29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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‘Private Calender (sic) January 1795'.
A very detailed diary with manuscript entries from the 1st January 1795 to the 13th September 1802. A note identifies the author as Stephen Wilson who died on the 7th of December 1813 in New Ormond Street, aged 60.
Folio. 233 pages of entries. The writer records his life in London, particularly around Hackney and Bethnal Green. A silk manufacturer, he lived in Spitalfields and then Cheapside. An in-depth account of the family, including reference to the ‘Private Calender’ is given by Malcolm J. Harrison in ‘Unravelling the Threads: A Guide to the Wilsons of Stenson in the County of Derbyshire 1664 to 1880’, 2008, p. 78-87. Original vellum boards with functional re-backing.
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £150 - £250
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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