Search Results: Authors starting with E from Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts

Government House [Hobart], 8 July 1852. 1 page 7 x 4¼ inches, partially toned, integral blank leaf. Robert Charles Chester Eardley-Wilmot, one of the three sons of the Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen’s Land, Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, became Assistant Colonial Secretary and Registrar.

Molash Vicarage, Ashford, 14 May 1881. 4 pp. 4.5 x 7 inches, remains of adhesive tape guard in the margin of the final page, otherwise good. Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth (1824-1908), editor of ballads.

Donnington Grove, 25 March 1958. 3 pp. 7 x 5 inches, in fine condition. Sir Anthony Eden (1897-1977), Prime Minister (1955-57). “The Saudi news has come sharp & soon - even earlier than I had expected when we talked. Now pressure will develop against, and maybe within, Oman & Aden. Nasser will seek to re-assure the Americans & to drive us and our friends from authority in the Arabian peninsula. I hope we shall not be lulled, still less make concessions at Buraini [Oman] or elsewhere, though we are likely to be pressed to do so.”

Lund [Sweden], 7 January 1885. In English. 2 pp. 8 x 5 inches, integral leaf annotated by Rost, torn at centre fold (not affecting text), in good condition. “My own prospects here were too slow and too uncertain to reject a pretty good offer from the other side the Atlantic ...” August Hjalmar Edgren (1840 – 1903) was a Swedish-American linguist, professor, and author, as annotated by Rost on this letter: “Author of two Sanscrit grammars (one in Swedish, one in English) & translator of Sanscrit plays”. Edgren wrote numerous books, including a report of the author's travels in Mexico. In addition, the multi-lingual Edgren was the author of numerous books of grammar in several languages including German, French, Italian, Spanish and Sanskrit. Reinhold Rost (1822-1896), German born orientalist, secretary to the Royal Asiatic Society (1863-69), librarian at the India Office (1869-1893).

37 Upper Seymour Street, 28 February 1850. 1 page 7 x 4 inches, some light offsetting, laid down Herbert Edwardes (1819-68), had returned to England in January 1850 as the hero of the Sikh Wars. Before the end of the year he published his book ‘A Year on the Punjab Frontier’.

12 Upper Berkeley Street, March & July 1886; October 1887. 3 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, toned. Henry Sutherland Edwards (1828-1906), journalist and author. He was correspondent of The Times at the coronation of Alexander II of Russia, in the camp of the insurgents at Warsaw (1862–63), and at German army headquarters during the Franco-Prussian War.

Middle Temple, 26 March 1799. 2 pp. 10 x 8 inches, with the address leaf, in good condition. Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756 –1829), known as Francis Egerton until 1823, was a noted British eccentric from the Egerton family and supporter of natural theology. According to the Parisian police, Egerton kept dogs and cats in his house which he dressed as ladies and gentlemen and would take them with him in his carriage. He bequeathed to the British Museum the valuable Egerton Manuscripts. The Rev. Thomas Maurice (1754-1824) was an oriental scholar and historian In 1791 he came before the public with two volumes of his Indian Antiquities: the rest were brought out at intervals. Maurice undertook a History of Hindostan, the three volumes of which, in quarto, were published in 1795, 1798, 1799, and a second edition appeared in 1821.

[1834]. 1 page 9 x 7 inches, with the address leaf, dusty but in good condition. Samuel Eglington (1785-1860), painter. “I have not received the cash for the prizes from the corporation yet, but will write you and remit it as soon as received.” David Roberts (1796-1864) he travelled in Spain and Tangiers in 1832. He returned at the end of 1833 with a supply of sketches that he elaborated into attractive and popular paintings. The British Institution exhibited his Interior of Seville Cathedral in 1834, and he sold it for £300.

4 September 1882. 2 pp. 6 x 4 inches, foxed. Zaki Bey (? Zeki Pacha), Lord Chamberlain to the Khedive of Egypt. “I was coming myself for this purpose but having something to do I could not come. If you let me know the names of the Gentlemen who will come I will be very much obliged to you.”

Dunkirk, 15 November 1791. In French. 2 pp. 9 x 7 inches, in good condition, remains of guard, discreet stamp of the Bibliotheca Lindesiana. General d’Elbhecq (1733-1793) became commander-in-chief of the Armées des Pyrénées-Occidentales in 1793.

St Paul’s Walden Bury, Welwyn, 24 March 1923. 2 pp. 7 x 5 inches, in fine condition, with the original autograph envelope. Queen Elizabeth (1900-2002) was to marry Albert, Duke of York, on 26 April 1923.

Westcott, 31 January 1903. 1 page 6 x 4 inches, with signature overleaf, fine, with the original envelope. Tristram James Ellis (1844 –1922) was an English artist who was known for his paintings of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.

18 December 1907. 2 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, in good condition. Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney, (1852 – 1924) served as the Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia.

Nagpore [India], 5 September 1806. 3 pp. 10 x 8 inches, folds, in good condition, some ink passages faded but legible. Docketed on receipt. Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) was Governor of Bombay 1819-27. His adventurous career features in William Dalrymple’s book, White Mughals.

Bangkok postmarks, 14 November 1899. Card 3 x 5 inches, in fine condition. Emile Jottrand, author of Au Siam: Journal De Voyage (1905) and other travel books. Jottrand was a Belgian assistant legal adviser in the Siamese Ministry of Justice in Bangkok.

Postmarked Bangkok 1, 26 July 1899. In French. Card 3 x 5 inches, in fine condition. Emile Jottrand, author of Au Siam: Journal De Voyage (1905) and other travel books. Jottrand was a Belgian assistant legal adviser in the Siamese Ministry of Justice in Bangkok.

Temple, date illegible. 2 pp. 4½ x 3½ inches, integral blank, fine. William Empson (1791–1852), lawyer and literary reviewer, editor of the Edinburgh Review.

Undated. 1 page 7½ x 6½ inches, integral address leaf, in good condition. Sir Henry Charles Englefield (1752-1822), Fellow of the Royal Society, scientific writer. In 1781 Englefield joined the Dilettanti Society and acted as its secretary for fourteen years. Besides his antiquarian studies, which resulted in many contributions to Archaeologia, he carried on research in chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, and geology. His "Discovery of a Lake from Madder" won for him the gold medal of the Society of Arts. Englefield was a close friend of Charles James Fox.

Westminster, 25 August 1646. 1 page 11 x 8 inches, very fine, with the integral blank leaf, docketed. Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles PC (1599-1680), statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642. Denis Bond (1588–1658), merchant and politician. John Rolle (1598-1648), Parliamentarian, Cornish M.P. Alexander Bence (born c.1590), merchant and politician; in 1642 he was appointed by parliament as one of the Commissioners for the Affairs of the Navy.

89 Great Russell Street, 23 August 1837. 2 pp. 8 x 5 inches, with the address leaf, toned. Dr John Epps (1805 – 1869), physician, phrenologist and homeopath. He was also a political activist, known as a champion of radical causes on which he preached, lectured and wrote in periodicals. In the later 1830s and early 1840s, the Anthropological Society of London (not to be confused with the Anthropological Society of London founded in 1863 by Richard Francis Burton and Dr. James Hunt) was a phrenological group holding meetings, associated with the Christian Physician and Anthropological Magazine edited by Epps. Epps was drawn to homoeopathy in about 1837 after reading the works of Dr Paul Francis Curie; his other major influence in homoeopathy was Samuel Hahnemann. He had a "very large homoeopathic practice, especially among the lower middle and lower classes of society". His patients included Charlotte and Emily Brontë.