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[Addison (Joseph, writer and politician, attributed to, 1672-1719)] To the [Memory] of Mr. Nicholas Newcomen, manuscript poem, 1p., damp damaged with loss to edges, expertly repaired and laid down on gauze, browned, unbound, housed in a 20th century red morocco gilt slip-case, folio (387 x 304mm.), watermark arms of London, [c. 1712].
*** Unpublished. The poem comprises forty-eight lines mostly in couplets. It begins: "If Lesbia's Bird snatch't by untimely Fate", and ends, "Look upwards, hope, expect it from the Skies."
Provenance: Autograph Letters Manuscripts and Rare Rooks. Collected by the Late John Gribbel, Philadelphia Part Two. Public Sale January 22, 23 and 24. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 30 East 57 Street, New York.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/d02f5636-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/92710c9a-7a91-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "13
[Addison (Joseph, writer and politician, attributed to, 1672-1719)] To the [Memory] of Mr. Nicholas Newcomen, manuscript poem, 1p., damp damaged with loss to edges, expertly repaired and laid down on gauze, browned, unbound, housed in a 20th century red morocco gilt slip-case, folio (387 x 304mm.), watermark arms of London, [c. 1712].
*** Unpublished. The poem comprises forty-eight lines mostly in couplets. It begins: \"If Lesbia's Bird snatch't by untimely Fate\", and ends, \"Look upwards, hope, expect it from the Skies.\"
Provenance: Autograph Letters Manuscripts and Rare Rooks. Collected by the Late John Gribbel, Philadelphia Part Two. Public Sale January 22, 23 and 24. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 30 East 57 Street, New York.")
Description
[Addison (Joseph, writer and politician, attributed to, 1672-1719)] To the [Memory] of Mr. Nicholas Newcomen, manuscript poem, 1p., damp damaged with loss to edges, expertly repaired and laid down on gauze, browned, unbound, housed in a 20th century red morocco gilt slip-case, folio (387 x 304mm.), watermark arms of London, [c. 1712].
⁂ Unpublished. The poem comprises forty-eight lines mostly in couplets. It begins: "If Lesbia's Bird snatch't by untimely Fate", and ends, "Look upwards, hope, expect it from the Skies."
Provenance: Autograph Letters Manuscripts and Rare Rooks. Collected by the Late John Gribbel, Philadelphia Part Two. Public Sale January 22, 23 and 24. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 30 East 57 Street, New York.
Lot 13
[Addison (Joseph, attributed to)] To the [Memory] of Mr. Nicholas Newcomen, manuscript poem, 1p., unbound, housed in a 20th century red morocco gilt slip-case, [c. 1712].
Hammer Price: £300
Description
[Addison (Joseph, writer and politician, attributed to, 1672-1719)] To the [Memory] of Mr. Nicholas Newcomen, manuscript poem, 1p., damp damaged with loss to edges, expertly repaired and laid down on gauze, browned, unbound, housed in a 20th century red morocco gilt slip-case, folio (387 x 304mm.), watermark arms of London, [c. 1712].
⁂ Unpublished. The poem comprises forty-eight lines mostly in couplets. It begins: "If Lesbia's Bird snatch't by untimely Fate", and ends, "Look upwards, hope, expect it from the Skies."
Provenance: Autograph Letters Manuscripts and Rare Rooks. Collected by the Late John Gribbel, Philadelphia Part Two. Public Sale January 22, 23 and 24. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 30 East 57 Street, New York.
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