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).

“Given on board the Canopus in Palermo Bay”, 30 August 1809. 1 page 13 x 8 inches, horizontal folds, light stains only. Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Martin (1764 –1847) saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During his long naval career he took part in several significant battles, for which he was awarded a number of honours and promotions; he commanded ships at Cape St Vincent and Cape Finisterre. In June 1809 Martin took possession of Ischia and Procida.

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

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

Undated. 2½ x 4 inches, in good condition, traces of mounting on verso. General Albert Cambriels (1816-1891) fought at the Battle of Sedan and throughout the Franco-German War of 1870/71.

1922-1923. 6 x 4 inches, blue silk ribbon, the Prince’s crest embossed on the front of the card. With the original autograph envelope, initialled EP. “To Lady Bute, Thank you so much for your card. Hope you are having good sport. From Edward P.” King Edward VIII (reigned from 20 January 1936,abdicated, taking the title Duke of Windsor) (1894-1972). From the royal correspondence retained by the Marchioness of Bute at Cardiff Castle.

Saville Row, 26 February 1844. 4 x 5 inches, in fine condition. From the autograph book compiled by Hugh Welch Diamond (1809-1886), "the father of psychiatric photography". Uncommon. Thomas Joseph Pettigrew FRS (1791 –1865), sometimes known as "Mummy" Pettigrew, was a surgeon and antiquarian who became an expert on Ancient Egyptian mummies. He became well known in London social circles for his private parties in which he unrolled and autopsied mummies for the entertainment of his guests. The phrase “sed tamen in pretio” is in Latin. It translates to “but still valuable” or “yet of worth.” It conveys the idea that something may have a cost or price, but it remains valuable or significant. In life, there are often things that hold intrinsic worth beyond their monetary value.

3 February 1798. 3 x 4 inches, laid down, marginal defects but complete, receipt blindstamp. John Horne Tooke (1736-1812), clergyman, politician, and philologist, author of the philological treatise, The Diversions of Purley. Part 1 was published in 1786. Another edition, with a new second part, was issued in 1798.

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. 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.

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

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

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”.

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

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.

Versailles, 26 January 1763. In French. 1 page 9 x 6 inches, corner clipped, in very good condition. With a typed English translation. Louis-Sextius de Jarente de La Bruyère (1706-1788), Bishop of Orleans from 1757. “Well liked in court, he was appointed Minister of Profit Sheets and was responsible for distributing the revenues of the various abbeys, churches and their farmland from 1757 to 1771. During this period, 75 bishoprics and 337 abbeys are attributed, which alludes to the importance of this very coveted and lucrative position. The solicitors crowd around him. ... Finding church life mundane, he frequented salons earning a good living. Jarente was the victim of numerous pamphlets accusing him of having had for his mistress Guimard". Thus, at the end of the 1770s, Mlle. Guimard, who was in need of money, had the idea - which may have been suggested to him - to open an "income bureau", offering to forward Jarente requests from clergy for salary increases, these… 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.