noble Cabinet p. 125"one of the finest libraries ever created by one man.By the time of the King's death the collection amounted to 65250 volumes besides 19000 unbound tracts. unknown
1820rif. 10251820. Mezzotint frontis. port. of George III a little foxed arms on each title & two engraved views of the library serving as head- & tailpieces. Five vols. Large folio cont. red straight-grained morocco minor scuffing panelled & tooled in gilt with centerpiece stamped monogram "GR" surmounted by a crown on covers spines gilt dentelles gilt a.e.g. London: W. Bulmer & W. Nicol 1820-29. The catalogue "sumptuously printed" by Bulmer of the magnificent library of King George III 1738-1820 donated to the nation by his son George IV. This is a royal copy having belonged to Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland and the fifth son of George III who became King of Hanover in 1837. It is superbly bound in red straight-grained morocco and printed on paper superior to other sets. "The kings of England had from the end of the fifteenth century always shown a certain taste for fine books especially for the handsomer volumes of their own day.A new library was started in 1765 by King George III when he purchased for 10000 pounds the valuable collection of incunabula with a few manuscripts brought together by Joseph Smith 1682-1770 the British Consul at Venice. "George III continued adding to his library for nearly fifty years buying with considerable discrimination at all the notable sales of the period; he secured the best books at the West Ratcliffe and Askew auctions built up a magnificent collection of English plays and kept on right up to the Roxburghe sale 1812. His usual agents were Messrs Nicol the booksellers but he seems to have obtained from the Continent some extremely valuable incunabula by the assistance of one Horn of Ratisbon a great despoiler of the German convents. "There is a sumptuously printed but hastily compiled catalogue of which copies are seldom met with."-De Ricci pp. 55-56. "As a boy George III had received an excellent education. He learned Latin well enough to be able to read the classics; French and German; history geography and the British political system; mathematics and elementary science; art architecture and music. After he left the schoolroom he continued his education under the Earl of Bute an inspiring if somewhat pedantic tutor.Under his tuition the King developed wide cultural interests a reverence for scholarship and the instinct of a collector. "The King's aim was.to acquire a library which contained every book which an eighteenth-century scholar could desire. It was a library to be used not simply to be admired.It was as far as it could be in the eighteenth century a universal library.It is rich in library catalogues. In addition to the catalogues of British libraries there are catalogues from France Italy Spain Portugal Germany Belgium Switzerland Sweden Poland and Russia. There are over five hundred sale catalogues most British and most with the prices marked. "It was the King's wish that a catalogue should be published but he postponed this as long as possible. When it became clear after 1812 that the King would never recover Queen Charlotte and the Prince Regent urged the preparation of a catalogue. It was compiled by Barnard and published between 1820 and 1829 in five folio volumes.It was never offered for sale but copies were presented to heads of state and the great libraries in the United Kingdom and on the Continent. It is today an extremely rare book."John Brooke "The Library of King George III" in The Yale University Library Gazette Vol. 52 No. 1 July 1977 pp. 33-45. "Frederick Barnard had begun the catalogue of the books and manuscripts of the King's Library while it was at Buckingham House. The catalogue was completed.by Barnard and his staff for the Trustees of the British Museum and printed in five volumes between 1820 and 1829.Very few copies were printed none for sale and they are now very rare."-Paintin The King's Library p. 22. This copy lacks the engraved frontispiece portrait of Bernard. A sixth volume issued separately in 1829 and not present here describes the maps prints and drawings. A magnificent set. From the library of Prince Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumberland and the subsequent Kings of Hanover. Miller That Noble Cabinet p. 125"one of the finest libraries ever created by one man.By the time of the King's death the collection amounted to 65250 volumes besides 19000 unbound tracts. unknown books
rif. 503685May 25 1801. Appointment of "Peter Ogier Gentleman as Clerk in the Office of Our Secretary." Signed by 3 officials and a witness November 24 1801. Printed document completed in a secretarial hand. Full vellum 16" x 15" with 2 blue wax seals and hand-colored portrait of George III folds and slight stains. Rare with seals. 22" x 20". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. hardcover
rif. 43632printed with the details filled in by hand appointing Colonel James Pringle "to be Major General in our Army in the East Indies only." countersigned by Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl LIVERPOOL Baron Hawkesbury 1770-1828 Prime Minister 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp St James's 25th October hardcover
rif. 503685May 25 1801. Appointment of "Peter Ogier Gentleman as Clerk in the Office of Our Secretary." Signed by 3 officials and a witness November 24 1801. Printed document completed in a secretarial hand. Full vellum 16" x 15" with 2 blue wax seals and hand-colored portrait of George III folds and slight stains. Rare with seals. 22" x 20". Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. hardcover books
rif. 0364428538.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 0364842725.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
198615 illustrations. 219 pages. Maroon cloth covers. Rubbing to surface of dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped.
2006rif. Q-0743491696Star Trek 2006-11-28. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Star Trek paperback
rif. 000162London 1798. Fine. 15x10 1/2 in. A military appointment framed. A lovely signature on an elagant item. London, 1798. unknown
1772rif. AQ29286London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1772. 2 1127-1131pp 1. Disbound. Scattered spotting. A rare survival of a Georgian act both continuing and amending earlier legislation primarily relating to the importation of goods to Britain from American colonies notably sugar. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln's Inn and a further six copies in North America Brown Huntington Minnesota North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati and Virginia. ESTC N57304. Folio. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1782rif. AQ27195London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1782. 2 163-214pp. Issued separately with a general title page as here and also as part of: ‘Anno Regni Georgii III….vicesimo secundo. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the thirty-first day of October anno Domini 1780…’ Imprint taken from general title. Disbound. A remarkably rare survival of a public general act renewing the terms of the previous Mutiny Act as well as the articles relating to the quartering of British Army troops in Foreign territories. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln’s Inn and further copies at two locations in North America Harvard and Tulane. ESTC N58108. First edition. Folio. [Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan] unknown
1772rif. AQ24244London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1772. 2 775-776pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter scattered spotting. A rare survival of a Georgian act temporarily relieving duties on corn imports in order to combat grain shortages. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln's Inn and two further in North America Brown and Virginia. ESTC N57272. Folio. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1771rif. AQ24231London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1771. 2 1227-1234pp 2. With a final blank leaf. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter scattered spotting. A rare survival of a Georgian act regarding the acquisition of oak staves for use in the manufacture of casks for brewers from American vessels that dock in British ports. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln's Inn and further four copies in North America Library and Archives of Canada Minnesota Virginia and Yale. ESTC N57209. Folio. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1763rif. AQ24239London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1763. 2 383-398pp 2. With a final blank leaf. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter scattered spotting. A remarkably rare survival of a Georgian act relating to duties payable by British subjects for importing their goods from territories surrendered to France and Spain at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War. ESTC records a single copy in North America Huntington and none elsewhere. ESTC N54579. Folio. Printed by Mark Baskett unknown
1766rif. AQ24233London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1766. 2 755-760pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter scattered spotting. A rare survival of a Georgian act both continuing and amending earlier legislation relating to import and export duties on a variety of goods in particular those materials associated with ship building and the simulation of the growth of coffee on American plantations. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln’s Inn and two further copies in North America both held at John Carter Brown. ESTC N56929. Folio. Printed by Mark Baskett unknown
1766rif. AQ24234London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1766. 2 715-734pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter scattered spotting. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln’s Inn and one further in North America Virginia. ESTC N56926. Folio. Printed by Mark Baskett unknown
1764rif. AQ24240London: Printed by Mark Baskett 1764. 2 235-236pp. Disbound. Stab-stitch holes to gutter scattered spotting. A scarce Georgian act both continuing and amending earlier legislation relating to the trade of sail cloth and gunpowder particularly between Britain and her American colonies. ESTC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln’s Inn and a further eight copies in North America Boston Athenaeum Huntington Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library Company of Philadelphia Minnesota North Carolina Society of Cincinnati and Virginia. ESTC N56796. Folio. Printed by Mark Baskett hardcover
1770rif. AQ24243London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1770. 2 691-694pp. Disbound. A rare survival of a Georgian act both continuing and amending earlier legislation encouraging the growth of indigo plants on British plantations in America. ETSC records a single copy in the British Isles Lincoln's Inn and a further five copies in North America Brown Kansas Minnesota Museum of American Textile History and Virginia. ESTC N57137. Folio. Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1808rif. AQ24070London: s.n. 1808. 6pp 2. Docket title to verso of final leaf. Stitched as issued. A trifle browned and dusty. An apparently unrecorded Georgian act amending previous legislation regarding the appropriation and privatisation of common land in the town of Fulbourn Cambridgeshire for agricultural purposes. . First edition. Folio. [s.n.] unknown
1803rif. AQ18908London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1803. 1 910-916pp. Stitched as issued. Lightly creased small hole to gutter of first leaf slight chipping to margins. A Georgian act for the provision of a weekly allowance for the families of non- commissioned officers drummers and private militiamen in Scotland; likely issued in response to the emergent conflict with Napoleonic forces on the Continent. . Folio. [Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan] unknown
rif. 19768with Royal Arms below including Hanover vellum approx. 5" x 5" date in pencil on verso 24th March hardcover
rif. 17632with double voucher before Sir John Eardley WILMOT 1709-1792 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas 1766-1771 of 2 dwellings 1 granary 3 gardens and 100 acres in the parish of Titchfield Hants owned by tenant in tail John Paffard fine engraved portrait 8" x 7¼" of George III elaborately engraved border on three sides of the document the vignettes include Neptune ruling the waves and Hercules slaying the Hydra vellum 27¼" x 35¾" Westminster 14th June lacks seal a little creased in some folds On the verso the property is named as 'Paffard's Lee'. Before the trial John Paffard will have conveyed it to his friend John Webb the defendant for a nominal sum. Another friend Henry Cutler sues Webb for possession alleging dispossession by a fictitious Hugh Hunt. Called to warrant Webb's title Paffard in turn calls the court crier Thomas Francis Martin to say untruthfully that Martin had sold the lands to Paffard as a freehold. The process ends with judgment against Webb and Martin and with Cutler in freehold possession. John Paffard has rid himself of all entails and encumbrances on the property and will soon get it back from Cutler. Wilmot a fellow pupil with Dr. Johnson at Lichfield took part in the cases arising from John Wilkes' libels. hardcover
rif. 42581printed with the details filled in by hand appointing Charles Mingay Gent to be "Ensign to that Company whereof. Esq is Captain in our Twenty Second or the Cheshire Regiment of Foot commanded by our Trusty and Wellbeloved Major General David Dundas." countersigned by the Duke of PORTLAND 1 side oblong folio on vellum with papered seal and revenue stamp Court at St James's 2nd December Along with many other conservative Whigs such as Edmund Burke Portland was deeply uncomfortable with the French Revolution; he broke with Fox over that issue and joined Pitt's government as Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1794. In that role he oversaw the administration of patronage and financial inducements which were often secret to secure the passage of the Act of Union 1800 hardcover
