Add MS 78692

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 Upcott’s collections, 22 June 1846 (Add. MS 78584 B), and bought by William John Evelyn.

2. Two letters from the Comte de Lausanne to Mary of Modena; [italics]circa[/italics] 1690. [italics]French[/italics]. The provenance of these is uncertain; annotations `33 no. 174’ and `48 no. 174’ on the back of each, in what appears to be a later Continental hand, suggests that they may have passed through the sale rooms and were possibly acquired by Upcott.

3. Receipt by Alexander Pope for a subscription to his translation of the [italics]Iliad[/italics], mounted on a fold of brown paper, together with a small engraved portrait, 19[superscript]th[/superscript] cent.; possibly once part of Upcott’s collection of autographs.

4. Large bifolium headed `Index’, containing a calligraphically written list of royal and noble autographs and facsimiles, to the time of Edward V, with the signature of William Upcott on a small paste-down at the end; early 19[superscript]th[/superscript] cent.

5. Copy of part of the first book of an early printed edition Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur, apparently in the hand of William Upcott; early 19^th cent.