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Lot 687
Jenner (Edward). An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae, a Disease Discovered in some of the Western Counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox. — Further Observations on the Variolae Vaccinae, 2 parts (of three) in one volume, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low for the author, 1800, half-titles to both parts, four engraved plates by William Skelton after Skelton and Edward Pearce, printed in colour and finished in colours by hand, light library stamp to upper blank area of each plate, white paper watermarked 1798, one small manuscript correction to leaf K2* (‘Viccinae’ with second letter corrected to ‘a’), bound without the third part (A Continuation of Facts and Observations..., pp 141-182), some light spotting throughout, first half-title inscribed in the author’s holograph ‘For Henry Hickes (sic) Esq. from his obliged friend the Author’, additionally inscribed to front pastedown in the recipient’s holograph, ‘W[illoughby] F. Wade, 16 Temple Row, Birmingham, from the library of the late Dr. [John] Baron of Cheltenham, the biographer of Jenner’, BMI presentation bookplate label from Dr. Wade to front free endpaper facing, contemporary cloth boards with Birmingham Medical Institute stamp to upper cover, some soiling and edge wear, utilitarian cloth reback with heavy cloth-tape to hinges running close to Wade’s inscription on pastedown (touching last letter of ‘Cheltenham’ only), 4to (260 x 205mm). An outstanding association copy from Jenner to his good friend Henry Hicks, a mill owner at Eastington near Stroud, and the first person to submit his own children to the new practice of vaccination. The copy then passed directly from Hicks to John Baron (1786-1851), a friend and major supporter of Jenner from 1809. Henry Hicks is referred to several times in Baron’s Life of Edward Jenner (1827). He is first mentioned when it is noted that it was at Hicks’s house that Jenner prepared his paper with remarks on the cuckoo (p. (15). Later, Baron recounts Hicks’s presence at the Society he had instigated to improve medical science. The meetings were chiefly held at the Fleece Inn, at Rodborough. After the more serious business was finished, non-scientific visitors were allowed to join: ‘No one more frequently enjoyed this indulgence than Jenner’s faithful friend Henry Hicks. This gentleman’s house lay in the direct road from Berkeley to the place of meeting, and it was often Jenner’s custom to call as he passed and carry him with him to Rodborough’ (p. (45). In June 1797 Jenner was showing the manuscript of his great work to close friends for approval. Jenner’s ‘friends [Edward] Gardner and Hicks were also often consulted about it; and, finally before it was send to the press it was accurately and faithfully scrutinised by a select number of his particular associates, at Rudhall near Ross in Herefordshire, the seat of Thomas Westfaling, Esq. They all felt deeply interested in the investigation; they all saw that a matter of so much moment ought to be canvassed with the greatest care; for the dearest interest of their fellow-creatures, as well as their own affectionately loved friend, was involved in it. The party present on this occasion were Mr. Westfaling, Dr. Worthington, Mr. Paytherus, and Mr. H. Hicks’, p 142. Jenner’s Inquiry was finally published on 9th November 1798. ‘On the 27th of that month, he [Jenner] inoculated two of the children of his friend Mr. Hicks, of Eastington, with matter taken the preceding day from a farm at Stonehouse. I dwell on this incident that I may, in the first place, record Mr. Hicks’s confidence in the prophylactic powers of cow-pox, who had the merit of being the first gentleman that submitted his own children to the new practice; and, in the next place to disprove an assertion subsequently made that the first vaccinations performed by Dr. Jenner, after the publication of his Inquiry, were with virus furnished by Dr. Pearson’, pp 303-04. This is referred to again in more detail on page 324. Further on, Baron places Hicks on a higher pedestal: ‘I have already mentioned Henry Hicks as his friend and counsellor: I have also mentioned how sedulously he promoted vaccination by first submitting his own children to it, and then diffusing it in his neighbourhood: I have now to attempt to commemorate his services in another line. He made himself perfectly acquainted with all the details of cow-pox inoculation; and about this time he brought this knowledge into practice. He commenced a series of inoculations; and evinced an accuracy and fidelity which would have done honour to the most enlightened physician... ‘, pp 330-31. Jenner himself refers to the inoculation of Hicks’s children on pp 132-34 of this work: ‘Having been requested by my friend Mr. Henry Hicks, of Eastington, in this county, to inoculate two of his children, and at the same time some of his servants and the people employed in his manufactory, matter was taken from the arm of this boy for the purpose. The numbers inoculated were eighteen. They all took the infection, and either on the fifth or sixth day a vesicle was perceptible on the punctured part... ‘. LeFanu 21 records this as one of the seven inscribed copies made known to him. (1)
Lot 389
AN ANTIQUE HAND COLOURED ETCHING FRAMED AND GLAZED DEPICTING IGHTHAM COURT, SEVENOAKS KENT, THE SEAT OF WILLIAM JAMES ESQ,THE PRINT FROM THE BOOK DR HARRIS`S HISTORY OF KENT, VOLUMN 1 PG 163 WITH LETTER OF PROVENANCE. SCULPTOR I.KIP 43 CM`S X 35 CM`S TOGETHER WITH FIVE CERAMIC TILES DEPICTING VINE LEAVES, THE TILES WERE RESCUED FROM THE HOUSE AFTER THE FIRE.
Lot 245
Simpson (William). The Seat of the War in the East, 1 vol. (only), pub. Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1856, decorative litho. title, thirty-nine (only) uncoloured litho. plts. occ. spotting and marginal closed tears throughout, contemp. qtr. calf, boards detached, spine partially lacking, stained, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Rudder (Samuel),A New History of Gloucestershire, 1779,lacking plates and maps, later qtr. calf gilt, rubbed at extrems., folio, with another two copies similar, together with, Scrap Book, n.d., c.1860,large scrap book containing numerous engravings of topographical views, religion, genre and portraits, with original watercolours and pencil drawings, lacking some leaves, contemp. morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, elephant folio, plus, Harcourt Williamson (Mrs. F. ed.),The Book of Beauty, pub. Hutchinson & Co., 1902,numerous uncoloured gravure portraits, limited edition 90/300 signed and dated by editor, orig. pubs. green cloth gilt, large 4to, and The Several Plans and Drawings Referred to in the Third Report from th Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London, 1800,eleven (of 21) folding maps and plans including several with contemp. hand colouring, occ. spotting, later half calf gilt, large folio, plus Beattie (William), Scotland Illustrated in a Series of views taken expressly for this work, vol. 2 (only), pub. George Virtue, 1838,numerous uncoloured engravings, some spotting and staining throughout, lacking some plts., several leaves detached, lacking boards and spine, 4to, with Benezit (E.), Dictionaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, new ed., 8 vols. (complete), 1966,numerous illusts. throughout, contemp. cloth gilt, 4to, and another twenty-two defective volumes similar, including several folio or elephant folio. Sold as a collection of prints and maps, not subject to return. (40)
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