[Rarebooks] FS: Regency Epitaph Collector -Lee Priory Press

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

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"SELECT FUNERAL MEMORIALS", edited by Sir Egerton Brydges.
Kent; Printed at the private press of Lee Priory by John Warwick: 1818.
Edition probably limited to 100 copies.

DISCUSSION:  A collection of excerpts from funeral and memorial sermons,
collected by Brydges (1762-1837), an antiquarian, author and editor who
ran the private press at Lee Priory. He notes "I have found that among
heaps of Funeral Sermons there are intermixed many eloquent and beautiful
memorials which ought to be rescued from oblivion...I have adopted
therefore the plan...to preserve these relics, as they occur to me amidst
the multifarious researches to which my wandering curiosity impels me".

The collection begins with Sidney Godolphin's 17th century "An Epitaph
Upon the Lady Rich", which eventually brings the editor to Sidney
Godolphin's own death and memorial. He then moves through 5 other Memorial
pieces, to end with an extended entry upon the death of Henry, Prince of
Wales, in 1613, which includes Henry Chapman's epic "An Epicede, or
Funeral Song: On the most disastrous Death of the High-born Prince of Men,
Henry Prince of Wales". An interesting early 19th century selection of
17th century funeral and memorial verse and texts.

The Lee Priory Press operated from 1813 to 1824, reprinting a number of
texts of Antiquarian interest. An 1823 circular and list of the Press's
titles states that each title was limited to 100 copies. It also states
that a second part of our title was eventually published, although this
first part is complete in itself.

DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 7.5"x10", v + 70 pages, title page with an
engraved vignette, plus several decorated initial letters, head and
tailpieces. Bound into modern blue boards; clean, wide-margined and a
choice specimen. [37196]

PRICE:  $450

Illustrations can be found in our new
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