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Sir Everard Home letter books containing letters to Sir James Everard Home : manuscript
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Title
Sir Everard Home letter books containing letters to Sir James Everard Home : manuscript.
Production
London, circa 1820.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 24 x 20 cm
Language
English
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Signed by William Clift on the final page of volume two: "W.C. 1820".
Engraved booksellers' ticket on the front pastedown of volume two: "Made & sold by Rowe & Waller. Stationers, late Marsh & Dunsford, 49, Fleet Street, London.".
Binding: matching set in full leather with blind and gilt tooled panels and gilt tooled spines.
Box 1: volume one. Box 2: volume two.
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from Byass Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2014.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Sir Everard Home (1756-1832) was a British surgeon.
Sir James Everard Home (1798-1853) was a British naval officer and the son of Sir Everard Home.
William Clift (1775-1849) was a British scientific illustrator and museum curator. He was employed by Sir Everard Home to illustrate his scientific writings.
Summary
Manuscript letter books, in the hand of William Clift, containing fair copies of letters sent by Sir Everard Home to his son Sir James Everard Home, circa 1820. The first volume, titled "Letters from My Father, from the Year 1810", includes letters dated March 1810-October 1816; the second volume, titled "Letters from My Father, from the Year 1816", includes letters dated November 1816-October 1820. The letters discuss day-to-day matters; Everard Home's work as a surgeon; current events and political matters; and James Home's naval career. With a watercolor view by an unidentified artist of a tidal flat and town, titled "Lancing", affixed opposite the title page of volume two.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
August 30, 2021
References
Sir Everard Home Letter Books Containing Letters to Sir James Everard Home. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Sir Everard Home Letter Books Containing Letters to Sir James Everard Home. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Booksellers' tickets - England - 19th century.
Watercolors (paintings)
Occupation
Sailors Great Britain 19th century.
Surgeons Great Britain 19th century.
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