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1. Add MS 78678-78693

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UPCOTT’S COLLECTIONS 78678-78693. EVELYN PAPERS. Albums containing autograph letters and other manuscript items, 16th-19th cent., collected and assembled by Wiliam Upcott (1779-1845), with a few loose items also collected by him, early 19th cent. For Upcott and the Evelyn family, see also Add. MSS 78577-78584 and 78641-78642 above. The documents are arranged in sets of albums by the status or occupation of the writers, and within each album alphabetically by the writer’s name, or chrono...
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William Upcott, antiquary and autograph collector: Albums of letters and portraits, 16th-19th cent. assembled by William Upcott: early 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-19th century
Extent:
16 items

2. Add MS 78680-78682

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1578-1825]
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 78686-78689

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1640-1824]
Extent:
4 items

4. Add MS 78693

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. DXXVI. Original Letters, Manuscripts and State Papers. Collected by William Upcott, Islington (privately printed, 1836). A summary description by Upcott of his collection, preceded by an alphabetical table of contents, which the preface suggests was compiled with a view to ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1871
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 78678-78679

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1544-1704
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 78690

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. DXXIII. Miscellaneous papers assembled by Upcott; 16th-18th cent. The provenance of all of the 66 documents is not clear, but some, probably the majority, have an Evelyn family provenance. Items 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8 all belong to the papers of Sir Richard Browne, Kt and M.P. as...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 78692

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. DXXV. Loose items from Upcott’s collection; 1626-- early 19th cent. 1. Two letters from Jane Drummond to Lady Killigrew; 1626. These letters apparently do not have an Evelyn provenance, but were sold together with a letter of Mary Evelyn, as lot 557 in Evans’ sale of Upcot...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1626-1840
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 78683-78685

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1621-1769]
Extent:
3 items

9. Add MS 78691

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. DXXIV. `Remembrances for Order and Decency to be kept in the Upper House of Parliament by the Lords when his Majesty is not there ...'; 18th cent. The latest orders are dated 1742. With a contemporary index. With partially illegible pencilled notes on the fly-leaf, referri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 78681-78682

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EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. DXIV, DXV. `Collectors of Books. Vol. II. 1824’ covers the period 1776-1809; `Collectors of Books. Vol. III. 1824’ covers the period 1809-1825. The date spans are those stamped on the spines, but both volumes contain a few earlier documents. Neither contains any of Evelyn family provenance.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1809-1825
Extent:
2 items

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