Life of Edmond Malone/Maloniana/Collection of Tracts in 76 Volumes made by Edmond Malone
Collection of Tracts in 76 Volumes made by Edmond Malone.
“This truly valuable collection was formed by the above eminent literary character (Malone) during a life of the most ardent research, and contains many articles of the greatest interest and scarcity in every branch of literature. It is perhaps unrivalled in tracts relating to Ireland, parliamentary proceedings, politics, and the drama. It is also particularly rich in the classes relating to church affairs and divinity, prerogative of the crown, America, British colonies, affairs of Spain, trade, banks, coinage, history, army and navy, elections, peerage, antiquities, biography, poetry relating to Milton, legal treatises, languages, critical, universities of Oxford and Cambridge, origin of printing, prices of provisions, poor laws, rebellion riots, trials, regency, towns, naturalization, satirical jests, and other facetious productions, and various other classes, in which will be found the most complete collection of tracts by Burke.
“Also an extensive series by Dr. S. Johnson, Gibbon, and Ralph the historians; Bishops Berkeley, Warburton, Lowth, Gibson, Sherlock, Burnet, Hurd, Burgess; Deans Swift and Tucker. Also by Drs. Jortin, Lister, Lardner, Corry, Delaney, Campbell, Franklin, Z. Gray, G. Baker, Waterland, Woodward, Lucas, Clarke, Wells, Comber, J. Brown, E. Young, R. Bentley, J. Hill, Priestley. Also by Lords Grenville, Mount Norris, Duke of Portland, Thurlow, Chatham, Suffolk, Mansfield, Bath, Camden, Hardwick, Orford, Harvey, Molesworth, Earl of Kildare, Bolingbroke, Ormond, Essex, Ashburnham; Honourables R. Boyle, C. J. Fox, T. Harvey, George Canning, H. Grattan, H. Flood, Tickel, Sir T. Hanmer, General Burgoyne, Governor Hutchinson, Duncan Forbes, John Wilkes, Sir J. Lowther, Sir T. W. Meredith, J. Holt, Wm. Temple, C. Bingham, R. Steele, R. Cox, W. Petty, Isaac Newton, A. Welding, L. O’Brien, R. B. Sheridan, Corbyn Morris, Macauley, J. Ponsonby, and Pery, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons; also of Soame Jenyns, James Boswell, T. Warton, W. Pulteney, Quin, Derrick, Mason, Pope, Congreve, Cibber, Garrick, T. Sheridan, Prior, Sewel, J. Woodward, A. Malone, Oldmixon, Foote, T. Davies, Upton Egerton, Macklin, Aikin, Theobald, and numerous other writers of note, the names of which alone would form a catalogue.
“Many of them are enriched with numerous highly interesting and valuable notes in the autograph of Mr. Malone. The life of Congreve is nearly re-written by him, and many others are much increased in value thereby. The collection was purchased in Mr. Malone’s sale for 33l. 10s.”—Thorpe, 1838.