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Record Id:

032-002000121

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032-002000121

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Add MS 57946

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FORGERIES: miscellaneous collection of forged letters and papers of famous persons from 11th to 19th centuries; 19th-20th cent. Partly Latin and German. Many of the forgeries bear the stamp of the Forgery Collection of James Tregaskis. Purchased from T. & L. Hannas, of Bromley, 26 June 1973.

Paper and parchment; ff. 47. Various sizes. Arranged in chronological order.

1. f. 1. Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury (1070-1089): Latin document on parchment, with the remains of seal ties, bearing signature in red. Said to have been found in Mercery Lane, Canterbury (on card mount, f. 2) .

2. ff. 2-17. Martin Luther: letter to Dr Hermann and religious verses; 1524-1543. German. Included are English and French translations of the letter.

3. f. 18. Philipp Melanchthon: copy of Isaiah 59:21; 1543. German.

4. f. 20. Alexander Pope: letter to Mr [John] Arbuthnot; n.d. Apparently purchased by Tregaskis in 1934.

5. f. 21. Joshua Reynolds: subscription request on behalf of Richard Wilson signed by Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy and by other Academicians; 21 Feb. 1778. Purported to be from the Duke of Sutherland's collection.

6. f. 25. Horatio Nelson: letter to Pilford; 14 Nov. 1782.

7. f. 28. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: poem 'Eigenthum'; 22 June 1822. German.

8. ff. 31-35. William Henry Hudson: letter to Mr Keary, together with part of a MS. of A Crystal Age; n.d. Sent to Tregaskis in 1926, purportedly from Mrs E. Milne, of Paris.

9. ff. 36-47. 'The Grub-Street Journal' No. 41 (Summer 1973), being the printed catalogue of T. & L. Hannas, of Bromley, Kent, in which items 1-8 are listed as No. 163 c, d, h, k, m, n, o, p.

Scope & Content:

James Tregaskis, bookseller: Forgeries: Forged letters and papers , collected by James Tregaskis: 19th-20th cent.: Partly Lat. and Germ.

includes:

f. 1 Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury: Charter signed by Lanfranc: circa 1930: Lat.: Forgery.
ff. 2-17 Martin Luther, reformer: Letter and religious verses of Martin Luther: 2nd half of 19th cent.: Germ.: Forgeries.
f. 18 Philipp Melanchthon, reformer: Copy of Isaiah 59:21 by Philipp Melanchthon: 19th cent.: Germ.: Forgery.
f. 20 Dr John Arbuthnot, physician and wit: Alexander Pope, poet: Letter to Dr John Arbuthnot from Alexander Pope: bef. 1934: Forgery.
f. 21 Sir Joshua Reynolds, portrait-painter: Richard Wilson, RA: Subscription request from Sir Joshua Reynolds, on behalf of Richard Wilson: 19th cent.: Forgery.
f. 25 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson: Letter to — Pilford from Vice-Adm. Horatio Nelson: 19th cent.: Forgery.
f. 28 Poetry GERMAN: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, author: Poem, `Eigenthum' by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: aft. 1822: Germ.: Forgery.
f. 30 James Tregaskis, bookseller: Mrs E. Milne, of the Place Wagram, Paris: Letter to James Tregaskis from Mrs E. Milne: 1926.
f. 31 William Henry Hudson, author: Letter to — Keary by William Henry Hudson: circa 1926: Forgery.
ff. 32-35 William Henry Hudson, author: Fragment of `A Crystal Age' by William Henry Hudson: circa 1926: Forgery.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002000121

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032-002000121

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
German
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1524

End Date:

1999

Date Range:

1524-1999

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