[Rarebooks] FS: 1818 English Book of Memorial & Funeral Writings -Lee Priory Press

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1818 English Book of Memorial & Funeral Writings -Lee Priory Press 
Limited Ed.

“Select Funeral Memorials”  edited by Sir Egerton Brydges. Printed at 
the private press of Lee Priory by John Warwick in 1818. Edition 
probably limited to 100 copies.

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.

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. Some scattered light soil and toning, but overall a 
nice, wide-margined example. [37196]  $175

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