These are works that have been found and returned to the Library at Chawton House! Please click on the link for full details and images.
- John Milton. Paradise Lost, 1736.
– - Butler, Samuel. The Genuine Remains in Prose and Verse of Mr. Samuel Butler, author of Hudibras.with notes by R. Thyer. Tonson London Two Volumes (1759).
– - Lyttelton, George. Letters from a Persian in England, to his friend at Ispahan. The Third Edition. London: Printed for J. Millan, at the Corner of Buckingham-Court, near the Admiralty-Office, 1735.
– - Volney, Constantin Francois. Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785. London G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1787.
– - Wraxall, (Nathaniel William) A Tour through the Western, Southern, and Interior Provinces of France. London, Printed for Charles Dilly, 1784.
– - Shrubsole, William; Denne, Samuel [completed by]. The History and Antiquities of Rochester And its Environs: To which is added, a Description of the Towns, Villages, Gentlemen’s Seats, and Ancient Buildings, Situate on, or near the Road from London to Margate, Deal, and Dover. Embellished with Copper-Plates. Rochester: Printed and sold by T. Fisher; sold also by S. Crowder, Bookseller, in Pater-Noster-Row, London, 1772. [Donated by Janine Barchas]
– - Hanway, Jonas. An Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea: 2 volumes, 2nd ed, London: 1754. Volume 2 is titled The Revolutions of Persia.
– - Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis. [By the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]. Edinburgi, Apud W. Sands, A. Murray, & J. Cochran. Sumptibus J. Patoni ibidem Bibliopolae. MDCCXLIV. [Fourth Edition].
– - Dirom (Alexander). A Narrative of the Campaign in India, which terminated the War with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792, 1st edition, London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co., and sold by W. Faden and J. Sewell, 1793.
- [Orme, Robert]. A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV, volume 1 [of 2], 1st edition, London: for John Nourse, 1763
– - Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy duc de. Mémoires de monsieur le duc de S. Simon, ou L’observateur véridique, sur le règne de Louis XIV, & sur les premières époques des règnes suivans. Londres ; et se trouve à Paris, Buisson ; Marseille, Jean Mossy, 1788.
Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy duke of. Memoirs of Monsieur le Duc de S. Simon, or The Truthful Observer, on the reign of Louis XIV, and on the first periods of the following reigns].
– - Cowper, William. Poems. London: printed for J. Johnson 1782. [With:]_________. The Task, a Poem, in six Books To which is added An Epistle to Joseph Hill Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. London: Printed for J. Johnson 1785.
– - Robertson (Archibald). A Topographical Survey of the Great Road from London to Bath and Bristol. With historical and descriptive accounts of the country, towns, villages, and gentlemen’s seats on and adjacent to it…, 2 volumes, London: Printed for the author and Willam Faden, 1792. Armorial bookplate of Montagu George Knight of Chawton.
– - Piozzi, Hester Lynch [Thrale]. Observations and Reflections made in the course of a Journey through France, Italy, and Germany. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1789. [Donated to Chawton House from a private collection, 2021].
- Lambarde, William. Dictionarium Angliae Topographicum et Historicum. An Alphabetical Description of the Chief Places in England and Wales; With an Account of the most Memorable Events which have distinguished them. Ist ed., for Fletcher Gyles, 1730. [Purchased and donated to Chawton House by Richard Knight].
– - Cellarius, Christoph. Notitia Orbis Antiqui, sive Geographia Plenior, Ab ortu Rerumpublicarum ad Constantinorum tempora Orbis terrarum faciem declarans. Christophorus Cellarius Ex vetustis probatisque monimentis collegit, Et Novis Tabulis Geographicis, singulari cura & studio delinætis, illustravit. Adjectus est index copiosissimus locorum & aliarum rerum Geographicarum. Cantabrigiæ [Cambridge]: Impensis Joannis Oweni, Typographi, 1703. Bookplate by George Montagu, Knight of Chawton [sic]. [Blog post forthcoming]
– - Wildman, Thomas. A Treatise on the Management of Bees; wherein is contained The Natural History of those Insects; With the various Methods of cultivating them, both Antient and Modern, and the improved Treatment of them. To which are added, The Natural History of Wasps and Hornets, and the Means of destroying them. Illustrated with Copper-Plates. By Thomas Wildman.
– - HARRIS, Moses. The Aurelian: or, natural history of British insects, namely, moths and butterflies. Together with the plants on which they feed. Published by London for the Author 1773, 1766 First edition, second issue; folio (47 x 28.2 cm); large paper copy, engraved vignette on title-page, engraved coloured schematic plate in preliminaries, 44 hand-coloured engraved plates.
– - Edwards, Bryon. The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. by Bryan Edwards, of the Island of Jamaica. [Volume One only]. London. Printed for John Stockdale. 1793. This is unfortunately only vol. I of a 2 vol. set – it had sold at Sotheby’s in 1965, so where oh where is the volume II?
– - Clarke, Edward Daniel. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. 4th ed. 11 volumes. London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1816 +.
– - White, Gilbert. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton: with Engravings, and an Appendix. Published by London: by T. Bensley; for B. White and Son, 1789.
– - Lisle, Edward; Lisle, Thomas (Ed). Observations in Husbandry. 1st ed. London, 1757.
– - (Cook, James, 3rd voyage). Ellis, William. An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty’s Ships Resolution and Discovery, During the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780…etc…London, 1783. 2 vol.
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