Occasional Poems, Written In The Year MDCCCXI. Ltd to 100 copies only.

Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges

Published by Lee Priory Press. [Privately Printed], Kent., 1814

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LTD edition one of only 100 copies. 17 page poem with 6 pages of prelims, title and dedicatory & advert. Dedicated to Edward Quillinan, full maroon crushed morocco, with amateur repair to spine and inside hinges also glue residue shows from similar. Some light foxing, the binding is period and probably done at the time the book was printed, marbled paper endpapers, contents near very good. Vignette woodcut on title page by Thomas Bewick. Never reprinted Tall slim folio 28 x 23.5 cm. 1814. British Library doesn't appear to hold a copy, although Cambridge and Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester all 3 appear to have a physical copy. NOTES: *Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet). Was an English bibliographer and genealogist. He was also Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1812 to 1818. Educated at Maidstone Grammar School and The King's School, Canterbury, Brydges was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1780, though he did not take a degree. He was called to the bar from the Middle Temple in 1787. He wrote some novels and poems, now forgotten, but rendered valuable service through his bibliographical publications (printed at the Lee Priory Press), Censura Literaria, Titles and Opinions of Old English Books (10 vols. 1805?9), his editions of Edward Phillips's Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum (1800), Arthur Collins's Peerage of England (1812), and of many rare Elizabethan authors. He was a founding member of the Roxburghe Club, a publishing club of wealthy bibliophiles. He was elected a Knight Grand Commander of the Equestrian, Secular, and Chapterial Order of St. Joachim in 1807. In 1789, the Chandos barony became dormant. Egerton Brydges attempted to claim the title, initially on behalf of his older brother, then later on his own behalf, litigation continued from 1790 to 1803, before the claims were ultimately rejected, but he continued to style himself per legem terrae Baron Chandos of Sudeley. It seems likely that not only was the claim groundless but that the evidence was forged. He was made a baronet on 27 December 1814. He died in Geneva 1818. Seller Inventory # 8894

Bibliographic Details

Title: Occasional Poems, Written In The Year ...

Publisher: Lee Priory Press. [Privately Printed], Kent.

Publication Date: 1814

Binding: Morocco

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Limited Edition