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Click here to subscribeLate 18th century British School 'John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery' oil on canvas portrait laid onto panel, later title label verso, 'Earl of Carbery (last Earl) of Golden Grove father of Anne Duchess of Bolton' 30 x 25 cm (Gilt frame 40 x 35 cm) * Vaughan was described by Pepys as the 'lewdest fellow of the age' and Edward Hyde considered him as 'as ugly in frame as in face'.
Two sets and five single volumes: Thomas Macaulay - 'History of England' (Longman Brown 1849, 3rd edition, 5 volumes); 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys' (G. Bell & Sons 1924, vols. i-viii in 3 volumes); James Boswell - 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (George Routledge 1867); Leusden and Griesbach - 'Novum Testamentum Graece' in Greek (Andrew and James Duncan 1817) 'The Torah' in Hebrew (1890); 'Mrs Beeton's Household Management' (Ward, Lock & Co); Punch 1876-9.
JOHAN BAPTIST CLOSTERMAN PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, TRADITIONALLY IDENTIFIED AS SAMUEL PEPYS Oil on canvas 75 x 62cm (29½ x 24¼ in.) Condition Report: The canvas has been lined. Surface cracking throughout, but the paint layer seems to be stable. Inspection under UV reveals scattered areas of retouching to the background and on the sitter's wig. The face and ruff seem to be untouched. Cleaned and re-varnished. Condition Report Disclaimer
* Bennett (Frank Moss, 1874-1953). The Duke of York and Pepys, circa 1927, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 61.3 x 76.5 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 ins), gilt and walnut frame with gilt cartouche inscribed with artist’s and title, with a printed label verso 'FR F.M. Bennett / "Duke of York & Pepys" (79 x 94 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle; Christopher Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.
JOHN PEPYS, LONDON. A SMALL WILLIAM AND MARY EBONY VENEERED BRACKET CLOCK the caddy top case with well cast applied pierced mounts and acanthus leaf scroll handle above a glazed door with applied gilt escutcheons and pierced sound fret, the sides with matching sound frets and rectangular glazed aperture. The 6" gilt brass dial fitted winged cherub head spandrels with silvered chapter ring surrounding a matted centre with calendar aperture above VI and signed mock pendulum aperture above, Strike/Not strike lever at 3 o'clock. The substantial twin fusee movement with six finned knopped pillars and anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell, fine scroll engraved and signed backplate with stylised dolphin to the centre. 32cm high not including handleThe case is in good original condition with minor splits in the veneer consistent with age. The glass in the front door is damaged. The movement is original to case and dial. The gut to the strike side of the movement is snapped, the escapement has been converted from verge to anchor and the pull quarter repeat work is missing. The movement will require attention.
[Folio Society Publications] The Qur’an An Interpretation by Marmaduke Pickthall 2010, in heavily decorated gilt and black binding. Pepys’s Diaries 1660-1669 in 3 volumes 1999. Braudel The Mediterranean & The Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II in 3 volumes 2000. Restoration London 1660-1670 by Liza Picard. St. Augustine Confessions with wood engravings by Simon Brett 1993. Rights of Man by Thomas Paine 2007. House of Medici 1998 and 2 others – all in slipcases
A WILLIAM & MARY OAK GLAZED 'PEPYS' BOOKCASE OR CABINET LATE 17TH CENTURY The interior with adjustable shelves 213cm high, 107.5cm wide, 40cm deep Literature: O.F. Morshead, 'The Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge: Magdalene College, Cambridge. II - The Pepys Library', Country Life, 3 March 1928, pp. 300-308. A. Oswald, 'Ludstone Hall, Shropshire - III: The home of Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Rollason', Country Life, 25 January 1952, pp. 222-225. K-M Walton, 'An Inventory of 1710 from Dyrham Park', Furniture History, 1986, pp. 25-80. K. Loveman, 'Books and Sociability: the case of Samuel Pepys's Library', The Review of English Studies, April 2010, pp. 214-233. This bookcase or cabinet is part of a select group of late 17th century tall glaze-fronted case-furniture, the most important of which is twelve, carved and stained oak bookcases (book-presses) with glass panes, supplied in August 1666 by the London joiner, Thomas Sympson (Simpson, fl. 1662-92), to the celebrated diarist and naval administrator, Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), for his house at York Buildings, Buckingham Street, London (BIFMO). On 23 July 1666, Pepys first records the engagement of Sympson the 'joyner' in his diary: 'Up and to my chamber doing several things there of moment, and then comes Sympson the joyner; and he and I with great pains contriving presses to put my books up in, they now growing numerous and lying one upon another upon my chairs' (Morshead, p. 302). The design, with its architectural features, is geometrically based and the glazing was inspired by the sash window which was introduced in England and Holland around this time. Pepys later bequeathed the bookcases and his important collection of 3,000 books to the library of Magdalene college, Cambridge. The library building was begun in about 1640 but not completed until the end of the century. Funds were raised through subscription with Pepys contributing £60, and other subscribers included the Masters of six of the Cambridge colleges including the mathematician, physicist and astronomer, Sir Isaac Newton FRS (1643-1727). The Pepys bookcases are still in situ; eight line the walls of the library, and four stand back-to-back in the centre of the room. Another pair of related carved oak bookcases was made for the library at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, commissioned by William Blathwayt (1649-1717), and described in the 1710 house inventory as: '2 Glass Presses wth Books' (BIFMO). Blathwayt was a friend and colleague of Pepys, as was his uncle, Thomas Povey, whose closet Pepys had admired in the 1660s. Blathwayt probably paid visits to York Buildings and subsequently had glazed bookcases similar to Pepys' made, possibly also by Sympson (Loveman, p. 222). Another possible maker of the Dyrham Park bookcases might be the London joiner, Thomas Hunter of the Angel, Piccadilly, who supplied much of the fine interior woodwork at Dyrham. One of the Dyrham bookcases survives in the Great Hall at Dyrham and its pair is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (NT 452939; Walton, p. 42; W.12:1 to 11-1927). A further carved oak bookcase, formerly at Cuckfield Park, Sussex, was illustrated in Country Life in 1931 (21 November 1931). Charles Sergison purchased Cuckfield Park in 1691. He knew Pepys and his younger brother John through his service to the crown as a dockyard clerk in 1671, and four years later, as clerk to the Clerk of the Acts, whose office was then held jointly by Thomas Hayles and John Pepys (ibid.). Other examples include one formerly at Kingston Lisle, Berkshire (later at Ludstone Hall, Shropshire), photographed by Country Life in 1952 (Oswald, p. 225, fig. 10); and another by repute at Penshurst Place, Kent (ibid., p. 224). While the bookcase offered here is plainer than the preceding examples, it too has been applied with a timber stain presumably to make the oak resemble what was then more expensive walnut or mahogany. Please note: the contents of the cabinet are not included in the sale of this lot Condition Report: Overall with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useThere are some quirks in the construction, this may be a sign of adaption or may be a quirk by the cabinet maker - the lateral bars to the doors have visible ends poking through the uprights, these have been cut to create the over-lap to the doors.The glazing has later putty and filler to secure, one glass panel with old crack and split throughThe shelves are certainly laterThe feet probably of the period but with repaired lower sections (the original bases probably lost due to rot),Another quirk is that there are scored lines to the left side roughly where the shelves align, the right side with old vacant nail holes - the purpose of these is unknown.The cornice is almost certainly later overall, there are later blocks to secure it to the top of the cabinet, there are various tacks and nails holding this in all place - the colour is quite dark in this area and appears to have been coloured to match the remaining cabinet (which as the footnote states is probably deliberate)Please see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Pepys - J. Salmon - Waddingtons - Wills - A collection of vintage items, a boxed 'The Academy Jig-saw Puzzle, a boxed Pepys Contraband card game, a boxed Waddingtons Bezique card set and a Wills book of Popular Card Games from 1933. They show signs of age and use and appear in Fair to Good condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee) [ba]
Pepys (Samuel, naval official and diarist, 1633-1703) & James II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1633-1701) Warrant signed by the king and countersigned by Samuel Pepys to the Commissioners of the Navy to examine and report on Humphry Swann's accounts despite being out of the time limitation, D.s. "S Pepys" & "James II", manuscript, in brown ink, 2pp., folds, slightly browned, framed and glazed, folio, 1686/7.⁂ "These are to Signifie to you Our Dispensation with the Limitation of Time... in this Case of the said Humphry Swann, and to Authorize and require you to proceed to the Examining and adjusting of his said Accounts." - Warrant.
Pepys (Samuel). The Diary of Samuel Pepys M.A. F.R.S., edited with additions by Henry B. Wheatley F.S.A., 10 volumes, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1923-24, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, black and white illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 20th-century crushed blue half morocco by Bayntuns (signed to front turn-ins), 8voQTY: (10)
A Collection of Golf Games and Golf Related Advertising Playing Cards, a period garden golf made by Adams Montgomery London, 3 boxed sets of card golf Pepys, Bunkered, Gopher Greens board game, 4 more Karo card golf games, advertising cards Jacksons hats and boots, Black & White Scotch whiskey, Nell Gwyn cards, Pesco Sportswear cards, a pair of unused 1982 111th Open Golf Championship Royal Troon Golf Club and more
A George III miniature can Peter, Anne and William Bateman, London 1800, of baluster form, engraved to the body 'W.H. Pepys Poultry' long straight spout, spreading foot, with associated pull-off lid; together with a cast white metal miniature teapot Dimensions:Height: 6cm, 8cm, weighable silver: 37g Note: Note:W. H. Pepys was a cutler and maker of surgical instruments in the Poultry area of London
BRITISH HISTORY: Collection of over 130 signed Free Front envelope panels, a few clipped signed pieces etc., by various British politicians, nobility etc., including 4th Earl of Albemarle (Master of the Buckhounds 1806-07, Master of the Horse 1830-34, 1835-41), 4th Earl of Aberdeen (British Prime Minister 1852-55), 1st Earl Amherst (Governor-General of India 1823-28), 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott, 1st Baron Ashburton, 4th Earl Bathurst, 2nd Baron Bagot, 2nd Earl Belmore, Rear Admiral Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell & Admiral Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, 3rd Earl of Bessborough, 1st Baron Bexley (2; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1812-23), Thomas Bewes, Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Bowles, 2nd Baron Braybrooke, 3rd Baron Braybrooke (edited The Diary of Samuel Pepys, 1825), 1st Earl Brownlow, Henry Brougham, Admiral George Byron, 7th Baron Byron (cousin of the poet), Admiral George Cadogan, 3rd Earl Cadogan, Viscount Cantelupe, 6th Baron Carbery, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon, 1st Baron Carrington, 3rd Baron Carteret (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1804-12), Viscount Castlereagh, 4th Marquess of Londonderry (Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1834-35), 2nd Earl of Charleville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (Lord Privy Seal 1841-42), 12th Duke of Norfolk (Earl Marshal 1815-42), Sir Frederick Pollock, 2nd Marquess of Anglesey (Lord Chamberlain of the Household 1839-41), 4th Duke of Portland (Lord Privy Seal, 1827), 5th Earl Poulett, Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, 5th Duke of Richmond (Postmaster General 1830-34), George Henry Rose, 2nd Baron Rayleigh, 4th Earl of Rosebery, 2nd Viscount St. Vincent, 6th Earl of Selkirk, The Lord Segrave, 1st Earl FitzHardinge, 7th Earl of Sandwich, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury, 2nd Earl Talbot (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1817-21) etc. The majority are dated in the mid to late 1830s and early 1840s and all are loosely contained in two modern display albums. Generally VG, 2
Arthur Bryant Samuel Pepys: The Years of Peril Publisher Collins. Jacket design by Danckerts. 1st edition circa 1950s. Excellent condition. From single vendors book collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99. 30kg box UK £15, EU £40, ROW £60
A selection of hardback and other books, primarily relating to history, titles including: Boswell’s Journal of a Tour to the Hebridies with Samuel Johnson; Samuel Pepys: The Saviour of the Navy, by Arthur Bryant; Velvet Studies, by C.V. Wedgewood; Newcastle Sangs; The Essays of Michel de Montaigne; and others, contained across two boxes.
21x Sealed Brilliant Uncirculated Royal Mint Coin Envelopes, comprising; (15x) 50p coins, to include Paddington, Snowman, Brexit, Gruffalo, and Sherlock Holmes; along with, (7x) sealed BU £2 coins to include Cook, Pepys, D-Day and Wedgwood. (22 coins in total); with original packaging and certificates
English Restoration Navy of Charles II. Sir William Jennens (fl. 1648 - 1690), autograph letter signed. A detailed report on the state of the Navy on the south coast and the Isle of Wight. Undated but dated in a later hand as 1679. Folio, 2pp.Excerpts include: 'My Lord and Gentlemen, ... I have received both yours of ye 24th to what you mention concerning Sir Robert Holmes. I have received as yet nothing from him neither anything from ye secretary in relation to my boat ... in answer to your second letter in relation to ye ship 1000 are going forward with her and have got up all our standing, riggings caps and tops, the coakers are on board about her sides ... I remember that last summer that severall mates and midshipmen of most ships was dissatisfied about there receiving but able seamans pay for the whole time ye ship was sitting and did discourse that they would stay on shore until ye ship was fitted and that good men would not want imployment at any time'Notes: Sir William Jennens (1661–1690) was a naval captain and Jacobite. In 1661, he became the second lieutenant of the Adventure. In 1664, he served as lieutenant of both the Gloucester and the Portland, and on October 11, he was promoted to captain of the Ruby, part of the white squadron in the Battle of Lowestoft, after which he received a knighthood. Jennens continued to command the Ruby in the four-day fight from June 1 to 4, 1666. Subsequently, he was transferred to the Lion and participated in the action of July 25. During the burning of the Dutch shipping at the Vlie on August 8, he commanded the second post under Sir Robert Holmes. Jennens was later appointed to the Sapphire and, in the disastrous summer of 1667, he led a division of small vessels assembled for the defence of the Thames. Pepys implied that Jennens had a dissolute and profane lifestyle (Diary, October 20, 1666), describing him as a "proud, idle fellow" and suspecting him of misconduct (ib. January 29, 1668–9). Pepys also mentioned that a complaint he brought against his lieutenant, Le Neve, was a drunken quarrel where both were to blame. In 1670, Jennens commanded the Princess and led a convoy to the Mediterranean. Upon his return, he was imprisoned in the Marshalsea, supposedly because he had his wife on board during part of the voyage, which had no detrimental effect on the service. It appears that the Duke of York forgave the offence, as Jennens commanded the Victory in the engagements between Prince Rupert and De Ruyter in 1673. He subsequently served as captain of the Gloucester, the French Ruby, and the Royal James guardship in Portsmouth. In July 1686, he was appointed to the Jersey, another guardship in Portsmouth. On February 20, 1687–8, he faced a court-martial for brawling ashore with Captain Skelton of the Constant Warwick, another guardship. Both officers were reprimanded and fined nine months' pay (Minutes of the Court-martial). Despite this, Jennens was appointed to the Rupert on September 5, 1688, and likely joined Lord Dartmouth's fleet in November. After the abdication of James II, Jennens decided to flee to France. He joined the French navy and participated in some capacity in the Battle of Beachy Head on June 30, 1690. According to Charnock, he humbled himself to become a third captain under a French admiral. In an intercepted letter from Alice Teate to her husband, Matthew Teate, dated July 16 and enclosed in Killigrew's letter of July 18 (found in the Home Office Records, Admiralty, vol. iv.), Jennens is referred to as "one of their admirals." However, the French records do not recognize him in either of these roles. It is more likely that he served as a volunteer and pilot on Tourville's staff. Unfortunately, no further information is available about him.
Pepys Diary Folio Society and other works FOLIO SOCIETY : HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES. Folio Society (1995) With illustrations by W Heath Robinson. Together with THE STONES OF VENICE By John Ruskin (1981) and A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE By JR Green (1992) and THE FATHER BROWN STORIES By GK Chesterton (1996) Two volumes and HOURS IN A LIBRARY By Leslie Stephen (1991) Three volumes and PEPYS DIARY (1996) Three volumes. Together with THE DOROTHY L. SAYERS CRIME COLLECTION (1998) Five volumes and THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR By CV Wedgwood (2001) Three volumes. Plus two others. All except two in slipcases (22)
John Pepys of London, a mahogany 8-day Longcase Clock with two-weight movement striking on a bell, the 12-inch square brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, subsidiary seconds and date aperture, signed John Pepys, London, with brass 'dolphin arch' spandrels to corners, 1725/85, the case with applied mouldings and long flame mahogany trunk door, pagoda-top hood with blind fret decoration and three ball finials above brass-mounted pilasters, 91in (231cm) high, with two weights and pendulum, John Pepys was a London watchmaker, he was apprenticed to Jonathan Harris in 1672; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1680; and made a master in 1707 and again in 1739.
PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Memoirs ... Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669, London, 1828, 5 volumes, 8vo, plates, attractively bound in contemporary olive morocco gilt. (5)PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703). Memoirs ... Comprising his Diary from 1659 to 1669 ... And a Selection from his Private Correspondence. Edited by Richard Braybrooke. Second Edition. London: Henry Colburn, 1828. 5 volumes, large 8vo (213 x 135mm). Plates and facsimile leaves, some folding (variable, sometimes quite heavy, spotting and staining). Attractively bound in contemporary olive polished calf gilt, spines elaborately gilt with red morocco lettering-pieces (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (old armorial bookplate). (5)
Ephemera, an interesting selection of items to include bookmarks (8), 1920s advertising pocket calendars for Swift's Lard and Corned Beef (4), Festival of Britain pocket shopping list, 1935 advertisement for London Sketch Club Smoker Supper, National Crest Album (about 50% complete), Pepys Card Golf game, a scrap book of cuttings from 1898 regarding Dan Godfrey's Band, 'Brush and Pencil The Book of Tom Browne', a selection of British Museum and other postcards (gen gd)
A BOXED VIVID IMAGINATIONS 2000 MILLENNIUM PARTY SINDY DOLL, No.26060, appears complete with Millennium locket and in good condition, looks to have hardly ever been removed from box which is complete but has some minor damage and wear, with a collection of assorted c.1950's vintage games mainly by Pepys and Universal Publications (contents not checked but appear largely complete and in good condition) 1950's Wolf Cub Annuals, small quantity of printed Royal memorabilia etc.
NEWTON (ISAAC)Autograph letter signed ('Your most humble & most obedient/ Servant/ Is. Newton') to Samuel Pepys ('Sr'), rejoicing at receiving a letter from him, glad to hear of his good health from the bearer and hoping said bearer [Samuel Newton] will answer their expectations, going on '...He shewed me your Problem. Viz How seamen may be convinced of the possibilities of improving navigation. I know no certain way of convincing them; but the best way that I can think of is by shewing them out of history that navigation has been improved in all ages down to our own, that some things of great moment are still wanting... & that ships often miscarry through their unskilfulness, wch is your own argument. But when all is done there will be no certain way of convincing them but by improving it. And then they will be convinced only so far, as they see it improved. For what seaman would have expected the inventions of sails, Anchors, Rudders, the compass & Gunpowder till they were found out...', thanking him for the encouragement he is giving Sam Newton '...for tho' he is almost a stranger to me, yet I should be glad to find that he gives satisfaction as well for ye sake of my Recommendation as for the sake of the Hospitall...', integral address panel addressed 'For the Honble Samuel Pepys Esq/ in York Buildings/ London', docketed in ink on recto 'May.17.1695' in the hand of Pepys, and on verso in another hand, one page on a bifolium, crown and circle watermark with initials CC and P, seal tear, light dust-staining, creased at folds, losses along upper fold, not affecting text, 4to (210 x 150mm.), Trinity College, Cambridge, 17 May [16]95Footnotes:'FOR WHAT SEAMAN WOULD HAVE EXPECTED THE INVENTIONS OF SAILS, ANCHORS, RUDDERS, THE COMPASS & GUNPOWDER TILL THEY WERE FOUND OUT': AN IMPORTANT NEWLY DISCOVERED LETTER FROM ISAAC NEWTON TO SAMUEL PEPYS - ON IMPROVING THE TUITION IN NAVIGATION AT CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.Remarkably little correspondence between two of the great figures of the age survives, which makes our newly-discovered letter a great rarity. Indeed, only four other letters from Newton to Pepys are recorded in the seven volume Correspondence of Isaac Newton (Vol.III, nos. 420, 432, 434 and 436, 13 September, 26 November, 16 December, 23 December 1693) and three from Pepys to Newton (Correspondence, Vol.III, nos. 431, 433 and 435, 22 November, 9 and 21 December 1693). The series begins with a curious letter from Newton written during a period of great anxiety and insomnia in September 1693 in which he seeks to cut off his friendship with Pepys. In December Pepys attempts to re-engage with Newton by posing a problem of chance and probability which is enthusiastically discussed on both sides. Our letter, written in May 1695, would appear to be Newton's response to Pepys' letter of the 13th of that month (ed. J.F. Scott, Correspondence of Isaac Newton, 1967, Vol.IV, no.508, British Museum Add.Mss 20732) in which Pepys expresses his future hopes for Samuel Newton (no relation), recently appointed to the position of mathematics master at Christ's Hospital on Newton's recommendation, writing: '...I have mighty hopes of seeing the Royll Foundation recover through ye Industry, Practice, & Spbriety of this Gentn...I do hope... that hee will therein fully make good ye Character You were latterly pleased to give him to ye Hospitall...'.It is unfortunate that Pepys' diaries end years before he encountered Newton, but they had much common business and they are forever linked, according to Claire Tomalin (Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, 2002, p.252), through the Royal Society's publication of Newton's Principia Mathematica in 1687. Whilst not a scientist, Pepys was chosen as President of the Royal Society from 1684-86 for his administrative and fundraising skills at a time when the Society was depleted in numbers, in trouble financially and in need of reorganisation. The title page of Newton's seminal work gives Pepys' and the Society's imprimatur authorising the publication, although it was in fact Edmund Halley, later Astronomer Royal, who encouraged Newton to publish and actually paid for the publication. Newton was a guest in Pepys' home two days after the funeral of Robert Boyle in January 1692 at a time when, according to Newton's biographer Richard Westfall, Newton had '...established himself as the leading intellectual of the land... From every indication he relished a new role of scientific consultant...' (Richard Westfall, Never at Rest: A Biography of Isaac Newton, 1983, p.498).Newton and Pepys also shared a common interest in Christ's Hospital, with which they both had a long-standing relationship. Within the establishment, a Royal Mathematical School had been set up in 1673 by Sir Robert Claydon, Alderman and later Lord Mayor, with the approval of Charles II, to teach boys mathematics and the art of navigation along the lines of Louis XIV and Colbert's French model. Forty 14-year-old boys from the school (known as 'Mathemats') were chosen to take up the first places, entitled to wear a silver plated badge designed by Robert Hooke, and still worn by pupils today. Pepys had been appointed a governor of Christ's Hospital in 1676 and held the office of vice-president from 1699 until his death in 1703. Through his role at the Admiralty he wished to professionalise the navy by encouraging promotion by merit, with the aid of examinations in navigation and seamanship and with this in mind he persuaded the government to make a financial contribution to ships' masters to take on apprentices from the school. Others involved with the school included Sir Christopher Wren, John Flamsteed, astronomer at the new Greenwich Observatory, and teacher to the boys, and of course Isaac Newton, who had a say in appointments and, as shown in our letter, had a considerable interest in the teaching of mathematics and modernising the curriculum. Our letter demonstrates Newton's influence in advancing the study of practical navigation. He argues here that new technology should be embraced, and that invention must be encouraged as a means to progress: '...For what seaman would have expected the inventions of sails, Anchors, Rudders, the compass & Gunpowder till they were found out...' he reasons. In 1694 Newton drew up a revised syllabus for the school which occupies eight closely written pages of the school's Committee Book. He sets this out in a letter to Nathaniel Hawes (Treasurer from 1683 to 1699) of 25 May 1694, as a New Scheme of Learning: '...the Mathematicall children, being the flower of the Hospital, may in time furnish the National wth a more skilfull sort of Sailors, Builders of Ships, Architects, Engineers and Mathematicall Artists of all sorts, both by Sea and Land, then France can at present boast of...' (Correspondence, no.452). The revised scheme drawn up by Sir Matthew Andrews in 1696 took this on board and recommended tuition '...in the use of globes and the use of instruments proper for observing the ships latitude at Sea, As the Cross Staffe, Quadrant, and other necessary instruments...' (Ernest Harold Pearce, Annals of Christ's Hospital, 1908, p.124). Ironically it was not until 1775 that the first teacher with considerable practical experience at sea was employed at the school, one William Wales who had served as navigator aboard the Resolution on Captain Cook's second voyage and whose log book inspired Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ALBUM – COLLECTIONTwo albums containing autograph letters, cut signatures, free fronts, and other material collected by the Hathaway family, some sewn in, others loose; the first album containing c.35 autograph letters including Warren Hastings (honoured to be made a governor of Christ's Hospital and arranging to be presented to the staff, 23 July 1795), Charles James Fox (making arrangements to be presented to the school governors, [n.d.]), George Canning (regretting he can not help, 5 October 1806), William Wilberforce (secretarial, 23 April 1806), Thomas Clarkson (3 pages, regarding a journey around the country gathering support for the abolitionist movement, 18 January 1804), other material and ephemera including manuscript notes (6 pages), probably by Charles Hathaway, describing the history of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond and how it was nearly lost, the Seige of Lucknow, a massacre of Europeans ('...some blackening their faces & putting on native dress to escape in disguise...'), with 12 pages taken from a travel log, printed note of thanks to William Silas Hathaway for his gift of Mr Pitt's Speeches, etc., original brown ruled calf with metal clasp stamped 'VR Patent London', 'Autographs' embossed in gilt on upper cover, worn, 4to (260 x 202mm.); the second containing c.160 cut signatures, free fronts and fragments including Walter Scott (from letter to his cousin William Scott of Raeburn), three notes from William Scott of Raeburn ('...I beg your acceptance of the enclosed autograph...'), Wellington, Charles Dickens, Lord Anson Byron, various bishops and clergy, nobility, politicians (Joseph Hume, Francis Burdett), royalty (Queen Victoria) etc., and 9 autograph letters including Richard Owen (making arrangements to dine), half calf, worn, 4to (238 x 135mm.), late eighteenth/nineteenth century (2)Footnotes:These albums, together with the letter from Isaac Newton to Samuel Pepys also included in this sale, come from descendants of Dr William Silas Hathaway (1783-1853) of Wimbledon, who collected and edited the speeches of the younger Pitt and was painted by Edmund Havell in 1847. His son Dr Charles Hathaway (1817-1903) joined the East India Company in 1843 and was promoted to Special Sanitary Commissioner for Calcutta 1861-64, during which time he corresponded with Florence Nightingale. For the last two years of his career from 1864-1866, he became private secretary to John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence and Viceroy of India. The addressee of several of the earlier letters contained in the album was Matthias Hathaway, who held the position of Steward at Christ's Hospital from 1790 to 1813, and is mentioned by Charles Lamb in his memoir 'Christ's Hospital Five & Thirty Years Ago'. Provenance: Matthias Hathaway, Steward at Christ's Hospital 1790 to 1813; Dr William Silas Hathaway (1783-1853); his son Dr Charles Hathaway (1817-1903); thence by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sets of bindings comprising Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London, 1791. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, slightly worn;Prescott, William Hickling. The Works. Philadelphia, 1874-1878, 15 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spines gilt;Fielding, Andrew. The Works. London, 1785. 10 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked;Pepys, Samuel. Diary and Correspondence. London, 1854, 6 volumes, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spines gilt, one board detached;Motley, John L. History of the United Netherlands, 1870, 4 vol.; The Rise of the Dutch Republic. 1871, 3 vol.; The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, 1874, 2 vol; Correspondence. 1889, 2 vol., contemporary half calf, spines gilt;[Addison, Joseph, Sir Richard Steele et al.] The Spectator. London: Printed by H. Hughes, 1789; 8 volumes, 8vo, engraved title vignettes, contemporary calf rubbed, one volume rebacked, a few joints splitting;Scott, Sir Walter. Novels and Tales. Edinburgh, 1819, 12 volumes, 8vo, engraved title pages, contemporary green morocco gilt, g.e., spines faded;Mitford, William. The History of Greece. London, 1829. 8 volumes, 8vo, contemporary diced calf, spines gilt; sold as a collection of bindings not subject to return
Frank Hampson’s Dan Dare toys and games, a Waddingtons The Circular Dan Dare Jig-saw puzzle, in original box —20 1/4in. (51.5cm.) diameter; a Presso Dan Dare’s Anastasia Jet plane model book; and a Merit Walkie-Talkie, three Jig-saws, two Pepys card games and a Martin Lucas viewer, in original boxes (some wear); and an Eagle Club membership card and pin, in original envelope
A set of Benbros hollow-cast lead Richard Greene’s Robin Hood and his Merry Men 1950s, hand-painted comprising Robin Hood firing arrow —3in. (8cm.) high, Much the Miller’s son, Will Scarlet (missing top of staff), Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marion, two men at arms, Sheriff of Nottingham, Bishop of Hereford and a deer (good); a Pepys playing cards and Barratt & Co cards
Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, Alice - a Ponda Jig-saw The Mad Tea Party, in original box; Raphael Tuck Alice in Wonderland with ‘Come to Life’ panorama; Mabel Lucie Attwell Alice in Wonderland; a Journey Alice dexterity puzzle and two other books; Peter Pan - Pepys Card Game, in original box, Juvenile Production Peter Pan & Wendy and Hodder & Stoughton Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens; Hutchinson L Frank Baum Wizard of Oz and Kenneth Grahame’s First Whisper of The Wind in the Willows
Porter (Thomas) The Villain, [second edition], title reinforced at inner margin, foxing, modern cloth, [Wing P2996], 4to, Printed for H. Herringman, 1670.⁂ The first edition of Porter's successful tragedy appeared in 1662 and was first performed at the Duke's Theatre that October. Porter (1636-80) abducted Anne Blount in February 1655 and was briefly imprisoned and the marriage declared null and void, though a subsequent valid marriage produced a son. In March of the same year he killed a man in Covent Garden, probably in a duel, and pleaded guilty to manslaughter, his punishment being branding on the hand. Twelve years later he killed his friend Sir Henry Belasyse in another duel - Samuel Pepys remarking on the "silliness of the quarrel." Porter, also injured, had to leave the country but a court later found the cause of death unknown.
Pepys (Samuel).- Moxon (Joseph) [A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography], third edition, engraved and woodcut illustrations, lacks additional engraved title, first 2 leaves with head worn away from damp causing loss of most of first line of printed title, occasional foxing, 18th century calf, rebacked and corners repaired, rubbed, [Wing M3024; Houzeau & Lancaster 8754], 4to, Printed by Tho. Roycroft, for Joseph Moxon, 1674.⁂ One of Moxon's most popular works. He had a shop in London from which he published and sold his own and others' works, and he was appointed hydrographer to the King in 1660 shortly after this work was first published. The book is dedicated to Samuel Pepys.Provenance: John Warren (ink inscription on front free endpaper).
Boyle (Roger, Earl of Orrery) Guzman. A Comedy, first edition, initial advertisement leaf misbound after title, marginal browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing O478], folio, Printed for Francis Saunders, 1693.⁂ Pepys considered this play "very ordinary" whereas Downes said that it "took very well". Rare at auction.
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