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Vol. I (ff. i + 214). (a) Papers relating to the "European Magazine," with details respecting the Handel Commemoration, 1784-1787. ff. 59 b-100; (b) Facsimile of Milton's assignment of "Paradise Lost" to S. Symons, 1667. The original is Add. MS. 18861. f. 154; (c) Signed receipt by A[lexander] Pope to Sir J. Evelyn [1st Bart.] for a subscription to the "Translation of Homer's Iliads," n. d. f. 179 ; (d) Facsimile by [Barak] Longamate (see J. Nichols' Literary Anecdotes, ix, p. 798) of Alexander Pope's lines "To the Right Hon. the Earl of Oxford, Upon a piece of News in Mist" [Mist's Weekley Journal]. Printed by Elwin and Courthope Works of Pope (1882), iv, p. 459. Beg. "Wesley, if Wesley 'tis they mean" ; ends "The Lord of Oxford knows." n.d. [1728?] The persons referred to are the Rev. Samuel Wesley, eldest brother of John Wesley, Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford, and Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester. f. 180. The assignments in this volume are preceded by the following printed papers : (aa) "Fly Leaves" [on bibliographical matters] nos. xv-xx and xxiv. From the Gentleman's Magazine, Oct. 1823-Feb. 1825, signed "Eu. Hood" [? William Upcott]. f. 7 ; (bb) "The Guardian," no. xxix. [By Sir R. Steele]. Tuesday, April 14, 1713. f. 16; (cc) "To H.R.H. the Princess of Wales, with the Tragedy of Cato" and "To Sir G. Kneller, on his picture of the King" [by Joseph Addison]. Third Edition, 1716. f. 17.

John Watts: Assignments of copyrights to: 1716-1745.

Edmund Curll: Assignments of copyrights to: 1708-1741.

Art. Portraits: Engraved portraits of English men of letters etc collected by W. Upcott: 18th and 19th centt.

includes:

f. 1 b William Upcott, d 1845 Assistant-Librarian of the London Institution: Portrait: 1818.: Engr.
f. 1 b William Behnes: Portrait of W. Upcott: 1818.: Engr.
f. 1 b Thomas Bragg: Portrait of W. Upcott by: 1818.: engraved.
ff. 7-15 Eu- Hood: Papers from the Gentleman's Magazine on the Early English Drama, etc.: 1823-1825.: Printed.
f. 16 Newspapers British: Guardian: 14 April 1713.
f. 17 Joseph Addison: Verses to the Princess of Wales and Sir G. Kneller.: Printed (3rd ed 1716).
f. 23 b Philip Jean: Portrait of M. P. Andrews engr. after: 1797.
f. 23 b Miles Peter Andrews, MP for Bewdley: Portrait: 1797.: Engr.
ff. 23 b, 27 b, 48 b, 108, 111 William Ridley: Portraits engr. by: 1796-1805, n.d.
f. 24 John Addison: Assignment by, of his transl. of Petronius Arbiter: 1736.
f. 24 Miles Peter Andrews, MP for Bewdley: Assignment of his comedy The Reparation: 1784.
f. 24 Petronius Arbiter: Assignment of transl. of: 1735.
f. 25 Charles Beckingham: Assignments of his Henry IV of France, and of his translation of R. Rapin's Christus patiens: 1719.
f. 25 René Rapin: Assignment of transl of his Christus Patiens: 1719.
f. 26 Samuel Blackerby, JP of Middlesex: Assignment of additions to his Justice of Peace: 1744.
f. 27b Samuel Birch, Lord Mayor of London, 1814: Portrait, by W. Ridley aft. S. Drummond: 1805.: Engr.
ff. 27 b, 61 b Samuel Drummond, painter: Portraits engr. after: early 19th cent.
f. 28 Alexander Bicknell: Assignment of additions to Dr. R. Brookes's Art of Angling: 1788.
f. 28 Samuel Birch, Lord Mayor of London, 1814: Assignment of his Abelard to Eloisa: 1786.
f. 28 Richard Brookes, MD: Assignment of his Art of Angling: 1788.
f. 29 Benjamin Baddam: Assignments of his Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1739: 1742.
f. 29 Charles Bodems: Assignment of his Modish Couple: 1731.
ff. 29, 152 Jos- Thorpe: Signatures as witness: 1731, 1738.
f. 31 b Barton Booth, actor and dramatist: Portrait: early 18th cent.: Engr.
f. 32 Barton Booth, actor and dramatist: Assignment of C. Johnson's Coelia, or the Perjured Lover: 1739.
f. 32 Charles Johnson: Assignments of his Coelia and Country Lasses: 1732, 1767.
f. 33 Francis Bragge, Vicar of Hitchin: Assignment of tract by, to E. Curll: [1712].
f. 34 John Durant Breval: Assignment of his Art and Progress of Dress: 1717.
f. 35 Thomas Bridges: Assignment of The Dutchman: 1775.
f. 35 Christophe Barthélemi Fagan: Assignment of a transl. of his Sylph: 1778.
f. 35 Sophia Briscoe: Assignment of a translation of C. B. Fagan's Sylph: 1778.
f. 36 Jonas Browne: Assignment by, of transl. of Heliodorus Ethiopica: 1716.
f. 36 David Gregory, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford: Assignment of transl. of his Catoptrics and Dioptrics: 1715.
f. 36 Heliodorus: Assignment of transl. of his Ethiopics: 1716.
f. 36 Sir William Browne, MD: Assignment of his transl. of Gregory's Catoptrics and Dioptries: 1715.
f. 37 Charles Brome: Assignment of his translation of The Gentleman Apothecary: 1725.
f.37 Robert Busby: Assignment of The German Atalantis: 1719.
f. 38 John Campbell, LLD; Agent for the Colony of Georgia; author: Assignments of his History of the Highlanders, Hermippus Redivivus, etc.: 1743.
f. 38 Johann Heinrich Cohalasen: Assignment of a translation of his Hermippus Redivivus: 1743, 1748.
ff. 38, 39 David Carey: Assignment of Pleasures of Nature and Poetical Magazine: 1803.
ff. 38, 39, 56, 109, 122, 126, 209 Vernor and Hood; booksellers: Assignments of copyright to: 1793-1805.
f. 41 F- Chute: Assignment of The Petticoat, a poem: 1716.
f. 41 Curll and Hooke: Assignment to, of F. Chute's poem The Petticoat: 1716.
ff. 41, 45, 142, 181 William Rufus Chetwood: Signatures as witness to various assignments of copyrights, etc.: 1730-1735.
f. 42 b Colley Cibber, Actor and Dramatist: Portrait of ætat. 67, engr by G Vandergucht after Vanloo.
f. 42 b Jean-Baptiste Vanloo: Portrait of C. Cibber engr. after: 1738.
f. 42b Gerard Van der Gucht: Portrait of C. Cibber engraved by: 1738.
f. 43 John Vanbrugh, dramatist; Knight 1714: Assignment of his and Cibber's Provoked Husband: 1727.
f. 43 Catherine Brown: Signature as witness to assignment by C. Cibber: 1727.
f.43 Anne Cibber: Signature as witness to assignment by C. Cibber of his (and Vanbrugh's) Provoked Husband: 1727.
f.43 Colley Cibber, Actor and Dramatist: Assignment by, of his (and Vanbrugh's) Provoked Husband: 1727.
f. 45 Theophilus Cibber, actor; son of Colley Cibber: Assignment by, of his Lover: 1730.
ff. 45, 150 Mary Ward: Signatures as witness: 1730, 1736.
f. 47 R- V- Clarendon, author of a ' Sketch of the Revenue and Finances of Ireland': Assignment of his Statistical Tables of Europe: 1789.
f. 48 b James Cobb, dramatist: Portrait, engr. by W. Ridley after W. Birch: 1803.
f. 48 b William Birch: Portrait of J. Cobb: 1803.: Engr.
f. 49 John Clarke: Assignment of The Batchelor Keeper, a novel: 1726.
f. 49 James Cobb, dramatist: Assignments of his Strangers at home and Love in the East: 1787, 1788.
ff. 49, 56 Henry Curll: Assignments Of copy rights to: 1726, 1728.
ff. 50, 51 William Nicoll, publisher: Assignments of copyright: 1763-1767.
f. 51 John Cleland: Assignment of his Woman of Honour: 1767.
f. 52 Thomas Cooke: Assignment by, of his Life of A. Marvell: 1725.
f. 52 Charles Coffey: Assignment by, of his Merry Cobbler: 1735.
f. 52 Andrew Marvell: Assignment of his Life, etc.: 1725.
f. 52 Edward Minshull: Signature as witness: 1725.
f. 53 John Moore: Agreement conc. Parish Law: 1739.: Signed.
ff. 53, 112 Francis Cogan, bookseller: Assignments to, of various works: 1731-1744.
f. 54 Peter Daniel: Assignment by, of Rural Tales: 1810.
f. 54 John Selden: Assignment of his Table-Talk: 1716.
f. 54 Vernor, Hood and Sharpe; booksellers: Assignments of copyright to: 1806-1811.
f. 54 N-- Devaulx: Bill for correcting Selden's Table-Talk: 1716.
ff. 54, 107 (facs.), 168, 173, 202 Jacob, etc Tonson; publishers: Assignments of copyrights to and by: 1704-1766.
f. 55 William Davis: Assignment to, by J. Dew of his Billiards: 1776.
f. 55 John Dew: Assignment by, of his Billiards: 1776.
f. 56 Richard Paul Jodrell, dramatist: Assignment by, of six dramatic pieces: 1787.
f. 56 Thomas Burnet, Master of the Charterhouse: Assignment of translations of his De statu Mortuorum, etc.: 1728.
f. 56 Matthias Earbery: Assignment of his transl. of T. Burnet's De Statu Mortuorum: 1728.
f. 56 Edward Augustus Kendall: Assignment by, of his Beauties of Saint Pierre: 1798.: Signed.
ff. 56, 209 Jacques Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: Assignments of works of: 1797, 1798.
f. 57 William Emerson: Letter to J. Nourse: 1768.
f. 58 William Emerson: Assignments of mathematical works of: 1763-1807.
f. 59 b Francis Kyte: Portrait of G. F, Handel engr. after: 1784.
f. 59 b George Frideric Handel, composer: Portrait, engr. by W. Angus after F. Kyte: 1784.
ff. 59 b, 86 b, 88 b William Angus: Portraits engraved by: 1784.
f. 61 b John Sewell, bookseller: Portrait: 1806.: engr.
f. 61 b Ridley and Holl; engravers: Portrait engr. by: 1806.
f. 62 b Isaac Reed, editor of Shakespeare: Portrait: 1807.: engr.
f. 62 b George Romney: Portrait of I. Reed engr. after: 1807.
f. 62 b Ridley; Holl and Blood, engravers: Portrait engr. by: 1807.
ff. 66 b, 68, 74 b, 76 b, 79 b, 82 D- Braithwaite: Minutes of the European Magazine signed by: 1784-1787.
ff. 66 b-97 passim John Sewell, bookseller: Minutes of the European Magazine signed by: 1784-1787.
ff. 66 b-97 passim Isaac Reed, editor of Shakespeare: Minutes of the European Magazine signed by: 1784-1787.
ff. 73 b, 81 b London; Westminster. Abbey of St Peter: Views of, as arranged for Handel Commemoration: 1784.: Engr.
ff. 73 b, 81 b Art. Engravings, etc: Handel Commemoration at Westminster Abbey: 1784.
ff. 73 b, 81 b George Frideric Handel, composer: Views of Westminster Abbey at the commemoration of: 1784.: Engr.
ff. 73 b, 81 b James Wyatt, RA; architect: Views of his work at Westminster Abbey for the Handel Commemoration;: 1784.: Engr.
ff. 73 b, 81 b William and John Walker: Views of Westminster Abbey at the Handel Commemoration engr. by: 1784.
ff. 73 b, 81 b J- Dixon: Views of Westminster Abbey at the Handel Commemoration: 1784.: Engr.
f. 78 b John Howard, philanthropist: Portrait, engr. by T. Prattent after T. Holloway: 1786.
f. 78 b Thomas Holloway: Portrait of J. Howard: 1786.: Engr.
ff. 78 b, 92 b, 96 b T- Prattent: Engravings by: 1786, 1787.
f. 86 b Robert Nugent, Viscount Clare (1766) and (1776) Earl Nugent: Portrait: 1784.: engr.
f. 88 b Sir Ashton Lever, naturalist: Portrait: 1784.: Engr.
ff. 90 b, 91, 91 b, 93, 93 b, 94, 97 D- Braithwaite: Minutes of the European Magazine signed by: 1784-1787.
f. 92 b Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Watson, Chief Engineer of Bengal: Portrait, engr. by T. Prattent: 1787.
f. 95 Sir Joseph Mawbey, 1st Baronet; MP: Portrait: 1787.: Engr.
f. 95 Robert Edge Pine: Portrait of Sir. J. Mawbey. engr. by: 1787.
f. 95 Thomas Holloway: Portrait of Sir J. Mawbey: 1787.: Engr.
f. 96 b Art. Engravings, etc: Specimens of ancient architecture (London houses): 1787.
f. 101 Pehr Kalm: Assignment of transl. of his Travels into North America: 1771.
f. 101 Johann Reinhold Forster: Portrait, with dates of birth death: circ. 1800.: Engr.
f. 101 Johann Georg Adam Forster, FRS: Portrait, with dates of birth and death: circ. 1800: engr.
f. 101 (signed) Johann Reinhold Forster: Assignments of his translations of L. A. de Bougainville's Voyage and P. Kalm's Travels into N. America: 1771.
ff. 102, 103 Thomas Foxton: Assignments of various works: 1725-1734, n.d.
ff. 102, 103 Thomas Burnet, Master of the Charterhouse: Assignment of translations of his Archaeologiae Philosophicae, etc.: 1728, 1734.
f. 104 Edward Moore: Assignment of his Foundling: 1765.
f. 104 Thomas Francklin: Assignment of E. Moore's Foundling and S. Foote's Taste and Author: 1765.
f.104 R- Fabian, footman to George II when Prince of Wales: Assignment of his Trick for Trick, a farce: 1735.
ff. 105 b, 106 b John Gay: Portraits: early 18th cent.: Engr.
ff. 106 b, 158 b Nathaniel Parr: Portraits engr. by: 18th cent.
f. 107 John Gay: Assignment by, of his Fables and Beggar's Opera: 1728.: Photogr.
f. 107 John Whitehead: Signature as witness: 1728.: Facs.
f. 107 Margaret Fox: Signature as witness: 1728.: Photogr.
f. 108 Ralph Giffiths, LL.D: Portrait: 1803.: Engr.
f. 108 Ralph Giffiths, LL.D: Assignment of the songs in Jack the Gyant Queller: 1749.
f. 108 Dodsley and Bowyer: Assignment to, by Dr. R. Griffiths, of the songs in Jack the Gyant-Queller: 1749.
f. 109 Ann Hall: Assignment by, of Miss Benson: 1784.
f. 109 Mrs C- Lambert de Lintot: Assignment of six plates of The Symbolical Parts of Free Masonry: 1793.
f. 109 A- Henriquez: Receipt to Vernor and Hood: 1793.: Signed.
f. 110 William Havard, dramatist: Assignment by, of his Scanderbeg: 1733.
f. 111 Thomas Haweis, Rector of Aldwincle, county Northamptonshire: Portrait, engr. by W. Ridley after H. Edridge: 1796.
f. 111 Henry Edridge: Portraits of T. Haweis and J. Nichols engr. after: 1796, 1814.
f. 111 Thomas Haweis, Rector of Aldwincle, county Northamptonshire: Assignment of his Observations on Husbandry: 1783.
f. 112 Charles Corbett, bookseller and publisher, of London: Signature as witness: 1735.
ff. 112, 113 Eliza Haywood, writer: Assignments of her History of the British Theatre, etc.: 1735, 1747.
f. 114 b Joseph Highmore, painter: Portrait: 18th cent.: Engr.
f. 115 Joseph Highmore, painter: Assignment by, of his Practice of perspective: 1762.
f. 116 b Aaron Hill: Portrait: 1818.: engr.
f. 117 Urania Johnson, daughter of Aaron Hill: Assignment of her father's Dramatic Works: 1759.: Signed.
f. 117 Minerva Hill, daughter of Aaron Hill: Assignment of her father's Dramatic Works: 1759.: Signed.
f. 117 Julius Hill, son of Aaron Hill: Assignment of his father's Dramatic Works: 1759.: Signed.
f. 117 Astraea Hill, daughter of Aaron Hill: Assignment of her father's Dramatic Works: 1759.: Signed.
f. 117 J- Johnson: Signature as witness: 1759.
f. 117 Aaron Hill: Assignment of his Dramatic Works: 1759.
f. 119 Hodgson: Assignment of a pamphlet to - Lowndes: n.d.
f. 120 Edward Holdsworth: Assignment of Muscipula, a Latin poem: 1709.
f. 120 Robert Nelson, FRS; religious writer: Assignments of his works: 1715-1786.
f. 120 Francis Hewerdine: Assignment by, of abridgement of Nelson and Kettlewell: 1715.
f. 120 John Kettlewell: Assignment of abridgement of his works: 1715.
f. 121 Jean de La Fontaine: Assignment of a translation of his Tales: 1734.
f. 121 Samuel Humphreys: Assignment of his transl. of La Fontaine's Tales: 1734.
f. 122 Richard Iliff: Assignments of his transl. of Zimmermann's Reflections: 1799.
f. 123 Samuel Johnson, LLD; lexicographer: Assignment by, of his Life of Savage: 1743.: Copy.
f. 124 Samuel Johnson, LLD; lexicographer: Assignment, etc., of various works of: 1763-1783, n.d.
f. 125 (signed) Edward Kimber: Assignments of his Peerages and Baronets: 1766-1771.
f. 126 Abraham Langford: Assignment of his Lover his own rival: 1736.
f. 126 Thomas Leach: Assignment of his transl. of Zimmermann's Solitude: 1797.
ff. 126, 122 Ritter Johann Georg von Zimmermann: Assignment of transl. of his On Solitude, 1797, and Reflections 1799: 1797 ,1799.
f. 127 Francis Lynch: Assignments by, of his comedy The Independent Patriot: 1737.
f. 127 Jonathan Leigh: Assignment by, of his play Kensington Garden: 1719.
f. 127 Robert Samber: Signature as witness: 1719.
f. 128 Henry Lintot: Assignment to, of G. Lillo's George Barnwell: 1747.
f. 128 Thomas Caslon: Assignments of various copyrights: 1759-1772.
f. 128 Catherine Lintot, administratrix of H Lintot: Assignments of copyrights: 1759, 1769.
f. 128 John Osborn: Assignments of copyright to and by: 1742, 1747.
ff. 128-129 John Gray: Assignments to, by G. Lillo, of his George Barnwell, etc.: 1735, 1742.
ff. 128 b, 129 William Pullon: Signatures as witness: 1735.
ff. 128 b, 129 George Lillo: Assignments of his George Barnwell: 1735-1783.
ff. 128 b, 129 John Kent: Signatures as witness: 1735.
f. 130 Richard Baldwin: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770.: Signed.
f. 130 Henry Baldwin, printer: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770.: Signed.
f. 130 Christopher Henderson: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770.: Signed.
f. 130 b Captain Edward Thompson, R N: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770.: Signed.
f. 130 b George Colman, Manager of Covent Garden Theatre: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770.: Signed.
ff. 130-133, 168, 173 Newspapers British: Assignments, agreements, etc., rel. to: 1748-1822.
ff. 130 b, 133 Thomas Becket: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770, 1773.: Signed.
ff. 130 b, 133 Thomas Lowndes: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770, 1773.: Signed.
ff. 130 b, 133 Lockyer Davis: Resolutions of partners of the London Packet: 1770, 1773.: Signed.
f. 132 b William Woodfall: Portrait: late 18th cent.: engr.
f. 133 William Woodfall: Minutes of the London Packet: 1773.: Signed.
f. 134 William Bowyer, of London, printer: Loan by, to J. Le Neve: 1720.
f. 134 John Le Neve: Assignment of copyright: 1720.
f. 135 T- Kearseley: Portrait of P. Luckombe engr. after: late 18th cent.
f. 135 Philip Luckombe: Portrait: late 18th cent.: Engr.
f. 135 R- H- Laurie: Portrait of P. Luckombe engr. by: late 18th cent.
ff. 135-137 Philip Luckombe: Assignments of his Peerage of England, etc.: 1787, 1788, n.d.
f. 138 Edmond Malone: Draft to H. Baldwin and Son: 1801.
f. 139 Thomas Mangey, DD: Assignment bv, of his edition of Philo Judaeus: 1753.
f. 139 Philo Judaeus: Assignment of T. Mangey's edition of: 1753.
f. 141 John Markland: Assignment by, of The Fryar's Tale, The Retaliation and other poems: n.d. [18th cent.].
f. 141 J- Miller: Assignment of his transl. of Hist. de Don Ranucio d'Alétés: 1760.
f. 142 Thomas Smith Conell: Signature as witness to an assignment: 1730.
f. 142 Benjamin Martyn: Assignment by, of his Timoleon: 1730.
f. 144 b Reverend Colin Milne, LLD, FRS: Portrait: late 18th cent.: Engr.
f. 145 Reverend Colin Milne, LLD, FRS: Assignment of supplement to his Botanical Dictionary: 1777.
f. 145 Archibald McLaren, dramatist, d. 1826: Letter to -: n.d.
f. 146 R. Castelman: Signature as witness to assignment of James Minlles Mother-in-law: 1734.
f. 146 Roger Sullivan: Signature as witness: 1734.
ff. 146-152 Reverend James Miller, dramatist: Assignments by, of his comedies: 1734-1738.: Signed.
f. 148 Arthur Hornshaw: Signature as witness: 1735.
f. 148 Randall Betts: Signature as witness to assigmnent of J. Miller's Man of Taste: 1735.
f. 150 Robert Goding: Signature as witness: 1736.
f. 152 George Van der Gucht: Signature as witness: 1738.
f. 154 John Swaine: Milton's assignment of Paradise Lost, engr. by: early 19th cent.
f. 154 John Fisher: Witness to Milton's assignment of Paradise Lost: 1667.: Seal.
f. 154 Samuel Symons, printer: Assignment to, by Milton, of Paradise Lost: 1667.: Facs.
f. 154 John Milton: Assignment by, of Paradise Lost: 1667.: Lithogr.
f. 154 Benjamin Greene, servant to John Milton: Signature as witness: 1667.: Seal.
f. 155 Benjamin Cowell: Signature as witness: 1730.
ff. 155, 156 Joseph Mitchell: Assignments by, of his Highland Fair and Fatal Extravagance: 1730.
f. 157 Charles Molloy: Assignment by, of The Coquet: 1718.: Signed.
f. 157 John Moir: Assignment of Custom House Rates: 1787.
f. 158 b John Mottley: Portrait: 18th cent.: Engr.
f. 159 Bartholomew Paman: Signature as witness: 1730.
f. 159 John Mottley: Assignment by, of his comedy The Widow bewitched: 1730.
f. 159 W- Reynolds: Signature as witness: 1730.
f. 161 Thomas Odell: Assignment by, of his comedy The Prodigal: 1744.
f. 161 Penelope Odell: Signature as witness: 1744.
f. 161 Charles Green: Signature as witness: 1744.
f. 163 Walley Chamberlain Oulton: Assignment by, of his Perseverance and as it should be: 1789.
f. 164 Richard Cross: Assignment to, by T. Phillips of his Livery Rake: 1733.
f. 164 Thomas Phillips: Assignment of E. Phillips Livery Rake: 1733.
ff. 164, 164 b Edward Phillips: Assignments of his Livery Rake: 1733.
f. 165 William Payne: Assignment by his brother Thomas of his Draughts in Hoyle's Games: 1779.
f. 166 b Francis Lemuel Abbott: Portrait of Bp. T. Percy: late 18th cent.: Engr.
f. 166b Francis Lemuel Abbott: Portrait of Bp. T. Percy: late 18th cent.
f.166b John Ogborne: Portrait of Bp. Percy engr.by: late 18th cent.
ff. 166 b, 172 b, 174 Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore: portraits, 18th: 19th centt.: Engr.
f. 167 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham: Assignment of works of: 1761.
f. 167 Joseph Wall: Signature as witness: 1761.
ff. 167, 168, 173, 175 Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore: Assignments of copyright by: 1761-1769.
f. 172 b Burnet Reading: Portrait of Bp. Percy engr. by: 1818.
f. 172 b Sir Joshua Reynolds: Portrait of BP. Percy engr. after: 1818.
f. 174 Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore: Signature as Bishop. Facsimile: 19th cent.
f. 174 Philip Audinet: Portrait of T. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, engraved by: early 19th cent.
f. 175 John Rivington, bookseller and publisher, of London: Assignments of copyright to and by: 1763-1772.
f. 176 b Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave: Assignment by, of his Voyage to the North Pole: 1774.
f. 176 b Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave: Portrait: 1806.: Engr.
ff. 178 b, 179 Alexander Pope: Potraits: n.d.: Engr.
f. 179 James Heath: Portrait of A. Pope engr. by: late 18th cent.
f. 179 Sir John Evelyn, 1st Baronet: Receipt to, from A. Pope for a subscription to his translation of the Iliad: n.d.
f. 179 Homer: Receipt from A. Pope to Sir J. Evelyn for a subscription to his translation of the Iliad: circ. 1713.
ff. 179, 186 b Sir Godfrey Kneller: Portraits engr. after: circ. 1700-1787.
f. 180 Reverend Samuel Wesley, the younger: Lines by A. Pope concerning: circ. 1728.: Facs.
f. 180 Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester: Lines of A. Pope on, circ. 1728.: late 18th cent.: Facsimile.
f. 180 Barak Longmate, engraver: Facsimile of Pope's lines to the Earl of Oxford: 1815.
f. 180 Alexander Pope: Lines to the Earl Oxford, circ.: 1728.: Lithogr. facsimile 1815.
f. 180 Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford: Lines to, by A. Pope: circ. 1728.: Lithogr.
f. 180 Poetry: A. Pope, Lines to the Earl of Oxford: circ. 1728.: Lithogr. facsimile.
f. 181 John Vanbrugh, dramatist; Knight 1714: Assignment of his Cornish Squire: 1734.
f. 181 James Ralph: Assignment of Vanbrugh's Cornish Squire: 1734.
f. 181 J- Reason: Assignment of C. Bullock's Woman's Revenge: 1759.
f. 181 Christopher Bullock: Assignments of plays of: 1759, 1760.
f. 182 John Dryden: Assignment of an edition of his Miscellanies: 1716.
f. 182 William Reading: Receipt for fee for correcting Dryden's Miscellanies: 1716.
f. 183 John Rose: Assignment of A quarter of an hour before dinner: 1788.
f. 184 John Rich: Assignment of Momus turned Fabulist: 18th cent.
f. 185 Thomas Hobbes: Assignment of a transl. of his Ecclesiastical History: 1721.
f. 185 John Rook: Receipt for fee for translating Hobbes's Ecclesiastical History: 1721.
f. 185 Thomas Rowell, Rector of Great Cressingham: Assignment by, of his transl. of Gerhard's Divine Meditations: 1713.
f.185- John Gerhard, DD: Assignment of transl. of his Divine Meditations: 1713.
f. 186 b Nicholas Rowe, poet and dramatist: Portrait: 1787.: engr.
f. 186 b Anker Smith: Portrait of N. Rowe engr. by: 1787.
ff. 187, 188 Robert Samber: Assignment by, of his Praise of Drunkenness, etc.: 1717, 1724.
f. 189 Thomas Brightwell: Witness to an assignment by G. Sewell of his Sir Walter Raleigh: 1719.
f.. 189 Thomas Sparke: Signature as witness: 1719.
f. 189 (signed) George Sewell: Assignments of his tragedy Sir Walter Raleigh: 1719, 1745.
f. 190 Edward Cave: Purchase, on behalf of, of a play by R. Savage: 1750,: Copy.
f. 190 Thomas Cadell, uncle (?) of T Cadell, the elder: Purchase by, of the MS. of a play by R. Savage: 1750.: Copy.
f. 191 John Seymour: Assignment by, of his Abelard to Eloisa: 1785.
f. 192 John Shebbeare: Assignment by, of a collection of letters: 1755.
f. 193 William Bromley: Portrait of J. Shebbeare by: 1788.: engraved.
f. 193 John Shebbeare: Portrait engr.: 1788.
f. 194 John Shebbeare: Receipt to J. Almon: 1767.
f. 194 b John Almon: Assignments of copyright by and to: 1766, 1767.
f. 194 b John Brownsmith: Assignment of The dramatic time-piece: 1767.
f. 195 b Reverend . Thomas Stackhouse: Portrait engr.: 1743.
f. 195 b J- Woolaston: Portrait of T. Stackhouse: 1740.: Engr.
f. 195 b George Vertue: Portraits engr. by: 1719-1743.
f. 196 Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester: Assignment of the Memoirs of, by the Rev. T. Stackhouse: 1723.
f. 196 Reverend . Thomas Stackhouse: Receipts for payments for writing the life of Bp. Atterbury, 1723, and translating Chinese Tales 1725: 1723,1725.
f. 197 Thomas Stretser: Asaignments by, of his Description of Merryland, etc.: 1740, 1741.
f. 198 Captain Edward Thompson, R N: Assignment by, of a revision of C. Shadwell's Fair Quaker of Deal: 1773.
f. 199 Lewis Theobald: Assignment by, of his The Fatal Secret: 1735.
f.199 James Volcombe: Assignment by, of The Unfashionable Wife: 1771.
f. 200 Richard Williams: Signature as witness: 1730.
f. 200 J- Stede: Signature as witness: 1730.
f. 200 John Tracy: Assignment by, of his Periander, King of Corinth: 1730.
ff. 202, 204 (copy) Reverend Joseph Trapp, DD: Assignment by, of Abra Mule, or Love and Empire: 1704.
f. 203 b Clamp: Portrait of Dr. J. Trapp engraved by: late 18th cent.
f. 203 b Reverend Joseph Trapp, DD: Portrait: late 18th cent.: Engr.
f. 203 b Silvester Harding: Portrait of Dr.. J. Trapp engr. after: late 18th cent.
f. 206 Thomas Walker: Assignment by, of his play The Fate of Villany: 1730.
f. 206 Mary Best: Signature as witness to assignment of T.Walker's The Fate of Villany: 1730.
f. 206 Charles Hulett: Signature as witness: 1730.
f.208 John Watson, FS A, Rector of Stockport: Letter to - Lowndes: 1774.
f. 209 Helen Maria Williams: Assignment by, of her transl. of Saint -Pierre's Paul et Virginie: 1797.
f. 210 John Hoyles: Signature as witness: 1726.
f. 210 Leonard Welsted: Assignment by, of his comedy The Dissembled Wanton: 1726.
ff. 210, 155 Thomas Smith Cowell: Signatures as witness: 1726, 1730.
f. 212 Mrs A- Woodfin: Assignments by, of her novels: 1758, 1764.
f. 212 Julia Letitia Woodfin, daughter of above: Assignment by, on behalf of her mother, of Sir John Cutler and his Family: 1758.
f. 213 Thomas Wright: Draft on Lowndes, for payment to S. Beaufort: 18th cent.
f. 214 John Huddlestone Wynne: Assignment by, of his novel The Wanderer: 1765.

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Add MS 38728-38730 : COLLECTION of assignments of copyright between English authors and publishers, 1 Jan. 1703/4 (38728, f. 202)-12 Apr. 1822…

Add MS 38728 : Vol. I (ff. i + 214). (a) Papers relating to the "European Magazine," with details respecting the Handel Commemoration,…

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