James I. The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie. With a prefatory Memoir by R[obert]. P[earse]. Gillies, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., 1814, reprint of 1584 edition, advertisement slip before title with annotation 'This I purchased at the sale at Lee Priory in Augt. 1834 - 10/6 - BM', pencil annotation to upper margin of title 'I bought this at Lee Priory at the sale of Sir Egerton Bridges Library in 1834 - 10/6', few manuscript notes and annotations throughout and two leaves of manuscript notes at rear, verso of front free endpaper inscribed F. William Cock M.D. 1903 10/6 and with manuscript note 'This was Sir S. E. Brydges own copy and the notes throughout and at the end are in his handwriting, except the notes at end by J. L. Williams Curate of Barson [alias Barfrestone] who mentions Wm. Wordsworth being at the home S. E. B. was very partial to Wordsworth & his poems. Mentions him repeatedly in his works. S.E.B. died Sep 1837 in his 75th year', bookplate of F. William Cock M.D. F.S.A. of Appledore, Kent to front free blank dated 1903, gilt red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 19th-century brown half morocco, slim 4to (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (1762-1837), bibliographer, genealogist and also M.P. for Maidstone from 1812 to 1818. He was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and The King's School, Canterbury. He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1780, though he didn't take a degree and was later called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1787. A founding member of the Roxburghe Club he also founded a weekly magazine called The Literary Magnet, with his son Egerton Anthony Brydges under the joint pseudonym Tobias Merton. He wrote novels and poems and produced several bibliographical publications which were printed at his private press at Lee Priory, in Littlebourne, Kent. The press was established in 1813 and ceased printing in 1823. It was known for producing high-quality printings of unusual and rare tracts. Lee Priory was originally built during the reign of James I and later remodelled. Due to troubled financial affairs, the contents of the property were sold in 1834 on the death of Thomas Brydges Barrett. The auction catalogue advertised the sale of Lee Priory's "Extensive and Valuable Library, containing upwards of 5000 volumes of Books." Many of the books printed at Lee Priory were illustrated with intricate woodcuts created especially for the press, which were also sold in the 1834 auction. The Priory was demolished in 1953. Egerton Brydges' second daughter Jemima married the poet Edward Quillinan (1791-1851) in 1817. She died in 1822 from the tragic effects of burns. Edward Quillinan was a great defender of the works of William Wordsworth and subsequently married Wordsworth's daughter Dora in 1841. Pencil note to verso of front free endpaper stating only 92 copies printed.
James I. The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie. With a prefatory Memoir by R[obert]. P[earse]. Gillies, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., 1814, reprint of 1584 edition, advertisement slip before title with annotation 'This I purchased at the sale at Lee Priory in Augt. 1834 - 10/6 - BM', pencil annotation to upper margin of title 'I bought this at Lee Priory at the sale of Sir Egerton Bridges Library in 1834 - 10/6', few manuscript notes and annotations throughout and two leaves of manuscript notes at rear, verso of front free endpaper inscribed F. William Cock M.D. 1903 10/6 and with manuscript note 'This was Sir S. E. Brydges own copy and the notes throughout and at the end are in his handwriting, except the notes at end by J. L. Williams Curate of Barson [alias Barfrestone] who mentions Wm. Wordsworth being at the home S. E. B. was very partial to Wordsworth & his poems. Mentions him repeatedly in his works. S.E.B. died Sep 1837 in his 75th year', bookplate of F. William Cock M.D. F.S.A. of Appledore, Kent to front free blank dated 1903, gilt red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 19th-century brown half morocco, slim 4to (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (1762-1837), bibliographer, genealogist and also M.P. for Maidstone from 1812 to 1818. He was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and The King's School, Canterbury. He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1780, though he didn't take a degree and was later called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1787. A founding member of the Roxburghe Club he also founded a weekly magazine called The Literary Magnet, with his son Egerton Anthony Brydges under the joint pseudonym Tobias Merton. He wrote novels and poems and produced several bibliographical publications which were printed at his private press at Lee Priory, in Littlebourne, Kent. The press was established in 1813 and ceased printing in 1823. It was known for producing high-quality printings of unusual and rare tracts. Lee Priory was originally built during the reign of James I and later remodelled. Due to troubled financial affairs, the contents of the property were sold in 1834 on the death of Thomas Brydges Barrett. The auction catalogue advertised the sale of Lee Priory's "Extensive and Valuable Library, containing upwards of 5000 volumes of Books." Many of the books printed at Lee Priory were illustrated with intricate woodcuts created especially for the press, which were also sold in the 1834 auction. The Priory was demolished in 1953. Egerton Brydges' second daughter Jemima married the poet Edward Quillinan (1791-1851) in 1817. She died in 1822 from the tragic effects of burns. Edward Quillinan was a great defender of the works of William Wordsworth and subsequently married Wordsworth's daughter Dora in 1841. Pencil note to verso of front free endpaper stating only 92 copies printed.
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