EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. DXI, DXII. `Original Letters: Nobility 1544-1704’. (title on spine). With preliminary lists of contents in Upcott’s hand. Lot 235 in Evans’ sale of William Upcott’s collections, 22 Jun 1846 (Add. MS 78584 B). Formerly Evelyn MSS 1/1-2. Two volumes. Matching bindings of embossed brown leather, early 19th cent. 330 x 240mm.
Evelyn Papers. Vols. dxiii-dxv. `Original Letters collected by William Upcott of the London Institution: Collectors of Books’. Lot 513 in Evans’ sale of Upcott’s collections, 22 June 1846 (Add. MS 78584 B). Formerly Evelyn MSS 2/1-3. Three volumes. Matching bindings of brown leather. 340 x 250mm.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols DXVI-DXVIII. `Authors and Antiquaries’ (label on spines). On one of the fly-laves is a note by Upcott: `This First Series comprizes Three Hundred and Eighty Four Letters of Literary and Antiquarian Characters … Three volumes’. Lot 421 in Evans’ sale of Upcott’s collections, 22 June 1846 (Add. MS 78584 B). Formerly Evelyn MSS 3/1-3. Three volumes. Matching bindings of brown leather.
EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. DXIX-DXXII. `Original Letters collected by William Upcott of the London Institution. Distinguished Women’; 17th-19th cent. Each volume is preceded by a list of contents in Upcott’s hand. Unlike the preceding three series of albums, these contain only a few items originally from the Evelyn archive. Many are contemporary with Upcott and come from booksellers’ archives. Lot 556 in Evans’ sale of Upcott’s collections, 22 June 1846 (Add. MS 78584 B). Formerly Evelyn MSS...
A. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE 78763, 78764. MACKINTOSH PAPERS (3RD SERIES). Vols. I-II (ff. 209, 165). Special correspondence of Sir James Mackintosh arranged by author in chronological order. Partly annotated by his son, R. J. Mackintosh, and others and foliated in brown ink.
B. General Correspondence 78765-78767. Mackintosh Papers (3rd Series). Vols. III-V. General correspondence and letters of Sir James Mackintosh and Catherine, née Allen, his second wife, touching on many contemporary matters, including Indian and Persian affairs and English politics and literature; 1795-aft. 1830. Some disbound notebooks, partly paginated in black and brown ink. Partly imperfect, fragments, copies and signed. Partly French and Latin.