18th Century Archive: Georgian Theatre, Poetry, Satire, Rakes, Comedy...

Autograph letter signed from Anthony Pasquin [pseud. of John Williams] (1761-1818), notable satirist, writer, theatre critic, and poet. Written, in verse, to his friend Taylor, from 125 Strand dated 30th Oct. 1790: "I request my friend Taylor you instantly tell me, (as I trust you have been to the Strand where they sell me, for e'en I like the chiefs of the land may be bought, tho 'tis surely not doing the thing that I ought), what you think of my portrait? I ask this of you, as a prop to the Muses - to taste and virtu; have they made me too handsome, too young or too old? Are the features too soft? Is the contour too bold?...", 16 x 18cm, archival tape closed short tears._ Together with: A Probationary Ode for the Laureatship (sic) by George Keate, actually an acerbic parody of the poet George Keate, frontispiece is an etching caricature of Keate as a dog, drawn in the style of Gillray; folio 27 x 22cm, re-bound sympathetically in half morocco with marbled boards, some professional restoration with archival repairs at foot of frontispiece and half-title, invisible archival tape, and possibly some professional cleaning at bottom corners which has left some patchy discolouration, bound together with The Children of Thespis [Anthony Pasquin], part 1, First edition, 1786; part 2, 3rd edition, 1788; part 3, 2nd edition, 1788 - The Lamentations of Edmund the Martyr [Anthony Pasquin], First edition, 1786 - The Contest of Divinity, Law, Physic, &c. for the Prize of Infamy by Timothy Pheon, First edition, 1789 - The Deserter A Poem by A Young Lady, First edition, 1788; very scarce._ PASQUIN, Anthony. The Eccentricities of John Edwin, Comedian; First Irish edition, 17.3 x 11.2cm, later full-calf, owner's stamp ffep, no half-title, strip of loss head of title page and ink inscription/blocking out, occasional spotting/toning, Dublin: P. Byrne, J. Moore, J. Jones et al., 1791._ PASQUIN, Anthony. The Children of Thespis, 13th edition, half-calf, bright copy, London: Kirby and Co., 1792._ PASQUIN, Anthony. A Postscript to the New Bath Guide, later full marbled paper, 3 stamps for Mercantile Library Philadelphia, occasional short tear, chipping, one page loose, London: J. Strahan, 1790._ PASQUIN, Anthony. The New Brighton Guide, 6th edition, stamp at title page for New York Historical Society, internally bright, front board detached, wear and loss at spine, London: H. D. Symonds, 1796._ Poems by Anthony Pasquin, 2nd edition, complete 2 vol., boards detached and one board missing, London: J. Strahan, n.d. c.1789._ PASQUIN, Anthony. The Pin Basket, 26 x 20.3cm, disbound, 1796._ [PASQUIN, Anthony] A Calm Examination Into the Causes of The Present Alarm in Empire, disbound, starts at title page, 1793._ FARQUAR, George. The Beaux Stratagem, disbound, starts at frontispiece which depicts the Earl of Barrymore in the part of Scrub, 1791._ FARQUAR, Anthony. The Life of the Late Earl of Barrymore, First edition, Richard Barry the 7th Earl of Barrymore was a notorious rake and gambler who died at the age of 24, disbound, starts at half-title,1793._ Truth Opposed to Fiction...The Earl of Barrymore by a Personal Observer, disbound, starts from frontispiece, 1793._ [Richard Barry, Earl of Barrymore]. Music score for O! My Poor Heart Heigh Ho!, c.1790._ PASQUIN, Anthony. The New Brighton Guide, 4th edition, disbound, starts at title page, 1796._ [ANSTEY, Christopher]. The New Bath Guide: Or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D Family, contemp. full-calf re-backed, some patchy light discolouration, worn at corners of boards, London: Robert Dodsley, 1788._ ROBINSON, John Robert. The Last Earls of Barrymore, New York: Benjamin Blom, 1972._ Mounted original engraving depicting the Death of Lord Barrymore, 31.7 x 25.4cm (with mount), 1793._ Together with research relating to the above works, in the form of print-outs from the internet and photocopies from books (qty)