remarkable were those which were examples of Mr. Upcott's passion* for illustrating with prints, &c. Many of these were topographical histories, and there were also several distinct collections of papers, scraps, and prints formed with the like object of commemorating local incidents and peculiarities. For the counties of Northampton and Oxford, in particular, Mr. Upcott's collections were very extensive, and great expense had been incurred for drawings and fine engravings.

In the following extracts from the Catalogue we have made a partial arrangement of subject:

Illustrated Literary Works. Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors, 8vo. 1816: illustrated with several hundred portraits and letters. 57.

Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, with portraits and letters. 41. 48. Clarke's Repertorium Bibliographicum, 1819. 8. 158.

Richard Owen Cambridge's Works and Life, with 65 prints and 24 letters, mostly addressed to Ozias Humphrey, R. A. 41. 118.

Daniel's Merrie England in the Olden Time, with drawings and prints sufficient to extend the book from two to eight volumes. 107.

Davies's Life of Garrick, 2 vols. 1784. 31. 10s.

T. F. Dibdin's Reminiscences, 2 vols. 1837. 57. 17s. 6d.

T. F. Dibdin's Library Companion, 1824. 67. 178. 6d.

Dunlap's Memoirs of G. F. Cooke, 1813. 17. 158.

Heath's Account of the Grocers' Company. 61.

Hone's Every Day Book. 21. 88.
Another illustrated copy. 21. 12s. 6d.
Hone's Year Book. 21. 158.
Hone's Table Book. 21. 188.
Evelyn's Memoirs and Correspondence.

187.

The books relating to Northamptonshire were placed together, in lots 1200 to 1238; but the only lot very remarkable was lot 1229, which consisted of 250 drawings and 750 prints. It was sold for 661.

The Oxfordshire collections extended to seventy-two lots, 1239 to 1411. Lot 1394, Views and Portraits, in six large portfolios, amounting to 842 drawings and 1215 prints, was sold for 2357. Anthony à Wood's autograph manuscript of the History of the University of Oxford, (a second autograph MS. is in the Bodleian Library, bequeathed by the author,) was sold for 81. 88. to Mr. Rodd.

Historical Collections made by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, consisting of broadsides, newspaper cuttings, and prints, in five large volumes. 141.

Other collections relating to Public Exhibitions and Places of Amusement, made by the same gentleman, in five volumes. 171. 178.

Views of Birthplaces and Residences of celebrated persons, illustrated with portraits and autographs; equal to two volumes, but unbound. 177.

Vulgaria; a portfolio of popular sheets, caricatures, &c. 2. 17s.

A large collection of Cuttings from Newspapers, arranged in subjects and in counties. 81. 158.

The total amount of the six days' sale of Books, was 14047. 98.

We now turn to the second and most remarkable portion of Mr. Upcott's collection, his Manuscripts and Autographs; and we are happy to be able to specify, upon good authority, which lots have been secured, either at or since the sale, for the national library at the British Museum; as well as to denote the destination of several other articles.

This sale commenced with more than a dozen specimens of the old German Album Amicorum. They did not fetch very high prices, ranging from, with one exception, 58. to 30s. All were purchased for the British Museum.

Lot 17. America.-A Collection of original Letters and Documents relating to the War of 1755. Purchased for six guineas, by Wiley and Putnam the American booksellers, of course for transmission to the country chiefly interested.

19. Lord Anson's Book of Orders on his Voyage round the World, 1742. 81. 88. Rodd. (British Museum.)

20. Five hundred and eighty-three original Assignments of Manuscripts from Authors to their various Publishers: bound in three volumes. 481. [From this curious lot, which was purchased for Sylvanus Urban, we contemplate to derive some very interesting literary information for the benefit of our readers.]

26. Sir Richard Browne's Precedent Book when Ambassador to France in 1641. 31. 128. Rodd. (British Museum.)

27. Correspondence of the same, and of his son-in-law John Evelyn of Wootton, extending from 1624 to 1712, in two folio volumes. 551. British Museum.

28. Miscellaneous Papers and Correspondence of David Erskine, Earl of Buchan. 31. 15s. Mr. Dawson Turner. 29. Diary of the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell, 1656-9, by Thomas Burton, in six oblong pocket volumes. [Edited in four volumes, 8vo. 1828, by J. T. Rutt.] 1. Rodd. (British Museum.)

32. The Code of Gentoo Laws, translated from the Persian, by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, and printed in 4to. 1766, illustrated with manuscript contents throughout by Edmund Burke, who presented it, with the following note written at the foot of the title page,

"To my

dear friend and fellow labourer, Dr. French Lawrence, This small token of my remembrance, which he will think the more

valuable as it contains a sort of running Contents in my hand, is given by his unhappy friend, now released from all his publick functions. EDMUND BURKE. 15th August, 1794. Mortis ergo." This alludes to the death of his only son, Richard Burke, M.P. for Malton, who died on the 2d of the same month. 41. 48. White.

37. Original Correspondence addressed to Colonel Robert Bennett, Governor of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, during the Civil War. 71. 10s. Webb. (Sir Thomas Phillipps.)

42. Forty-five Letters, in French, from Sir William Curtius, English Resident at Frankfort, to Sir Richard Browne, during his Embassy in Paris, 1643-1647. 177. 10s. Green. Subsequently transferred to the British Museum.

43. The Official and Private Correspondence between James and Solomon Dayrolles, Residents at the Hague and at Geneva, between 1706 and 1786, comprising 1368 letters and documents; bound in 21 volumes. 110. Rodd. (British Museum.)

44. Correspondence of Thomas Pennant and Emanuel Mendez da Costa, Sec. R.S., on subjects of Natural History, from 1752 to 1778, 170 letters. 67. 19s. Rodd.

45. The Correspondence of E. M. da Costa, Sec. R.S. during 50 years, with the most distinguished Naturalists of his time, 2457 letters, bound in 11 volumes. 321. Rodd.

51. Ninety-one Letters of Anne (Digby) second Countess of Sunderland, to John Evelyn, written from Althorpe during the years 1674-1699. 137. 13s. Rodd. (British Museum.)

59. John Evelyn's Academical Exercises. 17. 118. Green, for John Evelyn,

cured by hym to be written in this same book. 81. Rodd. (British Museum.)

84. Anecdotes of the Family, Life, and Writings of William Hayley, the friend and biographer of William Cowper, by himself, in 5 vols.; and Life of Thomas Alphonso Hayley, the disciple of John Flaxman, by his father William Hayley, in 2 vols. 41. Wilks. [The binding, in 7 volumes in russia, cost 57. 198.]

87. Particulars of the professional Life of Ozias Humphrey, R.A. compiled in 1805, and profusely illustrated with drawings and engravings. 15. White.

88. Deeds and other papers relating to the family of Humphrey of Honiton, Devon. 21. White.

90. The Correspondence of Ozias Humphrey, 1754-1810, in eight volumes, containing 959 letters, eight original sketches, and 37 portraits. 167. White.

"This collection, in eight volumes, of Original Papers of Ozias Humphrey, R.A., F.S.A., portrait painter in crayons to his Majesty George the Third, comprises a portion of his correspondence between the years 1754 and his decease in 1810; together with his Memoirs, written in part by himself, and dictated to me and to his nephew William Ozias Humphrey.

"It was the possession of these Original Letters, given to me by my godfather, Ozias Humphrey, that first stimulated me to collect others; and thus the foundation was laid for the numerous series of autographs, I may say almost unique, which at this time are in my possession.

"WILLIAM UPCOTT. Islington, 102, Upper Street,

"Oct. 8th, 1835."

91. Official Correspondence of Henry Hyde, second Earl of Clarendon, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, his brother Lawrence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, and of Lord Cornbury, Governor of New York. 454. Rodd. (British Museum.) [From this series, of 864 letters, the publication was formed, in two vols. 8vo. 1828, edited by J. W. Singer, esq.]

106. Letters of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Ambassador for the General Peace at Cologne and Nimeguen in 1678 (not printed in his Memoirs). 70%. Rodd. (British Museum.)

111. Notes and Memoranda relating to English Antiquities, written in Latin by John Leland, antiquary to King Henry VIII. in his own handwriting, with an original letter by him, addressed To my frende Master Bane, studient in Londine. ("This MS. did once belong to Sir Henry St. George, and is mentioned in the MSS. of England and Ireland, Ox. 1697, fol. p. 112, No. 4230.") 47. 14s. 6d. Webb. (Sir Thos. Phillipps.)

117. Lucretius de Rerum Natura, books iii. iv. v. vi. Translated into verse by John Evelyn, being the continuation of this Poem, the first book of which he printed in 1656: wholly in his handwriting. 67. 128. Green. (J. Evelyn, esq.)

119. Copies of Letters addressed to Madame de Maintenon, between the years 1690 and 1716, and of others addressed by Mad. de Maintenon to Madame de Rochechouart, a quarto volume of 297 pages from the Lamoignon collection. 61. British Museum.

122. Mandate of Maria Teresa of Lorraine, Empress of Austria, creating Leopold Grand Abbat of Park, on vellum, beautifully emblazoned. 128. British Museum.

137. Seventy-nine Letters addressed to the Rev. Father Natali Alexander, Doctor of the Sorbonne, from 1647 to 1714, including several from Cardinal Howard of Norfolk. 4. 10s. Rodd. (British Museum.)

140. Letters and Public Documents (535 in number) of British Naval Officers, from 1652 to 1826, bound in four volumes folio. 18. Webb. (Sir Thos. Phillipps.)

142. Letters (in number 22) addressed to the Rev. Simon Ockley, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge. 11. 38. Rodd. (British Museum.)

143. Papers of Robert Orme, author of the History of Indostan. 7s. Webb.

145. Catalogues of various Auction Sales of Pictures and Articles of Vertu, from 1726 to 1757, transcribed into two volumes folio, with the prices, and names of purchasers. 31. 58. Rodd.

152. Relation, contenant les Lettres que les Religieuses de Port Royal ont ecrites pendant les dix mois qu'elles furent enfermées sous l'authorité de la Mère Eugenie, 1664. 722 pages, 4to. 17. 98. Webb.

163. Letters of Dr. John Shebbeare, written during a tour on the Continent in 1752. 48. Rodd.

164. The Snuff-box; a poem in the hand-writing of William Shenstone. 21. 4s. (British Museum)

166. Letters (in number 66) addressed to Sir Philip Sidney and other members of his family. 57. 78. 6d. Rodd. (British Museum.)

168. The Wicker Chair, a burlesque poem, in the hand-writing of William Somerville. 11. 6s. Nattali.

174. English Letters and State Papers (104) from 1533 to 1620. 40. Payne. (Sir Thos. Phillipps.)

175. Miscellaneous Papers and Letters. (57), from 1563 to 1757. 13. Green. (J. Evelyn, esq)

177. Récueil des Autographes des Hommes Illustres, 1260-1740, on vel

lum. 41. 48. Payne. (Sir Thos. Phillipps.)

178. The History and Antiquities of the ancient Town and new Citty of Leicester by Thomas Stavely, Steward of the borough of Leicester. From the collection of Dr. Farmer. 5s. Rodd. (British Museum.)

180. Domus Patriarchalis, or the Origin of Hebrew Letters, by Dr. W. Stukeley, in his own hand, dedicated to Queen Caroline. 138. Rodd.

182. Thirty-six original title-deeds, leases, mortgages, agreements, and assignments of the Theatres in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Salisbury Court, Drury Lane, and Covent Garden, in three folio cases. Rodd.

21.

185. Correspondence and Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. from 1679 to 1723, contained in one folio volume, two quarto volumes, and five octavo volumes; with enough correspondence to make three additional folio volumes. 291. Rodd. [From these papers the Thoresby Correspondence and Diary were edited by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, in four vols. 8vo. 1830.] Mr. Crossley, of Manchester.

194. Mr. Upcott's collections for the Bibliography of British Topography, prepared for a supplement to his Bibliotheca. 51. 128. 6d. British Museum.

199. La Pucelle d'Orleans, by Voltaire; a manuscript copy, with marginal and interlineary notes by the author, 1755. From the Royal Library, Versailles. 21. 3s. Sotheby.

204. Letters of Dr. Browne Willis to Dr. Ducarel. 51. 58. Rodd. (British Museum.)

205. Letters and Despatches addressed to Henry Worsley during his embassy in Portugal from 1714 to 1722. 31. 58. Rodd. (British Museum.)

"This volume, with several other effects belonging to Sir Richard Worsley, Bart. his Majesty's Resident at Venice, was captured on board an English vessel bound to London in the year 1800, by a French privateer, and carried into this port, where the whole property was condemned and sold. It this day fell into my hands by purchase from the person to whom it was originally adjudicated.

"DUNCAN SHAW. "Malaga, Nov. 8, 1805." With the second day's sale commenced the more miscellaneous manu

scripts collected as Autographs, which, from the varied character of every lot, it would answer little purpose for us to enumerate. We shall specify only the larger lots, or those of some individual character.

242. Letters of Peers and Peeresses (2133) in 14 volumes. 221. Wilks.

248. Peers' Orders, &c. on the Trial of Queen Caroline, 1824. 71. 7s. Wilks.

250. Letters of Baronets and Knights. (450) chiefly during the reign of George III. in 3 vols. 4to. 31. 88. Hamilton.

267. Letters of Political and Public Characters (492) in 3 vols. 4to. 11. Wiley and Putnam.

268. Another series of the like, in 2 vols. 11. Wilks.

271. Letters (227) of British Military Commanders, from 1713 to 1824. 21. 38. Rodd.

273. Letter of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, to Queen Anne, announcing the surrender of Douay. 21. 28. Sotheby. 289. Letters (92) of Judges, &c. 15s.. Rodd.

292. Letter of John Selden to the Earl of Devonshire, 1644. 21. 68. Young. 298. Letters (564) of Archbishops and Bishops, in 3 vols. 361. Hodges.

306. Letters (496) of Clergy of the Church of England, in 4 vols. 47. 188. Rodd.

308. Letters (1,342) of Non-conforming Ministers. 10.10s. Rodd.

321. Letter of George Fox, to be read in Monthly and Quarterly Meetings, dated 3d of the 11th Month, 1686-7. 21. 28. Waller.

322. Letter of R. Barclay, from Aberdeen Prison, to Jean Woodcock and Martha Fisher; and a long letter by M. F. in answer to John Revell, 1654. l. 98. Waller.

325. Religious Maxims, in the hand of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, and signed with his name. 21. 128. 6d. Penn.

341. Letters (107) of Naturalists and Geologists. 17. 168. Rodd.

356. Letters (356) of Medical Men.

27. 108. Dimond.

357. Letters (184) of Chymists and Men of Science. 21. 148. Mr. Dawson

Turner.

360. Letters (398) of Mathematicians and Astronomers. 31. Hodges.

381. Letters, &c. (24) of Eminent Sculptors. 31. 38. Clements.

382. Letters of Painters, in 2 vols. 91. Clements.

386. Richard Wilson's receipt of "twenty-one pounds for four small pictures," and two letters of Gainsborough to Garrick. 41. 78. Waller.

421. Letters (383) of Literary Characters of the 16th, 17th, and part of the 18th centuries, the greater part of which are addressed to John Evelyn, of Wootton. 801. Green. (J. Evelyn, esq.)

422. Letters (752) of Literary Men of the 18th and 19th centuries. Second series, in 5 vols. 331. Montague.

423. Letters (1,279) of Literary Men. Third series, in 9 vols. 421. Lamb.

424. Letters (1,768) of Literary Men. Fourth series, unbound. 167. Evans. 429. A long and interesting Letter of John Evelyn to Pepys. 5. 108.

Green.

431. Two Letters of Dr. Richard Bentley to Evelyn, sending corrections for his work on Medals. 67. Green. (J. Evelyn, esq.)

491. Letters (553) of Antiquaries, Heralds, and Topographers, in 4 vols. 701. W. (Sir Thos. Phillipps.)

496. Letters (470) of British Poets, in 5 vols. 491. Montague.

510. Letters (121) of Dramatic Writers and Critics. 71. 108. Evans.

512. Letters (230) of Book Collectors living in 1823. In 2 vols. 57. 128. 6d. Hodges.

513. Letters and Papers (395) of Founders of Libraries and Collectors of

Books from Sir T. Bodley in 1595 to 1825. In 3 vols. 1457. Green. (J. Evelyn, esq.)

516. Letters (325) of Printers and Booksellers. 91. Webb. (Sir Thomas Phillipps.)

517. Agreements for Copyrights, Receipts, &c. from various authors. Unbound. 217. Payne. (Sir Thos. Phillipps.) 521. Letters (980) of Foreign Literati. 12. Webb. (Sir Thos. Phillipps.)

525. Letters (414) of Dramatic and Musical Performers. 127. Evans.

528. Letters of Samuel Foote to Garrick, with his answers. 21. 28. Lamb.

530. Letters addressed to and from Garrick and his family. 67. 108. Lamb. 556. Letters (444) of Literary and Distinguished Women. 4 vols. 431. Green. (J. Evelyn, esq.)

4to.

571. Autographs of Distinguished Characters, a collection in 13 quarto volumes, illustrated with portraits and biographical notices. 1751. (W. Tite, esq.)

572. Another similar collection, in 31 octavo volumes. 631. Wiley.

573. Two letters of the Chev. D'Eon, and other papers relating to him. 11. Rodd.

586. A large parcel of papers of John Evelyn, including several of his father-inlaw Sir Richard Browne, and many of Evelyn himself, written under the signature of Aplanos. 701. British Museum.

587. Original Official Despatches from the French army in Italy, 1800-1810. 3 vols. 261. 58. British Museum.

588. Letters and Papers of Lord Anson and his naval contemporaries, during the reign of George II. and early part of George III. 3 vols. 51. 158. British Museum.

The total produce of the three days' sale of Manuscripts and Autographs was 2,4207. 19s. 6d. By Mr. Upcott's will, the collection had been previously offered to the British Museum for

5000l. and refused.

The Collection of Prints, Pictures, &c. which formed the third Sale, was of the same character as the library, consisting chiefly of portraits, topographical prints, and those illustrative of manners and customs: but it also included the collection and many of the works of Mr. Upcott's godfather, Ozias Humphrey, R.A. The lots 392 to 429 inclusive, consisting of about 100 miniatures and drawings by Ozias Humphrey and others, were passed, having been previously sold by valuation for about 90l. to Mr. Turner, banker, at Gloucester, in pursuance of a provision of the will. Lots 472, 473, and 481, comprising Mr. Upcott's collection of Provincial and Tradesmen's Tokens, were also withdrawn from sale. One of the eight handles of the coffin made to receive the remains of Mary Queen of Scots, when removed from Peterborough to Westminster, (the same which was engraved in the Portfolio, 12mo. 1822,) was sold for two guineas. The total amount arising from this sale was 2721. 17s. and from the three sales 4125l. 17s. 6d.