Crewe Manuscripts

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f. 1r Receipt from Aaron Ward, on behalf of ‘the Castle-Conger’ (an association of booksellers), to Jacob Tonson III and Richard Tonson, Part 21 Apr. 1741
f. 1v Receipt from Daniel Browne to Jacob Tonson II Part 18 Aug. 1714
f. 1v Receipt from Edward Young to Thomas Worrall Part 7 Dec. 1727
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. 12 Agreement between (A) Richard Butler, MD, and (B) Jacob Tonson I Part 11 Mar. 1723
f. 14 Agreement between (A) Samuel Shuckford and (B) Jacob Tonson & Co., 22 Dec. 1752; endorsed with a receipt from (A) to (B), 1 Nov. 1753 Part 22 Dec. 1752
f. 16 Assignment from (A) Daniel Midwinter, Richard Ware, Charles Rivington, Aaron Ward, John Knapton, Paul Knapton, Thomas Longman, Richard Hett, Charles Hitch, Stephen Austen, John Wood, Charles Woodward, and John Pemberton to (B) Jacob Tonson III and Richard Tonson of a third share in the copyright of Isaac Barrow’s Works (3 vols.) Part 5 May 1741
f. 19 (i) Assignment from (A) Edmund Prideaux to (B) Robert Knaplock and Jacob Tonson junior of the copyrights in various books, 16 Apr. 1715; endorsed with (ii)–(iii) receipts from (A) to (B), 12 Dec. 1715 and 25 Feb. 1718, (iv) a certificate that (i)–(iii) were shown to (A) at his examination in the case of Robert Knaplock et al. v. Edmund Curll, 5 Apr. 1722, and (v) a similar certificate relating to Thomas Glenister, c. 1722 Part 1715–22
f. 20 Assignment from (A) Charles Bathurst to (B) Jacob and Richard Tonson of copyrights in two books Part 10 Feb. 1741
f. 34r Note from Andrew Millar to Jacob Tonson Part 15 Apr. 1760
f. 35 Assignment from Temple Stanyan to Jacob Tonson II of the copyright in the first volume of Stanyan’s Grecian History (1707) Part 29 May 1714
f. 36 Assignment from (A) Giles Jacob to (B) Bernard Linton of the copyrights of several books by Jacob Part 29 Apr. 1719
23 Papers relating to the case of Jean Calas Item 1762–76
f. 1 Ink drawing captioned ‘La Malheureuse Famille Calas. La Mere, les deux Filles, ave Jeanne Viguiene, leur bonne Servante, le Fils et son Ami Lavayse.’ Part 18th c.?
f. 29 Description of the next two items, probably in the hand of William Upcott Part 19th c.
ff. 31–2 Testimonial by Donat Calas on behalf of his father Jean Calas Part 5 July 1762
f. 33 Testimonial by J. Calvét, on behalf of the Calas family Part 5 July 1762
f. ii v Epigraph Part
f. 1r Engraved title-page of The Great Exemplar of Sanctity and Holy Life, by Jeremy Taylor (London, 1657) Part 1657
f. 8r Engraved title-page of Elegantiae poeticae, by Jean Blumerel, editio novissima (Oxford, 1679) Part 1679
f. 12r Frontispiece of The Horseman’s Sure Guide and Complete Horse Doctor (c. 1780) Part c. 1780
f. 13v Printed explanation of the title-page on f. 14r, in verse, headed ‘The Frontispiece Explained’ Part 1633
f. 17r Engraved title-page of Spicilegium anatomicum, by Theodor Kerckring (Leiden, 1717) Part 1717
f. 19r Frontispiece of Histoire de la ligue, by Louis Maimbourg (Paris, 1683) Part 1683
f. 20r Frontispiece of The Lively Oracles Given to Us, or, The Christian’s Birthright and Duty in the Custody and Use of the Holy Scripture, by Richard Allestree (Oxford, 1678 x 1713) Part 1678 x 1713
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 Engraved title-page of The Pocket Print Magazine, or, Select Views of Cities, Sea-Ports, Towns, and Villages (London, 1795) Part 1795
f. 33r Engraved title-page of Opticorum libri sex, by François d’Aguilon (Antwerp, 1613) Part 1613
f. 34r Engraved title-page of one of the volumes of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (9 vols.; London: Oddy & Co., 1808) Part 1808