The Alfred Swaine Taylor family collection

A remarkable collection of items belonging to Victorian ‘Father of Forensic Medicine’ and photography pioneer Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor

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The Alfred Swaine Taylor family collection

A remarkable collection of items belonging to Victorian ‘Father of Forensic Medicine’ and photography pioneer Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor

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SHAKESPEARE, William, Plays with notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens, 10 vols, London 1773, 8vo, contemporary calf, sound and clean. On bo...

Pilgrim's Progress, London 1786, 12mo calf, signed Alfred Taylor verso frontisplate; ROWE Elizabeth, Letters, 12mo calf; Lorenzino di Medici and o...

FOX, Charles James (1749-1806) "A Charade to a Lady by the Right Honourable C.J. Fox", single undated mss sheet in Fox's hand, possibly written fo...

MACKENZIE Henry (Ed.), The Lounger, 3 vols, London 1788, 8vo, each inscribed Mrs Cancellor on front paste-down endpaper; THOMSON's Seasons, London...

KNIGHT Ellis Cornelia, Dinarbas; A Tale being a continuation of Rasselas..., London for C. Dilly 1790, contemporary calf, gilt on spine; Junius. S...

Probate document for John Cancellor (deceased), dated 3 June 1790, large vellum bound ledger containing John Cancellor accounts with entries from ...

Peacock's Polite Repository of Pocket Companion for 1798, with pale green silk cover, unused; and for the years 1828, 1829, 1832, 1852, 1853, 1856...

Lot 2195

FORSTER, Rev.

FORSTER, Rev. E, translator, Arabian Nights, 5 vols, London 1802, 8vo calf, Smirke plates, Richard Cancellor bookplates, spines chipped and spine ...

MITFORD, Mary Russell (1787-1855), "to Mrs Taylor on the Victory of Barrosa", a 30 line poem in the author's hand, signed and dated April 2nd 1811...

GOLDSMITH Oliver, Poems, London 1816, 12mo calf, gilt, inscribed to Caroline Cancellor from Georgiana F Hare; and STURM's Reflections, London 1817...

MILTON John, Works, 4 vols, London 1816, illustrated with engravings; HALE, Counsels of a Father, London 1821; Gentleman's Library.. Duties of Lif...

JOHNSON Samuel, Rasselas, London 1817, 12mo calf, gilt, inscribed to 'Mr Alfred S Taylor from his sincere friend Kate Green'; SCOTT's Rokeby, Edin...

(SHERWOOD Mrs) The History of Little Henry and His Bearer, Wellington, Salop, 1817, 16mo half calf, inscribed to 'Miss Cancellor a prize for atten...

TAYLOR, Alfred Swaine, a.l.s to his grandmother Mrs Badger, dated 1818, written from Hounslow School when he was 12 yrs old ...[more]

CANCELLOR, Caroline, three a.l.s. to her father John Cancellor, dated 1818/19, when she would have been about 8 yrs old, and two to her aunt Mrs M...

IRVING, Washington, History of New York, 2 vols, 1821; Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, 2 vols, 1823; Salmagandi, 1824; Tales of A Traveller, 2 vols...

Two reference letters for Alfred Swaine Taylor, one from a (retired) master at Hounslow School and the other from Dr Donald McCrae to whom Taylor ...

Six small simple handmade almanacs, 1820 to 1827, appearing to be covered with scraps from Thomas Taylor's business papers and kept with weather n...

TWO BOXES; SCOTT, Sir Walter, Works, in 80 volumes, 12mo contemporary calf, gilt decoration, comprising the following groups (date given from firs...

A folder containing 7 long letters to Caroline Cancellor from her father John Cancellor, and three to his son Richard, one to Caroline from her au...

Alfred Swaine Taylor, manuscript notes, An Account of the Grotto de Cane with remarks on Suffocation by Carbonic acid, 4pp on large paper

Alfred Swaine Taylor's passport issued in 1828 for his Continental travels, mainly in Italy, several pages have been taped onto this to accommodat...

Alfred Swaine Taylor, Osservazione Geologiche ecc. Regno di Napoli, manuscript, 15 x 21cm approx 27 close written pages including one ½ page ink i...

Alfred Swaine Taylor, eight letters sent to family members, one from Bristol to his father in 1827, one to his aunt Mrs Harris from Rome in 1829, ...

Three untitled oblong albums, 14 x 12cm, containing approx 300 continental lithographed view plates, ½ calf, spines missing on two, one signed Alf...

Two handbills relating to the 1830 July Revolution, probably brought back from Paris in 1830 by Alfred Swaine Taylor

TAYLOR, Alfred Swaine, and CANCELLOR, Caroline, eight a.l.s., letters exchanged between them in April and May 1834, prior to their marriage in Jul...

Small account book, approx 10 x 15cm, 64pp, Alfred S. Taylor's accounts for the years 1835, 1836, and also for Elements of Medical Jurisprudence V...

DELF, Thomas, a.l.s. from New York to Alfred S Taylor, dated 8 October 1838, describing New York and mentions the interest in Joice Heth (exhibite...

GRAY Mrs Hamilton, Tour of the Sepulchres of Etruria in 1839, London 1841, second edition, 8vo cloth, complete with all maps and plates, very neat...

MITFORD, Mary Russell (1787-1855), a.l.s. to Mrs Taylor (Alfred's wife), dated Sept 2nd 1843 from Three Milk Cross, 8pp, includes a request for Mr...

SCHWEIDLER Mary, The Amber Witch, London 1844, bound with EASTLAKE Lady Elizabeth (Rigby), Letters from the Shores of the Baltic, London 1844, 8vo...

HOOD Thomas, Poems, London 1846, 2 vols bound in one, 12mo half calf, signed Alfred S Taylor on both title pages; Tom Brown's Schooldays, Cambridg...

LYTTON, Edward Bulwer (1802-1873), a.l.s. to editor of the Medical gazette (Alfred Swaine Taylor), complaining of a reference to novels written by...

Lot 2242

GOSSE P.H.

GOSSE P.H., A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica, London 1851, 8vo cloth, complete with 8 colour tinted plates, inscribed on half title 'From the Pub...

George HOWARD, later 9th Earl of Carlisle, two a.l.s. to Dr Alfred Taylor, circa 1852, written when Howard was about 9yrs old, one accepting an in...

LONGFELLOW Henry W., Poems, London 1854, new edition, small 8vo calf, inscribed to Mrs Taylor from Cath & Robt, Macauley 1854; and The Courtship o...

Four notebooks, 1859-1878, approx 11 x 18cm, used as commonplace books filled with Taylor's mss notes and anecdotes, press and magazine cuttings (...

Box; Taylor's diaries for the years 1860, 1861, 1863 - 1868, and 1871, all are Lett's Diary or Bills Due Book and Almanack Week to view diaries, f...

1861 Diary of Edith Taylor, daughter of Alfred Swaine Taylor, detailing a trip to the continent; two mss common place books for 1857 and 1858, and...

Box containing paperwork, letters, and plans relating to repairs and alterations to 15 St James Terrace, Alfred Swaine Taylor's residence, and bro...

Passport issued to Alfred Swaine Taylor in 1864, for travel on the continent accompanied by his wife, daughter, niece, and Mr Frederick Methold

Box of over 60 letters to Alfred Swaine Taylor, which appear to have been removed from various places by his son-in-law Fred Methold to form part ...

DICKENS Charles, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London 1870, first edition, 8vo cloth, with 12 Fildes plates, signed Alfred S Taylor on title page, w...

A letter sent from Paris to Dieppe by Balloon Post during the siege of Paris in 1870, this probably came into Taylor family possession through Alf...

Dr Neil Arnott's (1788-1874) will and letters and documents relating to his estate, his widow, Professor Bain, and Alfred Swaine Taylor were execu...

A large quantity of documents, letters, invoices and deeds, relating to Taylor family business, mainly concerned with Thomas Taylor, Alfred's fath...

A folder of Alfred Swaine Taylor's loose manuscript notes, including a long list of books that probably formed his library at some time

An archive box containing a large quantity of letters to Alfred Swaine Taylor, family correspondence and some received in his professional capacit...

Three archive boxes of press cuttings, including some notes and letters, and a two-sided hand-written page which appears to be Alfred Swaine Taylo...

Box containing three books, including Taylor's copy of On the Church at Worth by Weston Wayford, with a.l.s.; The Illustrated Police News May 7th ...

Alfred Swaine Taylor, memoranda and documents relating to his will and investments, details of the marriage settlement in respect of his daughter ...

An eight page manuscript biography of Alfred Swaine Taylor by his brother Silas, dated June 1880, and another seven page one undated, in his daugh...

An envelope containing two copies of Alfred Swaine Taylor's death certificate, together with the certificate of marriage banns for his daughter Ed...

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