Search Results: Titles starting with O from Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts

1827. About 2 x 4 inches, laid down. Discovered in Victorian album. Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855), rear-admiral and Arctic explorer. His 1819 voyage through the Parry Channel was probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage. In 1827 he attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole. He reached 82°45 North latitude, setting the record for human exploration farthest North that stood for nearly five decades before being surpassed at 83°20 26 by Albert Hastings Markham in 1875–1876.

Dublin, 18 August 1821. 9 x 3½ inches, blind embossed revenue stamp, folds. Richard Lalor Sheil (1791-1851), Irish dramatist and politician, aided O’Connell with impassioned speeches until the granting of Catholic emancipation (1829), then fought for the repeal of the union of Great Britain and Ireland. Master of the Mint (1846-50).

Undated. 8 x 12 inches, roughly opened, in good clean condition, complete royal seal in black wax. King William IV (reigned 1830-1837) signs as Duke of Clarence.

London: Printed at the Minerva Office for Wiliam Lane [1793]. Overall 19 x 14 inches, in very good clean condition, one closed tear at foot, folds. There are two states of this dramatic depiction of Louis XVI beheaded by the Guillotine. The other has a similar text, but the Guillotine is shown at some distance, guarded by soldiers. The text describes the sentencing and the last moments of the King. The broadside was priced at Three Pence, or “sold Wholesale at One Guinea per Hundred”.

Royal Citadel of Plymouth, 20 July 1728. 1 page 12 x 7 inches, minor blemishes. Annotated and initialled, recording the quantities supplied.

Weybridge, undated. 5 stanzas, 8 x 7 inches, folds. The poem was accepted for publication by Country Life. Edward Harold Begbie (1871–1929), also known as Harold Begbie, English author and journalist who published nearly 50 books and poems and contributed to periodicals.

Parish of St. Suplice [Lower Canada],1 January 1798. 4 pp., about 12 x 8 inches, legible, folds, central scorch marks, otherwise good. See the Dictionary of Canadian Biography for the adventurous missionary career of Pierre Huet de La Valinière (1732-1806), Roman Catholic priest and Sulpician. In 1786 La Valinière published in New York a controversial catechism, Curious and interesting dialogue between Mr. Goodwish and Dr. Breviloq . . . , in both French and English. Two years later he brought out at Albany a 50-page fascicle entitled Vraie histoire, ou simple précis des infortunes, pour ne pas dire, des persécutions qu’a souffert & souffre encore le révérend Pierre Huet de La Valinière. . . . In this publication, as indeed in the first one, the author portrays himself as a martyr to the American cause at the time of the invasion of Canada in 1775–76. La Valinière’s rights as a British subject were finally restored in 1798.… Read More

1 January 1669. 1 page 9 x 7 inches, minor blemishes only, docketed on verso. Sir John Cox (d. 1672), naval officer and administrator. Sir John Cox commanded the Mary in 1665. In 1666, he commanded the Sovereign. At the time of the Four Days Battle, the Sovereign was laid up, needing more men for the crew. He fought in the St. James's Day Battle in the Sovereign (102 guns), where he was assigned to the Generals' division. In 1668, he commanded the Charles (96 guns). In 1669 he returned to Chatham as resident commissioner, replacing the discredited Peter Pett. Cox had already been at odds with this influential family, the Petts having a quasi-monopoly of dockyard offices at Deptford and Chatham. Due to the influence of the Petts, his efforts to end corruption at Chatham were a failure. Indeed Pepys had expressed concern at Cox's return to Chatham, suggesting that it would be better to appoint John Tippetts to Chatham and Cox to Portsmouth, allowing both the advantage of working where they… Read More

Undated. 6 x 4 inches, inlaid to mount. On the verso is a signed photograph of John Gilbert Talbot M.P. James Edwin Thorold Rogers (1823-1890), known as Thorold Rogers, political economist and Member of Parliament. He deployed historical and statistical methods to analyse some of the key economic and social questions in Victorian England. Rogers was instrumental in obtaining the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act, of which he was the first beneficiary, becoming the first man to withdraw legally from his clerical vows in 1870. His most influential works were the 6-volume History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1795 and Six Centuries of Work and Wages.

Undated. Mounted on part of an old album page, in good condition. William Cobbett (1762-1835), politician, and the leading journalist in the movement for parliamentary reform.

Ville de Paris, Off Cadiz, 19 August 1798. 1 page 13 x 8 inches, in fine clean condition. A superb historical record of the famous mutiny, signed by Admiral John Jervis, Earl St. Vincent (1735-1823) as Commander-in-Chief during the blockade of Cadiz, notable for the severe repression of a mutiny on board H.M.S.Marlborough during the summer of 1798. The Captain of HMS Marlborough has submitted his Surgeon’s letter to St. Vincent, stating that “Charles Moore, who was not able to receive all the punishment justly awarded to him by the Sentence of a Court Martial is in a state to undergo the few remaining lashes. Every Ship of the Squadron is to send two Boats with an Officer in each, and two Marines or Soldiers, properly armed, in the Stern Sheets of each Boat, to assemble round His Majesty’s Ship the Marlborough, at half past 5 o’clock tomorrow morning (Monday the 20th instant) to attend the punishment. The Marines, under Arms, and Ships Company, are to be kept up during the whole… Read More

Reading, undated. 6 x 4 inches, inlaid to mount. On the verso is a signed photograph of T.G.Dodson (Lord Monk-Bretton, statesman). George Palmer (1818-1897) was a proprietor of Huntley & Palmers, biscuit manufacturers of Reading.

Undated. 4 x 7 inches, laid down on part of an old album leaf. Félix De Vigne (1806 –1862), Belgian painter, was a history painter, engraver, art historian, and instructor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, the city of his birth. In 1847 he published Recherches historiques sur les costumes civils et militaires, an illustrated compendium of the flags, shields and costumes of medieval guilds and military groups.

Given on board the Milford, St George’s Harbour, Lissa, 28 July 1812. 1 page 12 x 8 inches, in good clean condition. The Captain of HMS Neptune at Trafalgar. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle (1765-1819) served with Hood and Nelson in the Mediterranean, distinguishing himself at Toulon in 1795, Leghorn and Elba in 1796, and Santa Cruz in 1797, when he was severely wounded. In command of H.M.S. Ganges he took a full part in the Battle of Copenhagen (1804). In May 1805 he was appointed to H.M.S. Neptune, which was the third ship in the weather line at the Battle of Trafalgar, the Temeraire alone coming between her and the Victory. Fremantle later commanded in the Adriatic, capturing Fiume in 1813 and Trieste in 1814.

Navy Office, 26 February 1717. 1 page 12 x 7 inches,,with the address leaf, a little dusty but in good sound condition. Admiral Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743), who was knighted for the defeat of the Spanish fleet near Carthagena in 1708. He became first lord of the Admiralty in Sir Robert Walpole’s ministry. The other Commissioners include Captain Thomas Swanton (Controller of the Navy), Richard Burton (Controller of the Treasurer’s Accounts), Thomas Colby, Jacob Acworth (Surveyor).

Undated. 4 x 5 inches, edges worn, removed from an album. Annotated by the collector: “... given me by Sir George Grey, formerly Governor of N.Z.” Thomas McDonnell (c.1831 –1899), New Zealand public servant, military leader and writer.

Windsor, 13 December 1785. 3 x 7 inches, neatly laid down. An attractive display piece signed by King George III (reigned 1760-1820).

Given on board the Milford, St George’s Harbour, Lissa, 19 December 1812. 1 page 12 x 8 inches, in fine clean condition, folds, docketed on integral blank leaf ‘Orders from Admiral Fremantle, Corfu. N.16’. A fine document combining two of Nelson’s captains. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Fremantle (1765-1819), the Captain of HMS Neptune at Trafalgar, served with Hood and Nelson in the Mediterranean, distinguishing himself at Toulon in 1795, Leghorn and Elba in 1796, and Santa Cruz in 1797, when he was severely wounded. In command of H.M.S. Ganges he took a full part in the Battle of Copenhagen (1804). In May 1805 he was appointed to H.M.S. Neptune, which was the third ship in the weather line at the Battle of Trafalgar, the Temeraire alone coming between her and the Victory. Fremantle later commanded in the Adriatic, capturing Fiume in 1813 and Trieste in 1814. Captain Sir William Hoste (1780-1828) entered the navy under Nelson’s patronage. Hoste was one of the great frigate… Read More

3 May 1705. 4 x 6 inches, neatly trimmed and in good condition. From the Enys Collection, sold at Bonhams, London, in 2004. A good example of the uncommon signature of John Radcliffe (1650-1714), physician and philanthropist, one of the most famous doctors of his time, who bequeathed the bulk of his large property to the Radcliffe Library, Infirmary and Observatory, all named after him, and to University College Oxford and St.Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.

9 January 1794 for work done August to December 1793. 1 page 10 x 6 inches, some blemishes and light toning. In 1738 the 4th Duke of Bedford bought Houghton. His son, the Marquis of Tavistock, lived there from 1764 until he died in a hunting accident in 1767. The 5th Duke of Bedford rented the hunting park to a neighbour. Subsequently unable to let the house without the park, he ordered Houghton to be dismantled in 1794. The interior was completely gutted, leaving no hint of its former glory. In the early 1770s the Earl of Upper Ossory commissioned Lancelot 'Capability' Brown to landscape nearby Ampthill Park. He included Houghton House as a feature in the design though it lay outside the boundaries of his estate. Later, in 1804 the Earl acquired the park and the ruins of Houghton House. Today the house still dominates the landscape, providing wonderful views over its former hunting park. [English Heritage] John Carte’s account books (1793-1815) are held by the Senate House Library,… Read More