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Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

Annotations in the Spectator, 1794-1812.

Call Number:
GEN MSS VOL 527  (Request the physical item to view in our reading room)
Creator: Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Language:
English
Date: 1794-1812
Subjects:
Spectator (London, England : 1711)
English literature--18th century
English poetry--18th century
Books and reading--Great Britain
English prose literature--18th century
Women writers
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830--Anecdotes
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784--Anecdotes
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861--Autograph
Hughes, Thomas--Bookplate.
Peyraud, Paula, 1947-2008--Ownership
Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821--Autograph
Steele, Richard, 1629-1692.
Genres:
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Marginalia
Type of Resource:
text
Description:
Hester Thrale Piozzi (1741-1821), author and diarist, published one of the first biographies of Samuel Johnson, Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson (1786); her Thraliana, a combined diary and commonplace book, was not published until 1942.
Piozzi's annotations range from brief notes on the text of the essays to lengthy anecdotes; quotations from and comments on other English authors; and social and historical observations. There are eight references to Samuel Johnson, and several to the Prince of Wales; other historical figures mentioned include the Duke of Marlborough and Lord Nelson. Historical observations include the disappearance of road signposts; changes in the staging of Shakespeare's plays; variations in women's fashions and in attitudes toward women authors. Piozzi also includes personal reminiscences and corrections to the text.
Formerly owned by Prince Albert. Ex libris Thomas Hughes. Formerly owned by the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. Formerly owned by Paula Peyraud. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Herman W. Liebert Book Fund, 2009.
Ownership inscription on front flyleaf of volume 1: H. L. Piozzi. 1794.
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Hughes in volumes 1-7.
Ownership inscription on front pastedown of volume 8: H.R.H. given to him by her Majesty Victoria.
Binding: contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt. Spines gilt with red morocco gilt title labels.
Abstract:
Extensive holograph annotations in The spectator (London: Printed by H. Hughs, for Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis ...,1789).
Physical Description:
8 v.
Volume/Enumeration:
Vol. 1
Rights:
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Curatorial Area: Beinecke Library
Catalog Record:
A record for this resource appears in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Extent of Digitization:
Partial work digitized.
Source Digital Format:
Unknown (Mixed Resolutions)
Object ID: 2111687
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