Crewe Manuscripts

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f. 9 (i) Articles of agreement between (A) Hannah Knaplock, Jacob Tonson III, and Richard Tonson, and (B) Samuel Shuckford, 22 Nov. 1739, bearing (ii) an assignment from Han-nah Knaplock to the Tonsons, 18 July 1740, and (iii) a receipt from Shuckford, 2 June 1743 Part 22 Nov. 1739–2 June 1743
f. 11 Assignment from (A) Dorman Newman junior to (B) Jacob Tonson I and (C) Jacob Tonson II of the rights in various books, 22 Apr. 1713; endorsed with a receipt from Newman of the same date Part 22 Apr. 1713
f. 13 Receipt from Temple Stanyan to Jacob Tonson I Part 15 July 1714
f. 15 Agreement between (A) John Heylyn and (B) Somerset Draper, on behalf of (C) Jacob and Richard Tonson and B himself Part 14 Nov. 1748
f. 17 Memorandums of agreement between (A) Jacob Tonson III and Richard Tonson and (B) Robert Dodsley, regarding Charles Jervas’s translation of Don Quixote Part 1 May 1740
f. 18 Assignment from Thomas Worrall to Henry Lintot of copyrights in various books, and copies of books Part 30 June 1738
ff. 21–5 Copy of an agreement between (A) John Dryden and (B) Jacob Tonson for Dryden’s translation of Virgil, 15 June 1694 Part 18th c.
f. 34r Note from Andrew Millar to Jacob Tonson Part 15 Apr. 1760
f. 38 Account of the costs of printing Parnell’s Poems Part 18th c.
ff. 2–28 Leaves from The History of the Misfortunes of John Calas, a Victim to Fanaticism, to which is added a Letter from M. Calas to his Wife and Children, ‘written by M. De Voltaire’ (Edinburgh: P. Williamson) Part 1776
f. 29 Description of the next two items, probably in the hand of William Upcott Part 19th c.
f. ii v Epigraph Part
f. 8r Engraved title-page of Elegantiae poeticae, by Jean Blumerel, editio novissima (Oxford, 1679) Part 1679
f. 9r Engraved title-page of Lexicon philosophicum, by Étienne Chauvin (Rotterdam, 1692) Part 1692
f. 10r Engraved title-page of The Britannic Magazine, or, Entertaining Repository of Heroic Adventures and Memorable Exploits, Vol. III (London, 1796) Part 1796
f. 23r Title-page of Primitiae anatomicae de humani corporis ossibus, by Pieter Paaw (Leiden, 1615), including a woodcut illustration Part 1615
f. 25r Engraved title-page of The Naturalist’s Cabinet, or, Interesting Sketches of Animal History, by Thomas Smith, Vol. II (London, 1806) Part 1806
f. 26r Engraved title-page of The Naturalist’s Cabinet, or, Interesting Sketches of Animal History, by Thomas Smith, Vol. IV (London, 1806) Part 1806
f. 27r Engraved title-page of A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, by Sir William Chambers (London, 1772) Part 1772
f. 32r Frontispiece of one of the volumes of ‘Cooke’s Pocket Edition of Select British Poets’ (London, 1794 x 1804) Part 1794 x 1804
f. 36r Engraved title-page of Bellamy’s Picturesque Magazine and Literary Museum, Vol. I (London, 1793) Part 1793
f. 37r Frontispiece of one of the volumes of Histoire de l’admirable Don Quixotte de la Manche, by Cervantes, translated by Filleau de Saint Martin (4 vols.; Amsterdam, 1681) Part 1681
f. 42r Engraved title-page of Les Delices de l’Italie, by Alexandre de Rogissart (Leiden, 1706) Part 1706
f. 44r Frontispiece of The Poetical Works of Geoff. Chaucer, Vol. IX (Edinburgh: Bell, 1783) Part 1783
f. 47r Frontispiece of the General Magazine and Impartial Review, Vol. IV (1791) Part 1791
f. 50r Section-title of Book II of Paradise Regained, by John Milton (London: James Cundee, 1806) Part 1806
loose after f. 50 Title-page of A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography, by William Upcott, Vol. I (London, 1818), including an engraved illustration Part 1818
loose after f. 50 Fragment of an engraving Part 18th c.?
f. 56 Frontispiece of Cyclopaedia, or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, by Ephraim Chambers, Vol. I (London, 1786 x 1791) Part 1786 x 1791
f. 57r Title-page of Formulae oratoriae in usum scholarium concinnatae (a revision of John Clarke’s Transitionum formulae, 1628), 5th ed. (London, 1637), including a woodcut device Part 1637