Catalogue of the Library of the Late Charles W. Frederickson

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Library of the Late Charles W. Frederickson: Sold by Order of the Administrator; A Carefully Selected and Valuable Collection of English Literature, Comprising a Large Number of First and Other Rare Editions In Shakespeare the library is not as rich as it once was, but here are some choice bits, namely: A collection of Plays from the first folio of an imperfect copy of The Second Folio, London, 1632, The Halliwell Edition, in 16 folio volumes (large Paper copy). Diana, of George of Montemayor, translated by Young, London, 1598 (from which Shakespeare took the plot of Two Gentlemen of Verona); Thomas' History of Italy, London, 1561 (with autograph of John Evelyn on title-page); Warner's Albions' England (poor copy); Young's The Complaint, or Night Thoughts, London, 1807 (thackeray's copy, with a poem in 18 lines in his handwriting). Besides the books only partially enumerated above there are several curiosi ties, numerous portraits and engravings, and some framed pictures. If this library is unique as a collection of books, it is no less so as a collec tion of autographs. It was expected that it would excel in Shelley and his family, but it was not generally known that the collection was so representative in other lines, or that it contained so many original letters of the famous poet. First, there are here over sixty letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley himself, ex tending all the way from a brief business note to a six-page letter, several of these being unpublished, and all of great interest. Some of these are quoted for the first time in Professor Dowden's Life, and others are used in the same editor's charming selection of Shelley's Letters, published in London in 1883. When a good specimen letter of his is worth from Ł6 to Ł30, one can estimate what a remarkable value these have. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.