ANTHONY TROLLOPE 1815–1882 - Princeton University

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the work of an extraordinarily large number of
artists and engravers. Among the former are
Edwin H. Landseer, Charles R. Leslie, Clarkson
Stanfield, David Wilkie, John Martin,
James Inskipp, Richard P. Bonington, William
Mulready, William Collins, and Frank Stone.
Red, blue, and yellow nonpareil marbled
boards. Dark green leather spine and corners.
Glazed edges, sprinkled.
Inscribed on flyleaf of Vol. i: Given me at Fermoy
Xmas 1845. R[ose] T[rollope].
Vol. ii, p. 76: marginal annotation in pencil.
Vol. iv, p. 4: marginal annotation by Anthony
Trollope in pencil. Vol. xiv (Bride of Lammermoor
), back flyleaf (recto and verso), a long
critical comment in Anthony Trollope’s hand,
in ink, dated Jany 1st 1871: “I cannot call this
a good novel. . . .” Vol. xxv, p. 353, line 22:
“Mordaunt” changed in pencil to “Mertoun”
and “Merton” written in pencil in margin. Vol.
xlviii, p. 461 and 491: marginal annotation in
pencil; p. 492: annotation in pencil. Vols. i, iv,
xii, and xiv: a few marginal markings in pencil.
A number of leaves in various volumes which
had been badly cut (by the binder?) have been
repaired in a fairly professional manner.
Bookplate of Anthony Trollope.
492. Shakespeare, William.
[Stockdale’s Edition of Shakespeare: Including, in
One Volume, the Whole of his Dramatic Works;
with Explanatory Notes Compiled from Various
Commentators. Embellished with a Striking
Likeness of the Author. . . . London: Printed for
John Stockdale, 1784.]
[12] p., 1 leaf, 1079 p. 23 cm.
Lacks t.p., a8, and frontispiece.
Vellum, with dark red leather label on spine.
Stained edges, orange.
Advert., verso of p. 1079.
Note by Anthony Trollope, signed with his initials
and dated Feb. 1879, on a long annotation
on King John by his father, Thomas Anthony
Trollope, p. [412]. Annotations by Thomas
A. Trollope
nos. 491–495
Anthony Trollope on p. 530 and 545. Markings
and annotations in pencil on p. 66, 67, 201,
268–273, 382, 452–454, 531.
Bookplate of Anthony Trollope.
493. Stephanius, Stephen Hansen.
De Regno Daniae et Norwegiae, Insulisq adjacentibus:
juxta ac de Holsatia, Ducatu Sleswicensi,
et finitimis provincijs, Tractatus varij. Lugduni
Batavorum: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1629.
[16], 447, [5] p., 1 leaf. 11.5 cm.
Parchment.
Pages 440 to the end are defective in varying
degrees, with loss of text.
Bookplate of Anthony Trollope.
494. Stewart, Agnes Grainger.
Margaret Roper; or, The Chancellor and his
Daughter. . . . London: Burns and Oates [1875].
[iii]–x, 272 p. Front. 19 cm.
The frontispiece is an etching by W. Poole of
a rendering in outline by Christian de Mechel
of Holbein’s painting of “The Family of Sir
Thomas More.”
Reddish brown diagonal fine rib cloth, front
cover blocked in black and gold, back cover in
blind, spine blocked in gold.
There is a marginal marking in pencil on p. viii.
Bookplate of Anthony Trollope. Signature of
John Burns on verso of free front endpaper.
495. Ta Sozomena ton Elegeiakon kai Tinon ton
Lyrikon Pointon. Prostithentai kai Skolia Tina.
Oxonia, 1759.
[4], 117, [20] p., 1 leaf. 21 cm.
In Greek except for the Notae, which are in
Latin.
Contemporary brown calf, rebacked.
Inscribed on t.p.: W. Milton [and, in a different
hand] Anthony Trollope. Inscribed on free
front endpaper: [in Mrs. Trollope’s hand:]
Anthony Trollope the gift of his mother Octr
13th 1831 [and, in a hand which may be Anthony
Trollope’s:] The gift of my grandfather
Milton to my brother Arthur.