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(Engraved by Schleuen from a drawing by Henne.)

(Engraved by J. Newton. Engraving published 12 July 1786.)

(The illustration, which depicts the interior of the Library of the London Institution, is subscribed ‘Wm Brooks, Architect’.)

Receipt for Lots Nos. 290 (1s. 6d.), 296 (8s.), 300 (£1 14s.), and 301 (£1 1s.).

This number contains an instalment of an article entitled ‘The Life of that Notorious Robber, Highwayman, and Murderer, Richard Turpin’, etc.

(The ornaments are from the heads of pp. 63 and 100.)

(Engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi and Charles Grignion from a drawing by Edward F. Burney. Engraving published 17 July 1786. This resembles a title-page, but is printed on card.)

(An irregularly-shaped section of the title-leaf.)

Marked ‘1735’. Turpin’s name has been underlined.

Marked ‘1733’ and ‘Turpin’.

(Designed and engraved by Abraham Bosse.)

(Engraved by William Satchwell Leney from a drawing by Mather Brown. Includes a dedication to Lord Rawdon. For the date cf. British Museum, No. 1983, U.2306.)

(Engraved by Thomas Rowlandson from a design by Polypus. Engraving published 18 Apr. 1807.)

(Designed and engraved by Abraham Bosse. It is unclear which edition this is from.)

The loan for an invasion of England dates from the period of the Directory. The whole file was once in the Ministry of Finance but it was removed before the Empire and was among the papers collected by Villenave.

The marginal note by Bonaparte on Bourrienne’s letter (f. 8) is not his signature or paraph but an abbreviation of the word ‘Recommandé’.

It is pointed out that the title on f. 1r is in the hand of M. G. T. Villenave, and some details of his life are given. The note concludes: ‘Le présent recueil est le relevé d’informations trouvées dans de nombreux documents.’