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No Binding. Condición: Very Good. A fine engraved portrait. Mounted/matted and ready to frame. Attractive, decorative and unusual.

The recipient Anna Maria Dashwood (1785-1857) was the daughter of Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood (1745-1828), and was fourteen years old at the time the letter was written. In 1810 she would marry John Loftus (1770-1845), 2nd Marquess of Ely. An Anne Dashwood presumably a relation had been a maid of honour of Princess Elizabeth's mother Queen Charlotte. The letter is written in the most affectionate terms, and concerns an offer by William Cathcart (1755-1843), 1st Earl Cathcart, to place Sir Henry Dashwood's eldest son Henry George Mayne Dashwood (1782-1803) in the Life Guards. 5pp, 4to. Bifolium and single leaf attached. Addressed on reverse of last leaf, with part of small seal in red wax, to 'Miss Dashwood'. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from stub adhering to reverse of last leaf. Having received a letter from her ('my dear Anna'), she sends compliments to 'Sir Henry, saying that if my proposal is approved by him it will give me very particular pleasure as serving any of you in any way is truly a conduct to my heart; feeling that warm affection for you dear Mothers memory, which will never in any sense be lessened but with my life'. Coming to the point, she states that what she is 'going to propose is owing to the very handsome & kind conduct of Lord Cathcart, who has privately told me that there would be very soon a Cornetcy in the Life Guards in the Kings gift', and this 'might be a very pleasant thing for Sir Henry to have his Eldest Son have it as he will never go abroad, be near home, & able to continue his study & have a chance of rising'. She would stress to Sir Henry that she has 'heard from all quarters what an advantage it is for Young men to be under Lord Cathcart whose character stands so highly in the world both as an Officer & as a Man'. Cathcart is 'very anxious about his Regiment particularly so, as it always attends his Majesty & the honour of being so constantly about his Majestys person makes Lord C. very desirous to have nothing but Young Men of family and fashion in it'. Cathcart has promised 'that Henry shall be the first upon the list so that He will immediately have two or three under him I think that his being so entirely under Sir Henry Dashwoods eye will be a very pleasant circumstance', and Cathcart has assured her 'that the King will have very particular satisfaction in signing a Commission for your Brother'. She feels that 'this is surely time for all to stand forth in defence of their Country & when the situation keeps him at home I think it must be particularly pleasant to his Father'. She has been 'talking a great deal of You all', and urges her not to 'name this to any body but your Father but You may say to Him that I really am of opinion that it will be a good thing for your Brother'. In a postscript she expresses delight at the recipient's happiness: 'I hope you will be a little with Ld. Hardwicke I always rejoice when you are with that amiable creature I beg you tell him that I have got la Maison Rustique & delight in it'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.…

Glasgow: Printed by John Graham and Co., 1827. A Unique Judicial Archive: Lord Alloway's Deeply Annotated Copy of the 1827 Glasgow Circuit Court Records Cathcart, David, Lord Alloway (1763-1829). List of Cases for Trial at the Glasgow Spring Circuit, May, 1827. Right Honourable Lord Gillies and Lord Alloway. A. Wood, Esq. Advocate Depute. [Glasgow]: Printed by John Graham and Co., [1827]. Quarto (10" x 8-1/4"; 25.4 x 21 cm). [788] pp. 77 consecutively compiled court documents totaling [788] pp. Various paginations; each case record is individually paginated and docketed in print on the versos. Contemporary three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, featuring a small green binder's ticket on the front pastedown reading: "John Carss of Glasgow Bookbinders." Front board features a custom gilt-stamped morocco label reading: "The Right Hon. Lord Alloway." Spine with blind decoration, gilt fillets surrounding raised bands, and gilt title "Glasgow Spring Circuit 1827." Light rubbing to boards with minor scuffs, nicks, and scratches; moderate rubbing to extremities and bumped corners. Structurally sound. A definitive, signed example of the work of Glasgow's premier binder of the era, custom-bound for the judge's personal reference library. Interior shows light toning and occasional moderate foxing. Two slight horizontal fold lines are present on most leaves (indicative of original delivery style before binding), along with a few folded corners and minor local soiling. A single internal crack to the text block before the final leaf, though the binding remains firm. A handsome, well-preserved volume. $1,500. A unique, comprehensively annotated association copy documenting the inner workings of nineteenth-century Scottish criminal justice. Compiled directly over the course of the session, this volume begins with the printed master list of 77 cases on the docket for the Glasgow Circuit Court of Justiciary in May 1827. It is followed by the individual printed records for 72 of those cases (typically 5-8 pages each), providing a summary of the indictment alongside full lists of witnesses and jury pools. The fact that these documents were printed individually and docketed on the verso reveals a sophisticated system of rapid legal printing designed to serve as functional bench briefs before oral arguments took place. The master list and many individual case records are annotat. Glasgow: Printed by John Graham and Co., 1827 (ilustrador).…