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Catalogue of Political Pamphlets by WALPOLE, Hon. Frederick - 1840: Walpoleana - A Family Production

by WALPOLE, Hon. Frederick

Catalogue of Political Pamphlets by WALPOLE, Hon. Frederick - 1840

Catalogue of Political Pamphlets: Walpoleana - A Family Production

by WALPOLE, Hon. Frederick

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Walpoleana - A Family Production

WALPOLE, Hon. Frederick. Catalogue of Political Pamphlets relating to Sir Robert Walpole's Administration. [n.p. n.p.], ca 1840.£2800

Manuscript on paper, 12mo, ff. 77, including the occasional blank, with further blanks at end, on folded notepaper loosely inserted into a limp vellum tongued wallet, inscribed 'Rt. Hble. The Earl of Orford' and 'Walpole Pamphlets / Catalogue of', stamp duty rates printed on the paper lining; a little marked but largely clean; from the Norfolk collection of Ronald Clive Fiske, with his armorial bookplate and shelf-mark label, occasional contemporary advertisements for similar works (some pasted to leaves), as well as more recent bookseller's descriptions loosely inserted.

A handsome and extensive nineteenth-century manuscript bibliography of pamphlets and other printed ephemera relating to Britain's de facto first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745).

Arranged alphabetically by title (as most entries are anonymous), this document presents a remarkably detailed bibliographical record of the Robinocracy - as Walpole's administration came to be known - and is also a fascinating labour of love and a record of familial interest. Although apparently treasured by the naval officer and Tory M.P. Frederick Walpole (1822-76), who has added a manuscript title-page, introduction (quoting Macaulay) and the occasional addition, the majority of the text is in at least one other distinct hand. We can speculate that the catalogue was in the family's possession for some time prior to Frederick's amendments, as the limp vellum wallet likely dates to 1815, with its printed reference to New Stamp Duties on the interior. Perhaps this was the work and possession of Frederick's father, Horatio, 3rd Earl of Orford (1753-1858). Whatever its aegis, it is an important near contemporary piece of Walpoleiana.

Few figures incited the churning of the eighteenth-century popular presses like Walpole. His actions, personality and lengthy tenure were so controversial that a vast amount of printed material was produced both in support of and opposition to his administration, much of which is recorded in this impressive manuscript catalogue.

Of course, many of the works were unfavourable; as Langford has observed, 'Walpole's characteristic image was that of a parvenu Norfolk placeman enriched by a career of systematic corruption (he had been prosecuted by the Tories for official peculation in 1712) and elevated to supreme power for his lack of principle... his hegemony inevitably drew the full fire of Grub Street on his personal position. He was the Great Man, the English Colossus, the Man Mountain. He also appeared as the perfect representative of the politics of illusion – the Norfolk trickster, the Savoy Rareeshowman, Palinurus the magician, Merlin the wizard, the Screenmaster-General'. Yet for each prose attack and satirical poem, his supporters produced counter epistles and treatises in his defense, many of which are systematically recorded here.

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This book is in fairly good condition. There is some wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards, as well as spots on the outside back cover board. There is minimal bumping and fraying on the cover boards. The pages are yellowing and tanning, with some vertical fraying and warping, but the pages are clear of markings. A few of the pages are dog-eared and edges torn. "The Forsyte Saga was the title originally destined for that part of it which is called 'The Man of Propery; and to adopt it for the collected chronicles of the Forsyte family has indulged the Forsytean tenacity that is in all of us. The word Saga might be objected to on the ground that it connotes the heroic and that there is little of heroism in these pages. But it is used with a suitable irony; and, after all, this long tale, though it may deal with folk in frock coats, furbelows, and a gilt-edged period, is not devoid of the essential heat of conflict. Discounting for the gigantic stature and blood-thirstiness of… Read More
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TRINITY: 450 YEARS OF AN OXFORD COLLEGE COMMUNITY

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Cambridge:: Lutterworth Press, 2012., 2012. 8vo. viii, [4], 297, [1] pp. Figs., index. Pictorial wrappers. INSCRIBED by author to Dr. Dennis Gibbs. Near fine. ISBN: 9780718892760 "An exploration of the history of British sport, viewed through the lens of the life and work of Samuel Johnson and his friend and correspondent Hester Thrale. / In "Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale," Julia Allen takes a sideways look at sport, health and exercise in the eighteenth century, and in so doing reveals unfamiliar sides of the eponymous characters she uses as guides and commentators. Samuel Johnson does battle with the rough breakers at Brighton as energetically as he did with any of his verbal opponents; and Hester Thrale – herself 'a good waterspaniel' – provides wry observations, notably on what men decided women might decently be allowed to do in that foreign country that is the past. / Allen starts with the medical theories underpinning notions about exercise, the role of the physician and the… Read More
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