Add MS 78693

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 interesting a public institution in purchasing them. This copy has several items added by Upcott preceding the title-page: two further title-pages in more decorative lettering, the first reading `A Collection of Original Autographs, by the most Distinguished Characters in all Classes of Life ... Illustrated with Portraits and Biographical Notices, by William Upcott’, and the second (presumably intended for one of the albums), `The Original Letters and Autographs of the Royal Families of England and Scotland from Henry IV to the Present Time, Vol. I. Collected by William Upcott of the London Institution. Illustrated with Portraits, 1825', an autograph letter from Upcott to George Daniel of 10 July 1840, describing the discovery and publication of Evelyn’s diary, cuttings from the Athenaeum, Sept.-Oct. 1871 of letters from Bray and Upcott to Thomas Dibdin of 1824 and 1825 on the same subject, and an engraved portrait of Upcott by T. Bragg, 1818. On the wrapper is a presentation note by George Daniel, dated 1840, to an unnamed individual. Formerly Evelyn MS 11.