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Isabella Mary Beeton (née Mayson; 14 March 1836 – 6 February 1865), known as Mrs Beeton, was an English journalist, editor and writer. Her name is particularly associated with her first book, the 1861 work Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. She was born in London and, after schooling in Islington, north London, and Heidelberg, Germany, she married Samuel Orchart Beeton, an ambitious publisher and magazine editor.
Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs. Beeton’s Cookery Book, is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton and first published as a book in 1861. Previously published in parts, it initially and briefly bore the title Beeton’s Book of Household Management, as one of the series of guide-books published by her husband, Samuel Beeton. The recipes were highly structured, in contrast to those in earlier cookbooks. It was illustrated with many monochrome and colour plates.
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Enlightenment Philosopher David Hume Autograph Letter Signed on Vociferous Debate on the Stamp Act — “…the King had said…he was for the repeal of the Stamp Act…The King has since said, that this was a mistake…”
Historically important David Hume autograph letter signed, discussing the contentious debate in Parliament on the Stamp Act, led by Prime Minister William Pitt who questions the moral authority to tax “free-born subjects without their consent”. Here, Hume writes to the Earl of Hertford, Ambassador to France, after witnessing Parliamentary debate in which Prime Minister William Pitt defends America’s opposition to the Stamp Act. Dated 27 February 1766 from Lisle Street, Leicester Fields, the letter reads in part, “…[T]he Parliament opened by a very extraordinary speech of Mr. Pit’s [William Pitt]. Besides asserting that England had no right to her Colonies, and that it was unconstitutional to take money from free-born subjects without their consent, he…much astonished his audience. He seemed even to treat the Parliament with contempt…and men were thrown into such wonder at the lofty and intrepid style of his discourse, that nobody had courage or presence enough of mind to answer him…Meanwhile the question which he had started, was brought on in the House of Peers; it was disputed, whether the English Parliament had a right to tax the colonies…Mr. Pit had carry’d the matter farther than almost anybody was inclined to follow him…It was moved by Mr. Grenville that the house should address his Majesty to inforce the laws in America. The…question was carried against him by a majority of 140; a number which surprised the Ministers themselves…Lord Rockingham published everywhere that the King had said to him that he was for the repeal of the Stamp Act…The King has since said, that this was a mistake…It was foreseen, that the countenance given the Americans by Mr. Pit and Lord Camden’s appearance for them would increase, if possible, their obstinacy. The bad effects on trade began already to be sensibly felt. Many manufacturers all over England had threatened to dismiss a half or two-thirds of their tradesmen, which must have produced infinite confusion…I am persuaded no one voted against the repeal but from party and in full hopes and confidence of being out-voted…” Hume, here serving on the staff of the British Embassy in Paris, also references the rumor that the lack of opposition to the repeal of the Stamp Act was partly due to Lord Bute’s having plotted to overthrow the Ministry. Letter runs six pages on two folded sheets. Measures 7.25″ x 9″. Reinforced along vertical folds, else near fine. This letter, found in “Letters of David Hume” has been called by William Knight, Hume’s biographer as “a long, minute, and singularly graphic account of the transactions of Parliament on its first day of its assembling that year.” Published in Grieg, “Letters of David Hume,” 2:18-23. Provenance: Sotheby’s John Young sale, 26 April 1869, lot 500; Alfred Morrison catalogue, 1897; Parke-Bernet sale, 26 November 1941, lot 269. Sold for $57,000.
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The most influential political cartoon in the history of America, the ”JOIN, or DIE” severed rattlesnake designed by Benjamin Franklin and published in his ”Pennsylvania Gazette” on 9 May 1754. This incredibly scarce newspaper is the very first printing of the ”JOIN, or DIE” cartoon, and the only known copy apart from one other housed in the permanent collection at the Library of Congress.
Frustrated by the colonists’ inability to join forces against westward expansion by the French, Franklin created this cartoon of a rattlesnake, cut into 8 pieces symbolizing the American colonies, to dramatically impart the effective message: join together as one cohesive body, or die. Along with the cartoon, Franklin published an editorial in the newspaper, urging the colonists to work together, reading in part, ”…The Confidence of the French in this Undertaking seems well-grounded on the present disunited State of the British Colonies…while our Enemies have the very great Advantage of being under one Direction, with one Council, and one Purse…”
Little did Franklin know at the time that his symbol of the dis-united rattlesnake would echo over twenty years later to inspire the colonists to unite against the British – Paul Revere added the ”JOIN, or DIE” cartoon to the nameplate of his paper, the ”Massachusetts Spy”, and even later, with the ”Don’t Tread on Me” flag, any individual or group whose personal liberty is threatened. The phrasing has also proved highly enduring, likely influencing John Stark, the Revolutionary War General from New Hampshire whose toast, ”Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils”, inspired New Hampshire’s motto, and again suggests that personal liberty is one of the highest human values, and a founding tenet of the United States.
Franklin’s choice of a rattlesnake is curious for several reasons: as the timber rattlesnake was found throughout the colonies but not England, Franklin argued in an earlier 1751 editorial that the colonists should ship rattlesnakes to England in exchange for the criminals that England was sending to America. Franklin now, however, seems to fully embrace the rattlesnake as metaphor, and would argue, during the American Revolution, its virtues. Using a pseudonym to conceal his identity, he wrote in 1775, ”…she has no eye-lids-She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.-She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders…to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shown and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:-Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of stepping on her.-Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America?”
While the British loyalists played upon Franklin’s symbolism of the rattlesnake, arguing that the colonists were deceptive and cunning, Franklin turned the characterization on its head, skilled and interested as he was in the art of propaganda. Ultimately, the symbolism would prove highly enduring and compelling: both the idea of uniting to fight a greater, more powerful enemy, and the power of a sudden, deadly attack by an underestimated opponent.
Four page newspaper (without advertising) measures 9.75” x approximately 15”, with an irregularly trimmed top edge. Expert restoration to head of snake, and light uniform toning, consistent with age. Newspaper has been well-preserved, in very good to near fine condition. One of the most important newspapers in America’s colonial history and a cornerstone of her philosophical underpinnings. Sold for $50,000.
1776 London Magazine DOI
“The London Magazine or Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer Volume XLV for the Year 1776.” All twelve issues, each with separate titles and all plates as called for including an early printing of “The Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation.” Printed for R. Baldwin, London. 704pp., Illustrated. Volume measures 5″ x 8″. Front piece of hardcover is detached; remainder of cover and backstrip contain heavy wear and chipping to edges. Some internal pencil notations. Internal text: very good condition; cover: fair. Sold for $2,664.
Extensive collection of 21 British Acts of Parliament spanning the American Revolution from start to finish, all pertaining to policy toward the dissenting American colonies. Acts were published by Charles Eyre and William Strahan: Printers to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty: London 1766-1783, and are quite rare, as they were only printed for members of Parliament, officers of state, and the judiciary. In chronological order, collection includes: (1) Stamp Tax Act of 1766 running 4pp.; (2) 1767 Act governing duties in the plantations of America running 14pp.; (3) 1770 Act enabling New York to pass an act of assembly, 2pp.; (4) 1771 Act creating a bounty upon the importation of White Oak casks running 7pp.; (5) 1773 Act to explain and amend a previous act concerning paper bills of credit, 4pp.; (6) 1773 Act for importing salted beef, pork, bacon and butter from America, 2pp. The acts take a dramatic turn once bullets were fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775: (7) 1775 Act to restrain trade and commerce between the Colonies and Great Britain, 9pp.; (8) 1776 Act granting His Majesty a certain sum of money running 24pp.; (9) 1776 Act limiting the liberty to carry rice throughout America, 7pp.; (10) 1777 Act to continue allowing exportation of wheat, 2pp.; (11) 1777 Act to authorize the carrying of captives, 4pp.; (12) 1778 Act to repeal an earlier act for regulating the government of Massachusetts, 2pp.; (13) 1778 Act to amend earlier act relating to American sugar plantations, 4pp.; (14) 1778 Act removing all doubts concerning taxation in the Colonies, 2pp.; (15) 1779 Act concerning various dealings with the United States of America, 5pp.; (16) 1780 Act allowing exportation of goods, wares and merchandise to North America, 6pp.; (17) 1781 Act to explain a previous act, 2pp.; (18) 1782 Act to prevent enemies from being supplied with ships from Great Britain, 5pp.; (19) 1783 Act to continue laws relating to regulating fees, 4pp.; (20) 1782 Act concerning prize and bounty money not claimed, 4pp.; and finally, (21) 1783 Act to enable His Majesty to conclude a peace or truce with the America Colonies. Acts are printed on sheets measuring 7.5” x 11.5”. Mild foxing, toning and staining, and some contemporary stapling, else near fine. Sold for $916.
‘Gentleman’s Magazine, Historical Chronicle” 1765 hardcover compilation of all twelve issues from that year. The first to use the term magazine, the monthly publication of the ”Gentleman’s Magazine” had originally debuted in 1731 and was an important source of news during the American Revolution. The preface to this 1765 collection states, ”…There is…scarce any Period of Time in which the Prerogative of the Crown, the Privileges of Parliament, and the Liberties of the People, have been more full discussed…” Tensions between Great Britain and the American colonies were high at this time, due in large part to Parliament’s continued attempts to tax the colonies. Already opposed to the 1764 sugar tax, colonists were united in their resistance to the Stamp Act, passed in March 1765 and announced in the March issue. ”…Lord Mansfield, as Speaker, and the Earls Gower and Marchmant, by virtue of a commission of his majesty, gave the royal assent…for laying a stamp duty in the British colonies in America…” The coordinated resistance to these taxes was a major step toward revolution. Growing discontent is palpable in later issues, especially December, which contains: ”The Grievances of the American Colonies candidly examined” and ”The Importance of the N. American Colonies considered”. Other news includes advances in agriculture, medicine and science, religious controversy, stories of crime and writings of Voltaire, with illustrations of British homes, mechanical drawings of the centrifugal engine and maps. Moderate edge wear to 5.5” x 8.25” marble boards, bound with a leather spine lettered in gilt. Binding loosened from volume; foxing and toning to some pages but generally bright. Overall very good condition. Sold for $550.
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