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 Cljaltograpfjtmania; 
 
 OR, THE 
 
 PORTRAIT-COLLECTOR AND PRINTSELLER'S 
 
 CHRONICLE, 
 
 WITH 
 
 Infatuations of mrp Description. 
 
 A HUMOROUS POEM. 
 
 IN FOUR BOOKS. 
 WITH COPIOUS NOTES EXPLANATORY 
 
 BY SATIRICUS SCULPTOR, ESQ. 
 
 Cacoethes Carpendi. 
 
 If the Cap fits, wear it." 
 
 ILonDon : 
 
 PRINTED FOR R. S. KIRBY, LONDON-HOUSE-YARD, 
 PATER-NOSTER-ROW. 
 
 1814.
 
 :J3I 
 
 J- O. RARHARD.
 
 Bt, '< 
 
 Bebicatton. 
 
 TO 
 
 JAMES BINDLEY, Esq. 
 
 DEAR SIR, 
 
 AN intimacy of many years 
 standing, and the data of our births 
 not being very far removed, prompts 
 me to select you as the Personage best 
 calculated to patronize this playful ebul- 
 lition of my Hudibrastic Muse, which 
 is solely intended to act as an whole- 
 some corrective to individuals, whose 
 b 
 
 2065458
 
 DEDICATION. 
 
 faculties, diametrically opposite to your 
 own, possess no one requisite necessary 
 for the prosecution of that pursuit which 
 they have most unthinkingly adopted, 
 and for which you justly claim un- 
 rivalled pre-eminence 5 permit me, there- 
 fore, to subscribe myself, with every 
 sentiment of respectful regard, 
 
 DEAR SIR, 
 
 Your most obedient and very 
 Humble Servant, 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
 Cambridge, Aug. 30, 1813.
 
 preface. 
 
 NOTWITHSTANDING the playful vein of 
 
 ironical satire that characterizes the ensuing 
 pages, I think it expedient to acquaint my 
 readers that the information they contain is 
 not the mere result of a few months enquiry, 
 but owes its foundation to many years research 
 into, and connexion with, the Mysteries of 
 Chakographian and other Manias. 
 
 From the nature of this work, it may very 
 naturally be inferred, that I have been a con- 
 stant attendant at print, and book sales, and
 
 vi PREFACE. 
 
 am perfectly well versed in all the intricacies 
 of Collecting, than which nothing is more cer- 
 tain, as I am not only personally known to the 
 living tribe of Chakographians, but was very 
 closely connected with all the most celebrated 
 personages that have figured in the Drama of 
 Collecting, but who have now paid the last 
 debt of nature, leaving the produce of their 
 labours to the British Museum, or consigning 
 them to the fate of the Hammer. 
 
 As secrecy is the main object, which I am 
 desirous to accomplish, in offering this volume 
 to the public, I must confess I have not only 
 found it very difficult to select a channel ap- 
 plicable to my purpose, but was equally per- 
 plexed in adopting a style of writing that
 
 PREFACE. vii 
 
 was likely to veil me in obscurity. This 
 work, trifling as it may appear, was written 
 over two successive times prior to its being 
 decked in the present costume, but for very 
 cogent reasons, I thought it most advisable to 
 cancel such manuscripts, in order to produce 
 the present ebullition of my fancy, which may 
 thus stand a chance of being palmed upon 
 some poetaster of the day, leaving me in the 
 full enjoyment of that enviable pleasure which 
 results from mingling unsuspected with the 
 numerous conjecturers that will hazard their 
 opinions in consequence of the present pub- 
 lication. 
 
 As the shaft of ridicule is divested of its 
 poignant sting, when hazarded at the expence
 
 viii PREFACE. 
 
 of sterling truth, I deem it most essentially 
 necessary to assure the public, that upon the 
 score of veracity my several statements are so 
 strictly in unison with absolute matter of fact, 
 that I would most willingly subject the reputa- 
 tion of my work on this head, to the decision 
 of any unbiassed individual long acquainted 
 with Gentlemen Collectors and the Printselling 
 Trade; being thoroughly convinced that such 
 fiat would prove in accordance with the several 
 assertions herein contained. 
 
 Jt is almost superfluous to remark, that in a 
 work like the present (to use a metaphoric 
 mode of expression) the shoe will very fre- 
 quently pinch the wearer; a species of inflic- 
 tion which nothing but the most urgent neces-
 
 PREFACE. ix 
 
 sity could have prompted me to adopt ; but, 
 when a disease is found next to irremediable, 
 the administration of lenient prescriptions is not 
 likely to effect a radical cure, as in such cases 
 it is absolutely necessary that the instrument 
 should probe in order to cleanse the gangrened 
 wound ; wherefore, like an experienced opera- 
 tor, I have felt the urgent necessity of admini- 
 stering caustic to the afflicted part. 
 
 Being by nature a very quiet inoffensive 
 man, I should act with injustice to myself were 
 I not thus publicly to assure the community 
 at large, that I harbour no animosity whatsoever 
 towards any particular individual thus blazoned 
 on my page; and with this assurance, I shall 
 now close my laconic Preface, quoting the ener-
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 getic exclamation of Ovid, as strictly appli- 
 cable to the subject matter of the ensuing 
 
 Proh super! ! quantum mortalia pectora caeca? 
 Noctis habent. 
 
 N. B. As it is not unlikely that the rage for illustrating 
 may extend itself even to the present volume, I have carefully 
 inserted two very copious Indexes, in order to facilitate the 
 Collector in this New Cacoethes.
 
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 John Bellingham, whole length. 
 
 No. III. 
 
 Edward Ederds, the Black Preacher. 
 Joseph Cardozo, the Dwarf. 
 Colonel Despard. 
 
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 Mr. Wm. Orridge. 
 John Williams, the Murderer. 
 
 And the following Portraits are in a State of forwardness : 
 
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 CLARKE'S AND TURNER'S LATIN EXERCISES, 
 
 CORRECTED: 
 
 Together with the References to the originals, from which the 
 Sentences are extracted. 
 
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 ERRATA. 
 
 Page 14, for Throtby, read Tltoresby; and for Leicester, read Leedt. 
 
 76, line 4, of poetry, for deeds, read dudt. 
 
 93, line 2, of poetry, instead of fiats, read fat$.
 
 CfmUograplnmania. 
 
 BOOK THE FIRST.
 
 C|)aUograp|)imania, 
 
 BOOK THE FIRST. 
 
 Tribus Anticyris caput insanabile. 
 
 HORACE. 
 
 Collector's head I will ensure, 
 Three Anticyree would not cure. 
 
 print collecting first broke out, 
 Your Cits knew what they were about, 
 Behind the counter standing smug, 
 As in a blanket's stow'd a bug, 
 They thought not then of Hollars, Passes, 
 Or Faithornes (a) ; no such silly asses, 
 
 (a) The personages above-mentioned were very celebrated hand- 
 B2
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Auctioneer's Poetic Prose. 
 
 But stuck to Cocker s rule of yore, 
 Which states that two and two make four, 
 Whereby they well solv'd mundane itches, 
 By filling pockets of their breeches. 
 And never knew what 'twas to hear 
 The glib tongue of an Auctioneer, 
 Who now-a-days in fibbing mood 
 Of yallows makes an hanging wood; 
 And paints a stagnant ditch to be, 
 Fine stream of limpid purity ; 
 
 lers of the burin. Of the Passes, who were Hollanders, there was a 
 family, consisting of Simon, Crispin, William, and Magdalena, 
 all of whom were engravers, and flourished during the reign of 
 James the First. Hollar, whose industry was almost without a 
 parallel, lived during the reigns of Charles the first and Second, 
 while Fail home displayed his matchless glossy stroke during the 
 period of the Commonwealth. The major part of the productions 
 of these respective artists are very rare, and produce high prices.
 
 BOOK I. 
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Auctioneer's Poetic Prose. 
 
 In short vows ev'ry thing 1 uncouth, 
 
 Till Going: Gone : knocks down Untruth (b) ; 
 
 (b) The late Mr. Chr st e was most renowned for the fluency 
 of his tongue, a convincing proof of which the above^ instance will 
 
 fully make manifest, the facts being as follow: Mr. C 
 
 had a dwelling to dispose of, situated at some distance from 
 Town, which was any thing but picturesque, as a gibbet was in 
 view, while a miserable ditch skirted the garden. In the course 
 of his flourishing description, he literally denominated the former 
 a beautiful Hanging W T ood, while the latter was transmogrified 
 into a fine meandring stream of water, which, together with 
 many other flights of poetic prose, so completely worked upon the 
 mind of a gentleman present, that without having visited the pre- 
 mises he became the purchaser. I leave to the reader to form an 
 opinion of his astonishment on viewing the spot in question. The 
 Auctioneer's rhetoric proved however of no effect, as the. 
 
 gentleman ultimately compelled Mr. C to resell the mansion, 
 
 with all its concomitant beauties. Neither was this gentleman ever 
 surpassed in the essential art of picture puffing: one instance of 
 which I cannot help recording, having been present upon the oc- 
 casion. A painting, possessing no one attribute that could entitle 
 it to commendation, being put up, and no individual feeling a 
 relish for the lot, our auctioneer, in order to palm it if possible
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Origin of Catalogue 
 
 For of all Tradesmen none's so glib, 
 As Auctioneer at telling fib. 
 
 Yet why thus from my theme digress, 
 In proper place I shall lay stress 
 On Pulpit Monarchs : therefore now, 
 'Fore hero of my tale I bow, 
 With Chalcographians wond'rous dasher, 
 In time of yore dubb'd, Haberdasher (c) ; 
 Yclepp'd in prints an Astrologus, 
 And iiam'd sage Mister Cataloyus ; 
 
 upon the company, expressed himself in the following terms ; 
 " It wants nothing but a touch of the Promethean fire to start 
 " from the canvas and fall a-bidding." 
 
 (c) Whether any personal allusion be intended by selecting an 
 individual of the above trade, the writer leaves the Ckalcographi 
 autniant to discover.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Foundation of the Mania. 
 
 When Cit he well knew how to wheedle, 
 O'er thread, tape, bobbini, silk, and needle, 
 Could sport with dame a joke,, to wi 
 Her custom, on a corking pin ; 
 And with true puritanic face, 
 A vouch' d his buttons good and lace; 
 From which such profits were acquired, 
 As gain'd all comforts he desir'd ; 
 And made him thus turn staunch projector, 
 Of CJtalcography grand Collector ; 
 Whereby his thoughts, like modern Plato, 
 Of each Lot rare teem'd with the fate O ! 
 Enamour'd thus my Knight became, 
 And cherish' d print-collecting fame (d). 
 
 (d) Licet superbus ambules pecvnia, 
 Fortuna mn mutat genu.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Foundation of the Mania. 
 
 One eve portentous was the day, 
 While soaking with a friend his clay, 
 Behind the door hung hock of bacon, 
 Whereof that noon he had partaken j 
 Which was in glass reflected seen, 
 That o'er the chimney hung I ween, 
 When Catalogus glowing hot, 
 And seizing, fancy-fir'd, the pot, 
 Exclaim' d without a word of stricture, 
 " My friend, my friend, Oh ! there's a picture (e) ', 
 
 (e) That this circumstance did occur to a tradesman, the 
 writer most solemnly declares, and that from the moment he 
 beheld the reflected Hock of Bacon, he became a red-hot Collec- 
 tor ; his first purchase being a most vile copy of Rubens' cele- 
 brated picture of the Tribute Money. This mania was ultimately 
 attended with very disastrous consequences, as the individual 
 alluded to was in the end reduced from a state of comparative 
 affluence to absolute beggary.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 John Bull's Opinion of the Arts. 
 
 " A work like this I'd money stake on, 
 " And everlasting gorge on bacon :" 
 
 Mine host who dealt in butter, cheese, 
 And eggs, then lolling at his ease, 
 Exclaim'd " For cart-load as I live, 
 " Of picture trash I would not give, 
 " To hang each chamber's walls around, 
 " Of Single Gloucester cheese a pound. 
 " If I for flesh of hog feel itch, 
 " I've always ready well-cur'd flitch, 
 " Or ven I flesh and blood wou'd see, 
 " There's vife, and daughter Margery : 
 " And as for paintings of green fields, 
 " With streams and all the country yields, 
 " To my mind picture ne'er excels, 
 * Sweet Islington and Bagnigge Wells."
 
 10 CHALCOGRAFHIMANIA. 
 
 Praiseworthy Indignation. 
 
 A slur thus thrown upon the art, 
 Thrill'd Catalogus to the heart ; 
 Who thus held converse with himself: 
 " Shall I with purse o'erstock'd with pelf 
 " And instinct of the higher class, 
 " Herd still with such an arrant ass? 
 " Forbid it bobbin, tape, and lace, 
 " I'll quit the city, drudging- place ; 
 " And henceforth bid such dolts defiance, 
 " Leaguing with Auctioneers and Science. 
 With mind thus fir'd^ the just reflector 
 Of bold Achilles fom'd; or Hector, 
 Our bobbin knight friend Blue-mould quits, 
 Resolv'd to bid adieu to cits : 
 So strait to Haberdasher blade, 
 Good-will is sold and stock in trade ; 
 
 (f ) Fortuna niniium quern fovet stultumfacit.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 11 
 
 The Hero's Person described. 
 
 When fraught with ao one germ of pity, 
 
 Great Catalogus leaves the city ; 
 
 And to regale with Sales his heart, 
 
 Takes lodgings near the Picture Mart, 
 
 That he Don Quixote-like may glance, 
 
 And tilt at every lot the lance ; 
 
 Since bacon-hock had left a stamp, 
 
 No earthly pow'r could ever damp. 
 
 Thus Champion Cataloyus see* 
 
 'Scap'd bonds of Haberdashery ; 
 
 Fraught with a soul that might stand stilt on, 
 
 And war with Shakspeare wage, or Milton ; 
 
 Whose brain for grand pictorial flow, 
 
 Might Raphael daunt or Anyelo. 
 
 For whoso dares look half so big 
 
 As he who wisdom gleans from Pig ? 
 
 But now his person to describe 
 He was in troth of dumpling tribe ;
 
 12 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Costume of Catalogus. 
 
 'Neath jazy white as fat of mutton, 
 Was circle seen like mould of button ; 
 Wherein were set two sharp black eyes, 
 With grunters' vying- for the prize ; 
 Which o'er the cheeks of pimply red, 
 Shone knobs of jet on coral bed ; 
 While features spoke conception dense ; 
 Replete with all save common-sense : 
 The stomach like the face was round, 
 True type of Aldermanic mound, 
 His thighs were short; each leg was thin, 
 And club-foot base to either pin. 
 
 As for his garb, cock'd hat he wore, 
 Like beaver gilt o'er hatter's door (y) ; 
 
 (g) Lest the reader should erroneously be led to inter that the 
 head-covering in question is after the modern fashionable shape, 
 it is but needful that I should place matters in a just point of 
 view ; therefore, I beg leave to acquaint him that the beaver of our
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 13 
 
 Costume of Catalogus. 
 
 The coat was blue, of full dimension, 
 
 His vest of silk brac'd stomach's tension : 
 
 For brigs he wore choice glossy satin 
 
 Whose breech had well ta'en Whitbread's vat in, 
 
 While mottled worsted cloth'd each leg, 
 
 That look'd in Hessian boot a peg ; 
 
 Nor treat friend reader with disdain, 
 
 Though mention'd last gold-headed cane ; 
 
 Which ranks with Doctor of Degree, 
 
 The half procurement of his fee, 
 
 Since sconce with him is oft as thick 
 
 And brainless as companion stick : 
 
 Wherefore with Esculapian bane, 
 
 'Tis head 'gainst stick, and stick 'gainst brain. 
 
 Arm'd cap-a-pee thus view my Knight, 
 
 On Hobby dare the Auction fight, 
 
 Catalogus is framed after the fashion of those gilt gingerbread 
 hats which are annually strung up at Bartholomew Fair.
 
 14 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 The Hero's Invocation. 
 
 With gold he vows the palm to win 
 
 By bidding bold, through thick and thin ; 
 
 A name, a name, he must ensure, 
 
 And burns to rank Great Connoisseur (h). 
 
 Not Alexander, Caesar, Boney, 
 
 Ambition holds so much a crony ; 
 
 As Catalogus sought to view, 
 
 His name enroll'd with prime Vertu. 
 
 " Ah !" would he cr^ ; " could I but boast, 
 " A Musgrave's (i) fame, though now a ghost, 
 " Was I not as I am, a stranger 
 " To deep intricacies of Granger, 
 
 (A) Digito monstrari et dicier hie ett. 
 
 PERSIUS. 
 
 (0 The foundation of S r W 11 m M sgr v '* collec- 
 tion was the purchase of the stores of Mr. Throsby, the historian of 
 Leicester, which were procured for a very mediocre price ;
 
 BOOK r. CIIALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 15 
 
 The Hero's Invocation. 
 
 " But Caulfield-like (j) who claims oblation, 
 " Was vers'd in godlike Illustration, 
 " Of Burnet, Clarendon, and Pennant (k), 
 " Then Wisdom's mansion I should tenant ; 
 " And claim perhaps the envied thanks, 
 " Of thrice renown'd Sir Joseph Banks. 
 
 -,.. 
 
 as at the sale of the M sgr ve effects by R ch rds n, they 
 produced the most enormous sums. 
 
 (j) This personage, concerning whom more will be said in the 
 progress of the poem, is very justly esteemed one of the best 
 judges of old portraits now living. 
 
 (k) As it is more than probable that this volume may fall into 
 the hands of many individuals unconnected with Chalcographima- 
 nianpursuits, I think it necessary to state that the Mania has for 
 many years existed among collectors of illustrating the four above- 
 mentioned works with portraits and views ; the volumes in question 
 being either interleaved with folio paper, or else inlaid upon sheets 
 of the largest atlas size, in order to admit decorative prints of all 
 dimensions, without being compelled to double them.
 
 16 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 The Hero's Invocation. 
 
 " ! for a J^-ffWys' potent brain, 
 
 " The sound profundity of Th-A^ne, 
 
 " A R-t-ch**ds-$-n's immortal glow, 
 
 " Capacious scull of M-4-lt~r-no ; 
 
 " Or that I had the mazes trod, 
 
 " Of sly C-*-ln**jhi, or great D-^-dd ; 
 
 " With Gr-A-v-t-s in cunning could keep pace, 
 
 " And vie with S-t-rn co, Smith (I), or St-^fc-c 
 
 ' Knew like a N-t-ch-*-ls (m), print and book, 
 
 " Or had the keenness of Tr-&-ph**k (n), 
 
 (/) Few persons connected with the printselling trade are more 
 deserving approbation than Mr. T. Sm th, whose assiduous re- 
 search into every thing connected with the antiquities of our 
 metropolis, justly entitle him to the applause of every Topogra- 
 phical Collector, independent of which, as the father of a family, 
 his conduct is deserving the warmest commendation. 
 
 (m) This most respectable individual is allied to the niece of the 
 late Aid rm n B yd 11, who is herself a great portrait col- 
 lector; indeed, so universally is the integrity of Mr. N ch h
 
 BOOK i. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 17 
 
 The Hero's Invocation. 
 
 " Of N-4-rfoZVs Bt (o) claim'd the skill, 
 " That gave poor St-f-w-a-rt bitter pill ; 
 
 established among the trade, that in case any variance occurs iu 
 affairs connected with bookselling, both parties are usually satis- 
 fied by nominating Mr. N. as umpire, whose fiat is deemed at 
 all times conclusive. Far different however was the conduct 
 of another bookseller named N c 11, who has long since been 
 a bankrupt, and was indebted for his first rise in the world 
 to the following circumstance : S--r J-hn Ing Iby, of R pi y 
 castle, who was residing in Switzerland at the period alluded to, 
 had a very extensive and valuable library of the choicest old litera- 
 ture, which the B- r n t's steward, not conceiving of any value, 
 took upon himself without consulting his absent master, to dispose 
 of to the last mentioned Mr. N. who, in exchange, furnished 
 the library with modern works, to the no small discomfiture of 
 S r J hn, who found upon his return to England that all the 
 Black Letter Lore was NON EST INVENTUS. 
 
 (n) This bookseller had the good fortune to purchase, by mere 
 chance, a unique tract from the press of Caxton, not mentioned 
 by Ames, or any other typographist. The subject of this curious 
 specimen was a Latin oration of the Duke pf Burgundy of that 
 sera, upon his investiture with the Order of the Garter. Mr. 
 Tr ph k caused fac-similes of the type to be cast, and then 
 C
 
 18 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. i 
 
 The Hero's Invocation. 
 
 " Or rank'd with Drd^-s (p) cutting blade, 
 " That rarely trounc'd bookselling trade. 
 
 had a few copies struck off, which he sold at good prices, after 
 realizing a round sum by the original specimen. 
 
 (o) The above man, whose butcher-like person is the precise 
 type of his mental endowments, which rank upon a par with those 
 of the b e creation, was for a series of years the companion of 
 and caterer for the D ke of N rf Ik, nor did his grace scruple 
 to visit this dealer, when immured within the walls of the Fleet 
 prison ; there is however nothing very astonishing in this predi- 
 lection, as he no less made a crony of the late St n y B w s, 
 of Str tlmi re renown, who paraded the rules of the Bench for 
 a series of years. This B t procured a large sum of money 
 from St w rt the Auctioneer, upon a collection of works, 
 which when disposed of did not net the stim advanced by several 
 hundreds, notwithstanding which the creditor has in vain sought 
 to recover the amount, B t putting off payment by the 
 litigious expedient of removing the action from court to court, so 
 that it is more than probable the Auctioneer at length harassed 
 out, will relinquish his claim altogether. To this circumstance we 
 way subjoin another illustrative of this man's character. Me had bur- 
 gained for a book with Fly~r of the Strand, who possessed two
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMAN1A. 
 
 The Hero's Invocation. 
 
 " Nor less renown'cl among- the Quorum, 
 
 " Well vers'd in costume T mmy C r m. 
 
 " Come and ilkime me J*+cky Sc-e-tt ; 
 " Who cross'd the Tweed not worth a jot: 
 " With scarce a kelt to shield poor breech, 
 " Well arm'd with arrog-ance and itch. 
 
 copies of the work in question, one being in much finer condition 
 than the other. B t however, not choosing to give the sum 
 required for the best, paid for the inferior copy, but on conveying 
 his purchases to the hackney-coach, took especial care to carry 
 the highest prized volume in lieu of that which he had actually 
 paid for ; nor could the bookseller ever procure the smallest re- 
 muneration. 
 
 (p) This Irish Catholic collector, whose relationship to a late 
 M rch ness, procured him for a period the countenance of the 
 M rq s of B- ck ngh- -m, after trafficking in pi s, editing 
 the Or cle newspaper, in conjunction with P t r St w rt, 
 buying and selling books and prints, and lastly, Jly ing paper kites, 
 that is to say, carrying on a promissory note traffic, was at 
 length compelled to retire from the gay scenes of the metropolis, 
 and assume a false appellation, leaving his name upon the ledgers 
 
 c 2
 
 20 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 The Hero's Invocation. 
 
 " And come of Scotia's race, another 
 " B+#-kb^nd+g Bill, the former's brother ; 
 " Their glowing feats, O! let me sing, 
 " That make the Auction chambers ring. 
 " Since more or less they both extend, 
 " To me their aid, and prove the friend :" 
 
 Thus Catalogus sagely spoke, 
 Burning to burst the ponderous yoke 
 Of Ignorance, that bound his brain, 
 In dull Boeotia's leaden chain : 
 With inspiration fraught, he hies, 
 And volumes four of Granger buys ; 
 Granger whose biographic page, 
 Hath prov'd for years so much the rage ; 
 
 of numerous dealers, who, to the present hour, have just cause to 
 regret their connection with this universal empiric, who saved hi* 
 Bacon by sojourning at HAM.
 
 BOOK i. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 21 
 
 Engraving and Wood Cots. 
 
 That scarce one book its portrait graces, 
 Torn out alas ! each author's face is (q). 
 
 My Hero reads, and thinks, and reads, 
 As future Ckalcographian deeds 
 His brain with mad'ning frenzy fire ; 
 " For prints ;" he cries, " I burn, expire ! 
 " Ah give me portraits good or bad, 
 " To physic fancy running mad ; 
 " Impressions bright, or if rariss. 
 " Impressions dull wont come amiss (r) ; 
 
 (q} The shameful practice of mutilating old books, which 
 continued unabated for a series of years, has at length subsided, 
 the generality of collectors being now just as eager to restore the 
 heads to their mutilated works, as they were formerly eager to 
 tear them from the volumes in question. 
 
 (r) I cannot better evince the comparative value of prints, ac- 
 cording to the state of the impressions than by instancing a small 
 portrait of the Marchioness of Buckingham, of the period of
 
 22 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 EagcaViwg art* Wood Cuts. 
 
 " Nor be forgot choice wooden cut, 
 
 " Of Skelton or the Cut-purse slut (s) ;' 
 
 " Cost what they may, I must possess 'em, 
 
 " They are my idols, good heav'n bless 'em (t)" 
 
 James the First, engraved by Magdalena Passe, a common speci- 
 men of which is not worth Jive shillings; whereas a fine head 
 from the same plate will bring ten guineas, and if a proof could 
 be produced it would in all probability realize twenty. 
 
 ($) I now deem it necessary to remark that my wonder has uni- 
 formly been excited upon inspecting illustrated Grangers, to ob- 
 serve heads inserted which in all probability did not bear a trace 
 of the personages whom they are stated to represent ; that a writer 
 so competent should therefore have enrolled these abortions upon 
 his biographic page is wonderful. In addition however to such 
 pretended likenesses as Selman the pickpocket, Nell Ruinmin 
 the ale-wife, in the rt-ign of Henry the Eighth, Bulf and Farnham 
 the weavers, and countless others, I shall quote two cases where 
 the portrait of one man is assigned as the resemblance of an- 
 other; instance Caxton and Pinson, the printers, the former 
 being the likeness of an Italian poet, and the latter a copy of a 
 folio wood-cut, representing a foreign man of literature. 
 
 (t) Sifovet in terris rideret IhracMvs.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 23 
 
 Granger, Bromley, Pilkington, Strutt, &c. 
 
 Great Granger read huge Bromley's text (u) : 
 True Cataloguing lore came next ; 
 Whose page renown'd was read sans ceasing, 
 Fell cacoethes thus increasing : 
 In due succession Strutt was bought (v), 
 With sacred Chalcography fraught ; 
 From Finiguerra's graven brass * 
 (Which W^^-db-^rn vowed naught could surpass f, 
 
 () This volume, although incomplete, is a proof of infinite per- 
 severance and industry, and well deserves the commendation of 
 every Chalcographimanian. 
 
 (c) Strutt's Dictionary of Engravers, which now produces a 
 very exorbitant price, is a specimen of infinite ingenuity ; indeed, 
 all the productions of this writer are of invaluable utility for the 
 curious matter they contain, and are very justly appreciated by 
 the antiquarian and every lover of Vertu. 
 
 * The discovery of Chalcography, like many other useful arts, 
 proved to be the mere result of chance. Thomas Finiguerra, a native
 
 24 CHALCOGRAPHIMAMA. 
 
 Granger, Bromley, Pilkington, Strutt, &c. 
 
 And D-ir-bd-^-n great Typographist, 
 Who on this subject did insist ; 
 
 of Florence, who was a goldsmith, and flourished in the fifteenth 
 century, is the personage handed down to posterity, as the 
 original discoverer of engraving, which is said to owe its origin to 
 one of the following circumstances, though the latter appears to 
 me as being by far the most natural, and consequently bears the 
 greater resemblance to truth. Finiguerra it is stated, chanced to 
 let a piece of copper fall into some melted sulphur, where the ink 
 with which he had filled the incisions made upon the plate left the 
 impression of his work upon the mineral in question. The other 
 narrative states that a washerwoman happened to leave some 
 damp linen upon a plate whereon the artist had been working, 
 when a faint impression upon the cloth happening to meet Fini- 
 guerra's observation, he tried the experiment on moistened paper, 
 the satisfactory result of which led him to prosecute the C/ialco- 
 graphian Art. 
 
 t The W--db~ rn family, consisting of four personages, which 
 now blazes in every branch of the pictorial art, owes its origin to 
 a sweeper of the streets, from which main stock has sprung this 
 enlightened Quartetto, whose respective avocations are as fol- 
 low : Printselling, Boob-vending, Picture-dealing, and Frame-
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 25 
 
 Granger, Bromley, Pilkington, Strutt, &c. 
 
 Whereas the burthen of his song, 
 
 In lieu of Riyht throughout was Wrong (rv) :) 
 
 making. I have only to add that the Merchant of Old Canvas is 
 much indebted for his rise to the patronage of the Duke of 
 Hamilton and Earl Fitzwilliam. 
 
 N. B. The Chalcographian brother pretends that he can 
 ascertain the precise age of paper by its taste. 
 
 (w) In order to introduce the present note, I must acquaint my 
 readers that Mr. D bd n, towards the termination of the 6rst 
 volume of Ames's Typography, at page 363, acquaints the public by 
 way of supplementary note extraordinary, that he has made a most 
 wonderful discovery in the Chalcographian art, which he intro- 
 duces to notice in the following words : 
 
 " At page four it has been asserted, on the authority of Huber, 
 " that there is no engraving extant with the name of Finiguerra 
 " inscribed upon it. In a conversation with Mr. Woodburn, jun. 
 " of St. Martin's lane, (whose choice collection of early engravings 
 " and antiquarian knowledge of the art are equally conspicuous) 
 " and mentioning to him this dictum of Huber, I was not a little 
 " delighted, as well as surprised by bis shewing me the original
 
 26 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Granger, Broraley, Pilkington, Strutt, &r. 
 
 E'en to engravers doom'd by fate 
 To send forth prints of recent date : 
 
 " engraving, of which the opposite plate is a fac-simile, reduced to 
 " the exact proportion of one-half. Mr. Woodburn conjectures 
 " with good reason, that the reversed initials XII were intended 
 " for Thomas Finiguerra Incidebat or fncisit. I need hardly in- 
 " form the reader of the singular value of the original, which is- in 
 " all probability unique, nor of the spirit and expression of the 
 *' composition itself, considering the very early period of the art in 
 " which it was executed. Although such an ornament may be 
 " considered somewhat misplaced in a work which treats princi- 
 " pally of Typography and Literature, I could not resist the 
 " temptation of gratifying the public with so important an acqui- 
 " sition to the History of Engraving." 
 
 The subject represented in the engraving thus cited, is Hercules 
 destroying the hydra, which was purchased by W db n, of 
 Thane the printseller. This most flourishing account was of 
 course productive of vast effect upon the minds of green-horn 
 collectors; but I must candidly avow, that from the very first mo- 
 ment I glanced upon the copy in question, I felt assured that its 
 original was not produced from the burin of Finiguerra, Thus 
 waiters continued until the copy of an undoubted engraving by
 
 BOO K ,. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 27 
 
 Gruiger, Bromley, Pilkingtoo, Strutt, &c. 
 
 One liking will another hatch 
 Itching- augments the more you scratch : 
 Thus Pilkington on painters came (x), 
 Increasing bright pictorial flame; 
 
 Ftniguerra, preserved at Paris, made its appearance, thus setting 
 the matter at rest ; in addition to which I have aince been favour- 
 ed with the in>pection of a still more beautiful specimen of this 
 rare engraver's art in the possession of Mr. Ottley, a gentleman of 
 re fined taste, which affords the most incontestible proof that the 
 boasted unique of D bd n is nothing more than mus in pice. 
 Dining the progress of the B bl m nia, this writer thought fit 
 to level his shafts at Mr. G rd n r, the bookseller, of Patt 
 JWal/, \vhose singularity of character is perfectly well known: 
 that attack was manfully repelled to the discomfiture of the typo- 
 graphist, who, fired no doubt with this Finiguerra specimen of 
 Chalcography, thought fit to issue into the printselling mart, 
 which is already overstocked, a series of portraits, possessing but 
 little, if any claim to the patronage of the Collector. 
 
 (#) Tim work, which did not originally display any great de- 
 gree of acumen, is even rendered less worthy of commendation, in 
 consequence of the annotations of Mr. Fuseli, who edited the last
 
 28 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. .<,<> ,. 
 
 Granger, Bromley, Pilkington, Strutt, &c. 
 
 And Orford too his mind acquainting, 
 With Anecdotes t>f British Painting (y), 
 Whilst of Engravers volume shrew'd, 
 The soul of knight still more imbu'd; 
 
 edition. With respect to the disquisition on the arts written by 
 Barry, and which contains much unjustifiable reprehension of his 
 present Majesty's judgment, in countenancing Mr. West as an able 
 painter ; it is not universally known that this objectionable part, 
 which proved highly detrimental to Barry, proceeded from the 
 pen of Peter Pindar, otherwise Doctor W Ic t, who never 
 made known to Mr. Barry the substance of what he had inserted 
 prior to the work being issued from the press. I should in this 
 place deem myself extremely remiss, were I not to express in the 
 warmest terms my respect for our Sovereign's taste, who, unlike 
 his ancestor George the Second, when he thought fit to turn hit 
 back upon Hogarth, has never failed to evince the most pointed 
 predilection for the arts, and has uniformly extended his patronage 
 to every skilful practitioner of painting. 
 
 (y) The above nobleman, who may be termed one of the first 
 founders of the Chalcographian dynasty, was nevertheless no 
 particular friend to genius, which his conduct to Chatterton suffi- 
 ciently testifies ; neither does he appear to have been more mind-
 
 CHALCOGRAPfllMANIA. 29 
 
 Granger, Bromley, Pilkington, Strutt, &c. 
 
 With ardour to attain the goal, 
 
 And stamp true Mania on his soul. 
 
 He had fierce ague of the wits, 
 
 Assail'd by cold or burning fits ; 
 
 By day warm fancy all-creative, 
 
 On nothing ran but illustrative ; 
 
 By night his genius on the spin, 
 
 In dreams brought Strutt and specimen ; 
 
 In fine, hot brain cou'd ne'er pass stricture, 
 
 On aught save portrait, plate or picture. 
 
 Thus having plainly shown to sight, 
 Foundation of mine hero's flight, 
 
 ful of those persons who had every claim to his consideration, 
 since Kirget, the printer of all his lucubrations, which issued from 
 the private press at Strawberry Hill, after assiduously serving him 
 for nearly thirty years, was at his lordship's death turned adrift, 
 with a paltry legacy ; whereas his French valet was rendered com- 
 fortable for life.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Chalcographimaniacs, &c. 
 
 The noble furor of his mind, 
 
 To turn Collector most refin'd; 
 
 Enrolling name with Syk-^s renown'd 
 
 Who for old head paid seventy pound (z) ; 
 
 Or Bl ndfrd's Mrq s whose bright glow 
 
 Spent thousands on Boccacio (a) : 
 
 (z) The individual here quoted, at the sale of S r J mi 
 L k s prints, paid the above price for a portrait of Sir Henry 
 Inglefidd, engraved by Faithorne, which was not only a bad im- 
 pression, but in very poor condition; and the same personage 
 also paid nearly fifty pounds at Graves's sale for an equestrian 
 print, representing the Earl of Oxford and Lord Southampton 
 on horseback. 
 
 (a) This specimen of typography, of which there are only two 
 copies existing, was stolen from the Vatican at Rome during the 
 Gallic depredations committed in that celebrated city. This 
 extreme rarity is owing to the conduct of the then wearer of 
 the tiara, who condemned the whole edition to be burnt, on 
 account of the licentiousness which pervades the whole work.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 31 
 
 Chalcographi maniacs, &c. 
 
 Or Sp-^nc^r 's Earl who fought red hot, 
 With M&- rq*+s for the self-same lot ; 
 Or B II to Granger firmly knit (b), 
 With daughter decking holy writ (c) : 
 
 At this momentous epoch in the annals of auctioneering, the great 
 competitorship was between the M rq s and E 1 Sp nc r, 
 who possesses one of the most classic libraries in the kingdom. 
 The sum at which this copy of the Decameron was knocked down 
 proved .226. 
 
 Rarus enimfame sensus communis in ilia, 
 Fortuna. 
 
 JUVENAL. 
 
 Our noble M rq s has also a most incurable itch for books of 
 emblems, which he will purchase at any price, and in regard to 
 himself, he certainly may rank as the Emblem of Death, with 
 which stricture I will now wind up my comment. 
 
 (b) As a collector for Granger, Mr. B // deceased was very 
 conspicuous ; but on the score of his liberality, more this depo- 
 nent saith net. 
 
 (c) The lady here adverted to, who is now chronicled with the
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Chalcographimaniaci, &c. 
 
 Or N^-rfrrk's Duke who plays bo-peep, 
 With tradesman herding to buy cheap (d) ; 
 
 dead, possessed during her terrestrial pilgrimage a most violent 
 cacoethes for scriptural illustrations, in which pursuit she is now 
 imitated by L rd M rk K rr, respecting whose judgment more 
 will be stated in the progress of my annotating pages. 
 
 (d) No individual is more fond of increasing bis collection than 
 the nobleman above cited, who would no doubt drink a bottle of 
 geneva with any two-penny printseller in order to purchase cheap. 
 Having in a preceding note given specimens of his Graces friendly 
 predilections, I &hall here subjoin a further instance of Br nt's 
 upright mode of dealing, which was rendered pre-eminently con- 
 spicuous in a public court of justice. The proof here advert- 
 ed to, occurred before Sir James Mansfield, when St ce the 
 printseller, being interrogated as a witness, deposed to the follow- 
 ing effect, when speaking as to Br nt's character : " I am well 
 " acquainted with Br nt, who carries his books for sale in a 
 " green bag, in order that he may pass for a lawyer. He one day 
 " came to ray house in this manner, with one volume of a work 
 " which he was desirous of selling, the book in question being in 
 ' very good condition. Now it so happened, my Lord Judge, that I
 
 BOOK i. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 33 
 
 Chalcographimaniacs, &c. 
 
 Or M~*-rq+s B th, well-known to fame ; 
 And mother boasting mutual flame (e) ; 
 
 " had been at Wilson's, the bookbinder's, that very morning, aud 
 " had there seen the other volume of the work, which was worm- 
 " eaten, and in a very bad state : in consequence of this, it occur- 
 " red to me, that the book at the binder's was Br nt's, where- 
 " fore I demanded of him whether Mr. Wilson was not his binder ; 
 " to which he replied in the affirmative, thus affording a convinc- 
 " ing proof that this man was desirous of deceiving me by pro- 
 " ducing the volume in good condition as a specimen of the work, 
 " as, after payment, he could have referred me to Mr. Wilson 
 " for the remaining volume, when I should have been the com- 
 " plete dupe of his artifice. In consequence of this, I ordered ray 
 " maid to deny me at all times to the green bag man and his son, 
 " whensoever they should intrude themselves at my door." 
 
 (e) These noble personages are not only famed for their love of 
 the Chalcographian Art, but are characterized by a spirit of 
 liberality in accumulating their pictorial stores, which is deserving 
 of the most unqualified commendation.
 
 34 CtiALCOGRAPHIMANlA. B 
 
 Chalcographimaniacs, &r. 
 
 Or B te possess'd of Hogarth knowledge (f) ; 
 renovtn'd at D-^-ltv^-ch College (g) ; 
 
 (/) The particular predilection of the Marquis of B te, who 
 was the purchaser of Mr. BlFs Granger, is for the productions 
 of our pictorial satirist Hogarth, concerning whose genius and 
 talents so much has been said by Messrs. John and Samuel Ireland, 
 not to oriiit their predecessor Trttsler, whose work, descriptive of 
 his plates, is now become very Valuable. It would be highly in- 
 decordils in me, were I to pass over the mention of this nobleman's 
 taste and judgment, which are rendered conspicuous in eVery 
 branch of his Chalcographiatt research. 
 
 (g-) I have been given to understand that this cumbersome toih- 
 mentator was in possession of a very curious manuscript relating to 
 the stage, .and the performers of the period of James the First, 
 which was left to the College by Allen its founder. This theatric 
 treasure was deposited in the above gentleman's hands by way of 
 a loan, but from appearance it was more than probable the library 
 of Dulwich would long continue divested of its just right. This 
 circumstance brings to recollection the conduct of David Garrick, 
 who, taking advantage of the stupidity which characterized the 
 then Head of the College, procured from him all the rarr
 
 BOOK i. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 35 
 
 Chalcographimaniacs, &e. 
 
 Great Editor, whose leaden mace (h), 
 With pedant K^-mb^-e just keeps pace, 
 Whose AITCHES and perverted ROOM 
 Shall stamp him A-f-s till day of doom (i). 
 
 old Quarto Plays, for which invaluable store he decorated the 
 Library with some modem gay bound works by way of an equit- 
 able exchange. 
 
 (h) The commentaries of this theatrical madman most forcibly 
 remind me of the statutes at large, which are most tremendous in 
 bulk, without possessing much internal acumen to compensate for 
 the burthensome expenditure to which the purchaser of his 
 lucubrations is necessarily subjected. 
 
 (i) Our Thespian hero, who may well march hand in hand with 
 the last mentioned annotator, has for a long series of years collect- 
 ed theatrical rarities with the most indefatigable industry ; nor can 
 it be denied that he has generally displayed a liberality of senti- 
 ment in the prosecution of his mania, which redounds much to 
 his credit. If we regard him in the light of a scholar, he most
 
 36 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. , 
 
 Chalcographimaniacs,'&c. 
 
 These form a list with more to gloss it, 
 
 Not passing o'er the book-worm G ss t (j) : 
 
 For slaves of Bibliomanian spell, 
 
 Deserve my plaudits just as well ; 
 
 As famous Chalcographian crew, 
 
 Whose feats are noted thus to view. 
 
 indubitably possesses classical acquirements ; but like many other 
 schoolmen, by endeavouring to prove himself superior to others, 
 he has over-leaped the boundaries of decency ; for 
 
 our court you know is haunted, 
 
 With a refined Traveller of Spain ; 
 A man in all the world's new fashion planted, 
 
 That hath a mint of phrases in his brain ; 
 One whom the music of his own vain tongue 
 Doth ravish like enchanting harmony. 
 
 SHAKESPEARE. 
 
 (j) This little gentleman, of whom I shall again have cause to 
 speak in the course of my poem, was one of the most determined 
 auction-goers, aud from his ceaseless comments in favour of lots,
 
 BOOK i. CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 37 
 
 The Hero's Mental Extacy. 
 
 With sages such as these to rank 
 His name, till then a simple blank : 
 Was now my hero's sole design, 
 Who dubb'd Collectors all DIVINE : 
 With smatt'ring thus from books secur'd, 
 At sales he 'longs to be enur'd ; 
 So Auctioneer for pocket's prog, 
 
 Sends Catalogus -Catalogue. 
 
 With pride he wields the same in air, 
 The hour of sale his only care ; 
 Nor did our Wellington e'en quaff 
 Delight so great with Jourdari's staff; 
 It was to him a trophy great, 
 Memorial of his envied state ; 
 
 one would have imagined that he was pensioned by the Auctioneer; 
 in short, it appeared as if nature had moulded his tongue into the 
 shape of A PRETTY COPY.
 
 38 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 The Hero's Mental Extary. 
 
 In being thus to Auction courted, 
 An honour scarce to be supported : 
 In state like this he struts along-, 
 Unmindful of the passing throng ; 
 With innate pride his feelings burn, 
 Cane Catalogue he waves in turn ; 
 And takes his place as proud as Nero (k), 
 Beside the chair of Hammer-kero : 
 
 Thus far the Muse her tale hath told, 
 And Catalogus fame enroll'd ; 
 She now awhile for breath mast pause, 
 In expectation of applause : 
 Her second flight with care sliall trace, 
 The witching pathos winning grace 
 Of each grand flourisher of hammer, 
 Who tells with brazen front a crammer : 
 
 (&) Maximm in minimis.
 
 BOOK i. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 39 
 
 Catalogus in good Hands. 
 
 I would speak plainer by the bye ; 
 If 'twere not vulgar to write LIE : 
 Thus Catalogus thron'd in state, 
 
 I leave to Auctioneers and Fate ; 
 
 \ 
 To better hands I can't consign him, 
 
 So for the present I resign him. 
 
 END OF BOOK THE FIRST.
 
 TBoofc r&c Second,
 
 BOOK THE SECOND. 
 
 On commence par fctre dupe, on fioit par fetre fripon. 
 
 Of folly some are first the slaves, 
 Who end career by turning knaves. 
 
 AUCTIONEERS, &C. 
 
 hail, propitious season hail, 
 " Crimp'd leaves are wafted by the gale ; 
 " Hail Autumn ;" cried my gallant knight : 
 " For print sales 'gin by candle-light : 
 " The drenching rain from spout now sputters, 
 " And mud in tides rolls down the gutters ; 
 " To me more sweet that Summer's sun, 
 " Bereft of evening Auctions' fun :
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 R -ch rds n. 
 
 " The town is full, and day by day, 
 
 " Sale follows Sale in proud array ; 
 
 " The Auctioneer begins his reign, 
 
 " And I now grace the bidding train ; 
 
 " No sound so sweet as when upon 
 
 " My lot, falls hammer, with Gone, Gone fa)." 
 
 To take these heroes in succession, 
 As senior of our grand procession ; 
 Lo ! R-t-ch**~rds-*-n shall grace my lays (b), 
 So worthy Catalogus* praise ; 
 
 (a) Magno conatu, magnets nugas. 
 
 HORACE. 
 
 (b) The dealer and auctioneer whose feats I now discuss, is a 
 very good-hearted honest man, to whom portrait collectors and 
 illustrators are under infinite obligation for the numerous copies 
 from old and rare portraits which he has ushered into publicity. 
 Neither is C If Id less to be commended for such copies as Sir
 
 BOOK ii. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 45 
 
 H ch rds n. 
 
 Since copies he hath publish'd fair, 
 Of prints unique and portraits rare ; 
 To satisfy Collector's itch, 
 And make blank leaves of Granger rich t 
 For he who such an errant fop is, 
 To turn up snout at sight of copies ; 
 And in his Granger mighty huffer, 
 Originals will only suffer ; 
 Must ev'ry niggard thought unbend, 
 And mind make up huge sums to spend ; 
 Yet let him squander what he will, 
 One third of Granger he can't fill, 
 Wherefore one page in ev'ry three, 
 Alas ! a yawning blank must be (c). 
 
 John Hotham, with a string of others too numerous for insertion 
 jn the present volume. 
 
 (0 Every individual possessing (he slightest knowledge of
 
 46 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 R ch rds n. 
 
 Our R-f-ch-^rds^-n in rostrum well, 
 
 On lot that's choice knows how to dwell (d) : 
 
 His mind is honest nature good, 
 
 Yet sometimes, be it understood, 
 
 He can grow hot like other men, 
 
 And woe betide his carcase then, 
 
 Who rashly dares to brave his choler, 
 
 For me, I would not for a dollar : 
 
 Witness when once at fam'd Knock- Out (e), 
 
 'Twixt R-*-ck-**-rds-e-n and Gr-tt-v-^s was rout ; 
 
 illustrating Granger's Biographical History, must allow the justice 
 of the above remark, for so numerous have been the collectors 
 for this work, that the market is completely cleared of portraits 
 possessing any claim to scarcity, independent of which such heads 
 as are procurable have more than quadrupled their value within 
 I he last twenty years. 
 
 (d ) It gave me great pleasure to find R -ch rds n was the 
 auctioneer selected to catalogue and dispose of the collections of
 
 BOOK IT. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 47 
 
 R ch rds n. 
 
 When former dubbing latter oaf, 
 Hurl'd quick at sconce a quartern loaf, 
 So hard ; that had it come with noddle, 
 In rueful contact, Gr^-v-^'s, poor coddle, 
 
 Sir William Musgrave and Mr. Tighe, as they no doubt proved 
 extremely lucrative to the vender. 
 
 (e) As the present term may not be generally understood, I 
 shall in the most laconic way possible explain this chicanery of 
 the printselling trade. When a Knock Out is decided upon by a 
 select number of printsellers, it is agreed between them that who- 
 ever begins bidding for any lot is not to be opposed by the others 
 leagued of the party ; wherefore as all competitorship is thus in a 
 great measure done away, the property falls an easy prey to the 
 junto, and thus the poor proprietor is fleeced of half the sum his 
 prints would have produced had every dealer acted honourably. 
 The sale being over, these honest gentlemen repair with their lots 
 lo an adjoining ale-house, where they resell the property among 
 themselves, which is technically termed knocking out, and what- 
 soever additional sum is thus acquired, this gracious set expend 
 upon beef steaki and a copious booze.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 R ch rds n. 
 
 In house with head bound up had been, 
 So dire is passion naughty sin (f). 
 Yet plain I'll speak and prove commender, 
 Of this same veteran portrait- vender ; 
 Had old minx Fortune acted fair, 
 And for deserts dealt out due share ; 
 From trade ere this he had been steering, 
 Nor still prov'd Knight of Auctioneering. 
 And such reward he merits well, 
 And would have tasted, if foul spell, 
 Had not entrapp'd him in the net, 
 By wily Scottish cunning set (g) : 
 
 (f) The foregoing couplets being sufficiently explanatory of 
 the event in question, it only remains for me to assure the reader 
 that the circumstance may be relied upon as a matter of fact, 
 which neither of the parties if applied to could have the effron- 
 tery to deny. 
 
 (g) Master J hnny of Noble Author renown, was by no means
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 49 
 
 Chr st e. 
 
 Which hath inveigl'd many more, 
 As I'll rehearse in rhyming lore, 
 Ere Chalcof/raphian race is run, 
 And Catalogus' story done. 
 
 In classics vers'd, with manners meek, 
 Nor less with Latin stor'd than Greek (h) ; 
 Lo ! Chr-9-st-e-e view the hammer wielding-, 
 As Sguare does stick, ponrtray'd by Fielding ; 
 
 backward in letting R ch rds n into a good thing, whose 
 pocket has smarted to the tune of several hundreds, by the preda- 
 tory incursions of our Northern Adventurer. 
 
 (A) The personage now before us, who owes his origin to a very 
 expert parent, is the most classical of our auctioneering fraternity, 
 having been gifted wfth scholastic education, that has inducted 
 him to a knowledge of the Greek ami Roman writers. As ft
 
 30 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Chr t e. 
 
 He treads in shoes of great Papa, 
 And tells alike untruths comme fa : 
 For Auctioneer would give emetic, 
 That was not vers'd in prose-poetic ; 
 In fine it must till day of doom, 
 Of pulpit rank the great heir-loom. 
 Still though I've learned nam'd my knight, 
 With ignorance I've known him fright 
 Such share of sense as I possess : 
 Witness when once he laid great stress, 
 As porter held up lot before us, 
 A picture bright of painter Floras, 
 Which knight with acumen quite keen, 
 Pronounc'd cheftfceuvre Florentine; 
 
 vender he ranks very fair, and in private life his character will 
 stand the test of the most minute enquiry.
 
 BOOK ir. CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 51 
 
 Chr t e. 
 
 Whereas said artist void of blemish, 
 Was call'd the Rctphael of the Flemish; 
 'Twas Francis FLORUS name no doubt, 
 Turn'd Ch>*-st-#4's senses inside out (i). 
 At sale of Bishop's stores of Ely (j), 
 Friend Catalogus bled quite freely ; 
 Thus easing well lin'd purse of wad, 
 Since Going, Going claim'd his Nod. 
 
 (i) I must confess that I felt no small share of surprise on wit- 
 nessing this egregious blunde/ from a person of education, and 
 more particularly as the father of our Auctioneer had a knowledge 
 of the several schools of painting at his tongue's end : in order 
 therefore to avoid such mistakes in future, I would advise Mr. 
 C to make Pilkington his pulpit companion. 
 
 (f) Among other lucky windfalls that have come under the 
 hammer of this personage, the collection of the late Bishop of 
 Ely was not the least in magnitude, and consequently productive 
 of considerable profit. 
 
 E 2
 
 52 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 t % 
 
 K ng and L ch e. 
 
 Fine Granger thus with stores he dress'd, 
 While Clarendon due share iinpress'd ; 
 Whereby this truth appears quite plain 
 If bidder was in mirthful vein, 
 To common sense 'tis render'd clear, 
 As much delight felt auctioneer j 
 Who profits gaining" chuckled gaily \ 
 So thus o'erjoy'd I'll bid him VALE. 
 
 To yield our Catalogus treat, 
 Puffed up with pride and vain conceit ; 
 In Auction's guise I next army, 
 The King-street K*-ng and friend L-x-ch**>e ; 
 Who well nigh robb'd of sense the grain, 
 That stocks my Ckalcogrtiphiari *3 brain ; 
 As they the wond'rous stores unlock'd, 
 And down to ardent bidders knock'd, 
 Within their well attended room, 
 A Farmer's hoards and eke a Coombe :
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMAN1A. 53 
 
 K ng and L ch e. 
 
 Collection most renown'd of Reed, 
 
 Devoted to Shaksperian creed : 
 
 And Tooke who butted with sharp Horne r 
 
 'Gainst Ministers, like Unicorn ; 
 
 And with Big-wigs made hurly-burley, 
 
 Diversions printing nam'd of Purley : 
 
 From wonders such as these 'tis plain, 
 
 With Catalogus K-i-ng must reign, 
 
 'Mongst pulpit tribe that makes oration, 
 
 A monstrous brilliant constellation (k). 
 
 (A:) This brace of Hammertonian* have no cause to complain of 
 the frowns of fortune, having been honoured with the disposal of 
 the most famous Chalcographian hoards ; witness the sales of those 
 famous collectors Farmer and Coombe, which brought immense 
 suras, together with the property of Mr. Reed, who, as a com- 
 mentator on Shakspeare, has in many instances Landed his name 
 down as a literary character with honour to posterity. Jn addi- 
 tion to these must be named the library of the late John Home 
 Tooke, who figured most conspicuously a* a political character
 
 54 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 L gh and S th by. 
 
 Wherefore in hopes he long may blaze 
 To others now I'll tune nay lays. 
 
 With Catalogus hand in hand, 
 To ]><-gh and S-th^-by's in the Strand, 
 I wend my way : to fame well-known, 
 Whose acts are grac'd with honour s zone, 
 Since unlike some that might be quoted, 
 For deeds unfair they are not noted (I), 
 
 during the North, Chatham, and Pi ft administrations ; while his 
 deep research as a scientific scholar is indelibly stamped on the 
 annals of literature by the acumen displayed in his Diversions of 
 Purley, than which perhaps a more learned production never 
 issued from the press of this or any other country. 
 
 (/) If the abilities of these individuals in their vocation are not 
 very prominent, their characters however are unimpeachable, 
 being fair and honest dealers in all their transactions through life, 
 as every one must allow who has had any concern with them.
 
 .OOK ii. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 55 
 
 L gh and S th by. 
 
 'Tis true this twain can't claim renown, 
 Mere putters-up and knockers-down ; 
 Yet ne'ertheless all-bounteous fate, 
 Hath dealt to them collections great, 
 That won my Chalcoyraphians heart, 
 Who ne'er yet fail'd to play his part : 
 Witness the stores of All rfs vat 
 Whose wit is like his brewing flat : 
 A Tyson's prints and medals rare (in), 
 That made our Catalogus stare ; 
 Like Hindoo running fearful muck (n), 
 Or screaming pig that's newly stuck, 
 
 (m) Mr. All n, of hop-renown, who is not only a buyer but a 
 vender also, seems to celled for the express purpose of selling 
 again. Far different from this was the conduct of the liberal Mr. 
 Tys n deceased, whose judgment was conspicuously displayed 
 at the sale of his rare collection of prints and medals, which afford- 
 ed a real treat to every lover and judge of the arts.
 
 56 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA/ 1 
 
 L gh and Sth by. 
 
 The hoards of Dog D ntfurioso 
 
 At sight of hound who Doloroso, 
 
 Now weeps o'er false Shaksperian lore (o), 
 
 Which sprang from Maisterre Ireland's store ; 
 
 (ri) In the East Indies it frequently occurs that a native will 
 chew laudanum to such an excess, that the most raging delirium 
 ensues ; in which frenzied state the afflicted party seizes the first 
 weapon he can find, and rushing out with the gesticulations of 
 fury imprinted on his visage, runs forward, aiid will stab any un- 
 fortiuiatc being that does not clear the way at his approach. Such 
 is tiie explanation of Running a Muck, which terminates in death, 
 as the sufferer proceeds till exhausted, when he drops down and 
 expires, from the effect produced by this powerful deleterious 
 drug. 
 
 (0) The gentleman now figuring in our Chalcographimanian 
 drama, must certainly have been afflicted at some period of his life 
 with the hydrophobia, having evinced in a certain senatorial meet- 
 iug the most rooted antipathy to the race of hounds : neither is 
 he less acrimonious upon the subject of the Ireland forgeries, 
 which he originally purchased, but growing weary of his acquisi- 
 tion, brought them to the hammer, when the price bid was so
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 57 
 
 L gh and S th by. 
 
 Whose impudence deserves the rod, 
 For having ap'd the muse's god (p). 
 To Boucher praises must be pour'd, 
 With Marquis TonmsJtend's classic hoard ; 
 While still to sweeten more the posset, 
 Come books of dirty snarling G-e-ss-t^t ; 
 
 trifling in comparison with what he had originally paid, that the 
 property was bought in and now continues in Mr. D -'s keeping, 
 who never glances at this modern antique, without experiencing 
 an emotion similar to that which results from the working of a 
 plentiful dose of ipecacuanha. 
 
 (p) It has frequently afforded me a matter of astonishment to 
 think how this literary fraud could have so long duped the world, 
 and involved in its deceptions vortex such personages as a Parr, 
 U '/Kir ton, and Sheridan, not omitting Jemmy Bosicell, of Johnsonian 
 renown ; nor can I even refrain from smiling whensoever the vo- 
 lumes of Malone and Chalmers, together with the pamphlets of 
 Boaden, Waldron, Wt/att, and Pftilakthes, otherwise Webb, Esq. 
 chance to fall in my way. All this however verifies the words of 
 Martial, when he says, Stultiu labor e*t ineptiarum.
 
 58 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Who after twenty years hard courting, 
 Procur'd an help-mate for disporting (q). 
 So much for Auction pedigree, 
 Of S-tf-th-Tr-by and companion Lt-*-gh. 
 
 A Scot now booing to the great, 
 His creatures lord's in selling state (r) ; 
 Whose wither'd phiz you'll ever find, 
 The portrait of his hungry mind ; 
 
 (q) The three collections above noted came to the hammer of 
 these auctioneers. As for the Doctor and his prime copies he cer- 
 tainly must have possessed some unaccountable talismanic charm 
 to effect this inroad upon a wealthy lady's affections ; for as to 
 the exterior form divine, he might well have exclaimed with 
 Richard, " Why love for swore me in my mother's womb." 
 
 (r) This auctioneer has two famous auxiliaries in D dd and 
 H 11 nd ; the former puffing and purchasing, while the latter, 
 instead offlourithing off panegyrics, is contented to flourish the 
 hammer, being denied the aid of finished enunciation, both by 
 nature and a lack of scholastic acquirements.
 
 BOOK 11. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 59 
 
 Ph-ii p . 
 
 While Dutch-pug like to sweeten life, 
 
 Beside him view his vixen wife ; 
 
 That breathes with raven's croak her spite, 
 
 A most infuriate Belgic sprite ; 
 
 That naught e'er suffers to go by, 
 
 Her finger always in the pye (s). 
 
 'Twas here great Catalogus saw, 
 
 Rare sights and clapp'd on them his claw. 
 
 When Ar gyles Duke to sale resign'd, 
 
 Delights of Chalcographian's mind ; 
 
 And Udney's choice collection too, 
 
 With Spencers pass'd in grand review (t) ; 
 
 (s) The lanky appearance of Ph 11 p 's countenance is 
 doubtless owing to the tongue and temper of his Dutch help-mate, 
 who strictly verifies this old French proverb ; " La langue des 
 " femmes est lew epie, et dies ne la lament pas rouiller" 
 
 (0 The sale of the above mentioned collections fell to the lot of 
 the Auctioneer now under review.
 
 60 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 But what allur'd mine hero most, 
 Was when Jine proof s bewitching host, 
 Were brought the hammer's blow to share, 
 Impressions matchless, bright, and rare; 
 Which PA-*-tf4-p*-singing blithe Te Deum, 
 Had chose for sale at great M**-s-~-wn ; 
 Whereas he should have borne to dwelling 
 No more than duplicates for selling (u) 9 
 But northern sense is ne'er in mist, 
 And proofs we know to mill bring grist. 
 While to Museum thus I'm led, 
 Of D <jh t n something should be said ; 
 
 () Th ne hiving furnished Mr. Crackerode, who left bis col- 
 lection to the British Museum, with numerous prints, recognized 
 the rare portrait of Doctor Moore, by Failhorne, when finding 
 that he was outbid by Wdbr* the dealer, he made the cir- 
 cumstance public.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Ph li p_. 
 
 Who void of blushes stole at will, 
 
 From all collections purse to fill ; 
 
 Till Rembrandt's etching, prime landscape (v) 9 
 
 Call'd COACH, brought D gh n into scrape, 
 
 Who finding guilt will courage alter, 
 
 On being prov'd a base defaulter ; 
 
 Restor'd whate'er he still possessed, 
 
 And thus the case was lull'd to rest. 
 
 (t?) D gh a the artist being countenanced by the Prince 
 Regent, and on terms of intimacy with B lo, who held a situation 
 in the British Museum, procured admission whensoever he wished, 
 under the plea of making copies of rare etchings ; instead of 
 which his practice was to select the choicest prints he could find 
 from Cracherode's collection in particular, with which he was in 
 the habit of walking off. Among the valuable Chalcograpkic 
 specimens thus procured, was the above-mentioned extra rare aud 
 tine etching known by the name of Coach, in consequence of 
 one of those vehicles being introduced into the design. Of thij 
 print D gh n executed a precise copy, and then disposed ef
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 St w rt. 
 
 A second son of Scotia's isle, 
 Now claims my Catalogue smile, 
 Whose mental attributes may be, 
 In words condens'd no more than three, 
 Wherefore he is so wills it fate, 
 Conceited stupid obstinate ; 
 'Tis true he oft appalls with wonder, 
 When hammer's blow re-echoes thunder, 
 Thus what his elocution lacks, 
 Is made good by tremendous whacks ; 
 
 one of the impressions to W db rn as being an original, when 
 the latter, anxious to ascertain the fact for a certainty, and well 
 aware that there was one deposited in the Museum in Cracherode't 
 bequest,. he repaired thither for the purpose of comparing the im- 
 pressions, but upon inspection of the folios, this coach landscape 
 could not be found ; when a strict enquiry was instituted, the 
 result of which proved a complete discovery of the depredations in 
 question.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 63 
 
 St w rt. 
 
 Which oft from seat hath caus'd to jump, 
 My knight, electrified by thump. 
 O ! what a famous row was made, 
 With Chalcographians and the Trade, 
 W'hen dainty lots of Lake deceased (iv), 
 Heroic bidders finely fleec'd : 
 Or when with Chalcographian rage, 
 He warr'd for Basioloyian page, 
 Suppos'd from Fifes great Lord to come, 
 Whereas J swear 'twas all an HUM (x), 
 
 (to) Whatsoever may be wanting on the score of rhetorical 
 tropes, such deficiency is amply compensated by the most 
 liberal use of this vender's hammer, who, though from North of 
 the Tweed, was not as I have before stated a competent match for 
 the Norfolk Brnt. Sir James Lk's effects, which were very 
 numerous, and sold for high prices, were consigned to St w rt, 
 who had no cause to complain of the result, which was extremely 
 beneficial to his pocket. 
 
 Basiologia is a small folio, containing fine impressions of
 
 OHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 St w rt. 
 
 No more belonging to that peer, 
 
 Than Champagne's brew'd from hops, like beer ; 
 
 many 'rare portraits by the Passes and others, of which volume 
 very few indeed have made their appearance. The contents of 
 the last that was sold by St w rt, netted upwards of five hun- 
 dred and fifty-five pounds ; and was universally supposed to have 
 belonged to the Earl of Fife, well known to possess a copy; but in 
 this conjecture the Chalcographimanians labour under a most 
 egregious error, as the volume in question, to my certain knowledge, 
 is still in his lordship's library. 
 
 Nil intra tst oleam, nil extra est in noce duri. 
 
 HOR. 
 
 Some years back an imperfect copy of the Battologia was pur- 
 chased by a well-known bookseller, who is dubbed by his tribe 
 with the significant appellation of Measter B y us, for eighteen- 
 pence, which lie relinquished at the Knock Out for an advance of 
 six pounds. Tbis new purchaser then disposed of his acquisition 
 for forty-five pounds the day after be brought his bargain into the 
 market ; on which he conceived that he had outdone all former 
 outdoings, but to his mortification ascertained when too late, that 
 the next possessor procured two hundred and seventy guineas for 
 the prints, within three days after his disposal of them.
 
 BOOK u. CIIALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 65 
 
 D dd. 
 
 For reason cogent I will show, 
 To prove that none this secret know ; 
 Since SALE, IN HAND, upon my life, 
 Tve had the VOLUME fam'd of F-9-fe. 
 Optics 'tis plain there's no deceiving 
 Seeing and feeling is believing. 
 
 Who would have thought that e'er a D#-dd, 
 Would rank with auction dons a god, 
 
 This auctioneer also disposed of a collection which was falsely 
 said to belong to a foreign Marquis, whereas it was the property 
 of Mj r Bl gr ve, who, possessing no Chalcographic 
 knowledge, was completely imposed upon by a set of fawning 
 scycophantic Kalians, amongst whom one bearing the ludicrous 
 appellation of Tom Punch, was not only the most prominent in 
 adding to the collection, but also in puffing the lots during the; 
 period of the sale. It is merely necessary to add by way of 
 proving the rascality of these foreigners, that the collection, con- 
 sisting of German and Italian prints, which originally cost the
 
 66 CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 
 
 D dd. 
 
 Still Cataloyus bends the knee, 
 
 And hails him high sublimity. 
 
 Yet though on stilts he now appears, 
 
 If we retrace a few short years, 
 
 We view him serving out to many, 
 
 In Lambeth Marsh prints at one penny, 
 
 Which strung in rows the hovel grac'd, 
 
 With dust and cobwebs thick enchas'd (y). 
 
 Not far from thence in Lambeth Road, 
 
 Of P Is r stands the known abode (z), 
 
 Major several thousand pounds, did notafter payment of custom- 
 house duties realize as many hundreds. 
 
 (y) Facts are rather stubborn things. The events above re- 
 corded will stand the test of the most rigid scrutiny, and strongly 
 display the wonderful vicissitudes that frequently attend upon 
 man. 
 
 (z) This supercilious print-vender was originally an errand boy
 
 BOOK ii. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 67 
 
 D dd. 
 
 With whom war Clialcographic rag'd, 
 As price 'gainst price was eager wag'd : 
 Thus either sharp print-selling brother, 
 Strove hard to undersell the other (a) \ 
 
 to R g d of the Strand, who in course of time began to think 
 that money might be realized by setting up a small shop on the 
 Surrey side of the water, and in order to ascertain this he took 
 what was then little better than a hut, placing P Is r there to 
 sell for him. The latter finding that the scheme answered, per- 
 suaded R g d that it was a useless speculation, and in conse- 
 quence of this his master relinquished the shop, which P Is- -r 
 instantly took, where he gradually got forward in the world, 
 and now figures among print-sellers a very noted personage. This 
 man, to increase his profits, has also taken an auction shop under 
 the carpet-warehouse in Leicester-fields, which fairly ranks with 
 others in the metropolis of a similar class. 
 
 (a) No sooner had D dd set up than a violent competition for 
 
 the acquirement of custom took place between these Surrey 
 
 heroes, each sneaking by candle-light to the other's window, iu 
 
 order to ascertain the prices marked upon prints, according to 
 
 F 2
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 D dd. 
 
 Next mov'd to street call'd Tavistock, 
 
 To D-e-dd in crowds Collectors flock ; 
 
 Till last in search of fortune's fane, 
 
 He shows off in Saint Martins Lane, 
 
 Where I fame's trump now boist'rous blowing, 
 
 Thrice hail him knight of Going going (b). 
 
 which they either encreased or decreased the sums at which they 
 intended to sell their own commodities. 
 
 (b) As an Auctioneer D dd, though extremely ignorant, ha 
 had remarkable success, nor was the disposal of G n ral 
 D dsw ll's collection one of the most insignificant boons of 
 fortune. As to his pronunciation he calls a print admirable fine, 
 and so forth. On the score of consummate effrontery no knight of 
 the hammer can surpass him, as he literally will sit at his own 
 table, while H 11 nd is vending his own prints, and bid with as 
 much assurance as if he were a total stranger. He does not per- 
 haps bear in recollection that there are such things as acts of par- 
 liament, and that a clause in one, relating to auctioneers, prohibits 
 any such vender from bidding more than once, which must either
 
 TOOK a. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. <>9 
 
 Ev- ns. 
 
 In shoals methinks I now see flock down 
 Collectors, JEv^t-ns (c) to thy knock-down ; 
 When Roxburgh's fam'd gigantic sale, 
 Made Catalogus pocket wail, 
 Nor did a Stanley's choice editions, 
 Cause less enfuriate competitions 
 With Bibliomanians, lur'd at finding 
 To paper large join'd splendid binding. 
 
 be at the commencement or termination of the bidding. By such 
 conduct as this however the man has got forward, and being de- 
 sirous to imitate the Great, has taken his country dwelling near 
 Buckingham House. These grand ideas however sometimes ex- 
 perience a temporary degradation, as proved the case in 
 R ch rds n's sale room, when D dd having given a person 
 named R wl s the lie, the latter reminded him of a former 
 period, saying, that although he then looked so big, time was that 
 he had not wherewith to purchase a pound of potatoes; which so 
 enraged mine Auctioneer, that blows ensued, and a glorious mill- 
 ing match proved the result, to the in6nite delight of the Chalce- 
 graphimanian crew assembled.
 
 70 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 S nd rs. 
 
 Last worthy to be rank'd the friend 
 Of Catalog/us, I'll unbend 
 
 (c) This man is an Auctioneer, and when that is said, his 
 history is at once enrolled : the R xb r gh collection, which 
 was very extensive, was much enriched by H rb rt and the 
 Sc tt's, while the St nl y library had to boast the choicest 
 editions, which were farther enhanced in value by a display of the 
 most sumptuous bindings. 
 
 As a specimen of the prices at which the lots sold at the sale of 
 thjs nobleman's effects, I shall first quote as instances the follow- 
 ing works from the printing press of Caxton. 
 
 9. 
 
 Literary Festival, folio, purchased by Earl Spencer 105 
 
 The prouffytable Boke for Manes Soule, called the Chas- 
 
 tysing of Goddes Children, folio 140 
 
 The Golden Legend, or Lives of the Saints, 1483, folio... 31 
 
 The Life of St. Jerome, quarto 121 
 
 Catherine of Tenis, folio 05 o 
 
 Tullius of Old Age and Friendship, J481, folio 115 
 
 The Mirrour of the World, 1480, folio (the fairest and 
 
 finest of Caxton existing 351 15
 
 BOOK ii. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 71 
 
 S nd rs. 
 
 My Muse , that from Pall Mall meanders, 
 To halt at Auction-room of 
 
 s. 
 
 The Kalendayr of Shyppers, folio 180 
 
 The Boke of St. Alban's, folio, made perfect by MS 147 
 
 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, MSS. on vellum, with illumi- 
 nations, purchased by the Duke of Devonshire 357 
 
 I have not been able to trace the early prices of all the Caxton* 
 mentioned in the above list, but the subjoined specimens will 
 abundantly testify the rapid progress of the Bibliomania among 
 Collectors. At Mr. West's sale in 1775, the following forming 
 part of the above volumes, sold as under : 
 
 At Mr. West's. At D. of R. 
 
 s. s. 
 
 The Prouffy table Boke for Mane's Soule, &c 5 . . 140 
 
 The Mirror of the World, &c 2 13.. 351 15 
 
 The Golden Legend 12 15. . 31 
 
 Tullius of Old Age and Friendship 5 10. .115 
 
 The Boke of St. Albans* . . . 13 . . 147 
 
 * As another convincing proof of the astonishing rise which has 
 taken place in the price of old books, I have farther to instance,
 
 72 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Whose heavy head leaves in the lurch (d), 
 His neighbours at Saint Dunstan's church ; 
 
 The 17th of June, 1812, proved however the grand climax in 
 book vending, for at no time, and in no country, did lots realize 
 prices at which they were knocked down by Mr. Evans. 
 
 No. 6,292. II Decamerone di Boccacio, 1471 2,260 
 
 Of the present rarity of this edition of the Decameron, 
 it is perhaps sufficient to state, that no other perfect copy 
 is known to exist, after the fruitless research of more 
 than three hundred jears. 
 
 No. 6,348. The Boke of the Faytof Armes ofChyvalrye, 
 
 folio, Caxton, 1479, bought by Mr. Nornaville, for . . 336 
 
 No. 6,343. The Veray trew History of the Valiant Knight 
 Jason, folio, 1492. Of this rare edition no other copy 
 is known ; bought by the Duke of Devonshire 94 10 
 
 that less than twenty years back the rare dramatic pieces of 
 Ferrex and Porrex, and Gorboduc were purchased of Otridge, 
 in the Strand, for five shillings : it would be needless to say at 
 what an advanced price they would sell at the present day.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 73 
 
 I mean the wooden brace that tell, 
 The fleeting hours by striking bell. 
 
 *. 
 No. 0,350. The Recuyeil of the Histories of Troye, &c. 
 
 Caxton, 1473. This matchless copy of the first book 
 printed in the English language, belonged to Elizabeth 
 Grey, Queen of Edward IV. bought by the Duke of 
 Devonshire, for 1060 10 
 
 No. 6,353. The most Pytiful History of the noble Ap- 
 polyn, king of Thyre, quarto, very rare, W. de Worde, 
 1519, bought by Mr. Nornaville, for 115 10 
 
 No. 6,360. The History of Blanchardyn and the Princess 
 Eglantyne, folio, Caxton. Unique, but unfortunately 
 imperfect ; bought by Earl Spencer, for 215 5 
 
 No. 6,361. The right Pleasaunt and Goodlie Historye of 
 the four Sonnes of Alman, folio ; bought by Mr. Heber, 
 for 65 
 
 No. 6376. The lyfe of Vergilius, rare, quarto, bought by 
 
 the Marquis of Blandford, for 54 12 
 
 No. 6,377. The Storye of Frederyke of Jennen, wood 
 
 cuts, 1518 ; bought by Triphook, for 65 2
 
 74 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 S nd rs. 
 
 With monst'rous clubs, from whence you cull 
 Such brains as grace of those the scull, 
 
 s. 
 No. 6,378. The Story of Mary of Nemegen, 1518, bought 
 
 by Triphook, for 67 
 
 The day's sale amounted to 5035 7 
 
 In addition to the above specimens of the Bibliomanian furor, I 
 may farther note. 
 
 *. 
 
 Webb's Discourse of English Poeterie, which sold for .... 64 
 
 The Paradyse of Daintye Devises 53 15 
 
 The Passetime of Pleasure, by Stephen Hawys 81 
 
 The Example of Virtue by the same Hand 60 
 
 The History of Boccus and Sydracke 30 
 
 The Contraverse between a Lover arid a Jay 39 
 
 The Spectacle of Lovers by Will Walter 43 
 
 Guistarde and Sigesmunde 54 
 
 The Castell of Pleasure 65 
 
 A Translation of the Ship of Fools 64 
 
 A Littel Treatise of the Horse, the Sheep, the Goos, by 
 
 J. Lydgate 44 
 
 The Love and Complaints between Mars and Venus 60
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 75 
 
 S nd rs. 
 
 That gaping stand, to view the blows 
 From whence the din recording flows. 
 
 *. 
 
 Gower's Confessions of Amantes 336 
 
 Another neither so old nor so ugly (such is the value of 
 
 deformity) 18 6 
 
 Great sales of books by auction, to the amount of 40,000, 
 have been made within these three years, and it was early com- 
 puted, that the Roxburgh sale would produce twenty-five or 
 thirty thousand pounds more. A collection of two-penny por- 
 traits of criminals and other remarkable characters, chiefly per- 
 sons tried at the Old Bailey, sold at this sale for 94. 10s.; and a 
 collection of halfpenny ballads and garlands pasted in three 
 volumes, for 478. 15s. Four years ago 32. was deemed a fair 
 price for the first edition of Shakspeare's works, in folio, 1623; 
 but in these Bibliomanian times, the collector conceives that he 
 has purchased a bargain, if he procures the said volume for one 
 hundred guineas, the price which it brought at the Duke of 
 Roxburgh's sale. For a more elaborate account of the Book- 
 mania, and particularly of the Decameron of Boccacio, vide 
 vol. 5, page 272, &c. of the General Chronicle and Literary 
 Magazine, from May to August 1812.
 
 76 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 S nd rs. 
 
 O S-r+wd-*-rs 'twas thy envied doom, 
 For Johnny Sc-#-tt to wield birch broom, 
 Of last deeds making- thus the clearance, 
 Ere Jacky made his disappearance (e) ; 
 
 (d) The vender above-mentioned cuts but a very so-so figure in 
 rhetoric, when employed in the hammer exercise however loud 
 he bawls ; and as for his enunciation, in lieu of the word place, 
 he never utters a sentence without pronouncing it pl&ase, in 
 the very broadest manner possible. 
 
 (e} The vender in question vras in the constant habit of making 
 cash advances to S t, who used to vest property in his hands as 
 a security for the same. He also sold the remnant of the Scottish 
 hoards when the game was up, and hie et ubique proved the order 
 of the day. Another mode resorted to, whereby the Auctioneer 
 now under review has realized money, is the following. 
 
 The custom is to purchase stock of booksellers in want of 
 ready cash, and not a tew dealings of this kind has be had with a 
 knight commercially deceased. These purchases are forwarded to 
 book-binders, of whom he has many in constant employ, that give 
 the most gay appearance to publications of mean repute ; when
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 77 
 
 In shades at once his head to hide 
 Immerg'd in black dishonour's tide, 
 For whoso from his bail can fly (f ) 
 Is stamp'd with guilt of deadly dye, 
 
 such volumes are not only calculated to captivate his neighbours, 
 the young students in the Temple, but the casual passenger also, 
 to the manifest detriment of the fair trader. By practices such 
 as these our Hammertonian has so well succeeded in feathering 
 his nest, that he can always command 1000. at his banker's, or 
 any other sum to answer the call of every distressed book-wight 
 who cannot raise wind sufficient to draw in his paper kites. 
 
 (/) This fact is known throughout the trade, from one of 
 whom I gleaned the information some short time back, coupled 
 with the following relation : that since J n has been at hide and 
 seek, his itch for auctions was such that he could not refrain from 
 entering a house where property was selling off, when lo ! in the 
 middle of the sale, an individual arrived, who had some time pre- 
 vious bailed our run-away, and was consequently fixed with the 
 payment of debt and costs. No sooner therefore did he recog- 
 nize his man, than seizing him by the collar, he demanded instant 
 remuneration in the face of the whole company, branding S tf
 
 78 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 S nd r. 
 
 His rectitude of mind debas'd 
 And ev'ry moral thrill effac'd. 
 
 Fain would the weary muse depart 
 From knock-down knight but Auction Mart 
 Claims at her hand corrective whip, 
 The deep deceptive veil to strip, 
 That robs fair trader of his due; 
 By specious holding forth to view, 
 An eye-entrapping gew-gaw show, 
 With nothing save external glow ; 
 Like winter's sickly rays, that bring 
 To mind the beams of dawning spring, 
 
 at tbe same time with every epithet that appertains to a b d. The 
 pressing nature of the case not admitting of evasion, prompt 
 measures were pursued, and the exasperated creditor, as I was in- 
 formed, procured immediate satisfaction.
 
 BOOK ii. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 79 
 
 Auction Marts. 
 
 Which scarcely shine ere snow and frost 
 Teach us 'tis winter to our cost : 
 So Marts, like these, may lure the eye (g) 
 Of thoughtless idiots passing by ; 
 But he that trusts, deceiv'd will be, 
 And knowledge gain with golden key; 
 For nought, save motley's precious loss, 
 Will make him know true ore from dross. 
 
 (g) These receptacles, which are a complete nuisance to so- 
 ciety, call aloud for the corrective interference of our legislature, 
 as independent of the tinselled rubbish with which they decoy the 
 unsuspecting passengers, they are farther instrumental in depriving 
 the auctioneer of that custom to which he has a just claim, in 
 consequence of the enormous rental of large premises, that he 
 is compelled to tenant, as well as the burthensome government 
 duties to which he is necessarily subjected. 
 
 END OF BOOK THE SECOND.
 
 TBoofc tfce C&irD,
 
 BOOK THE THIRD. 
 
 O ! curas hominum, O ! quantum est in rebus inane. 
 
 Your cares O ! men I'll tell you free, 
 Are centred in Frivolity. 
 
 OLD PRINT-SELIJERS, &C. 
 
 J. HOUGH dead, I must to fame hand down, 
 Of Senior Gr-<-v~*-s the high renown (a) ; 
 Whose little cunning piggish eye, 
 Betoken'd all that could rank sly, 
 
 (a) Senior Grvs, who has now been dead many years, was 
 one of the oldest hunters after portraits and Chalcographimanian 
 
 G2
 
 8* CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Gr v s, Sen. and Jun. 
 
 Who bought with acumen profound, 
 
 And turn'd each shilling into pound ; 
 
 As now will vouch his able son, 
 
 Whose knowledge shrewd is scarce outdone 
 
 By any Chalcographian wight 
 
 That makes old prints his heart's delight. 
 
 E'en from a CWlf^d, skilful blade, 
 
 True monarch of the portrait trade, 
 
 To Catalogus, knight acute, 
 
 Who red-hot follows print pursuit ; 
 
 In short, the living Gr-tf-v-^-s must be 
 
 Rank'd sound judge of Chalcography (b). 
 
 specimens, beginning this research at a period when there existed 
 scarcely any competitors ; wherefore, although he lived to witness 
 the most extraordinary rise in the value of engravings, could he 
 now be taken from his tomb, I really conceive that he would 
 hardly credit his senses. 
 
 (6) Whensoever merit demands the meed of praise, far be it
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Gr v (, Se&. and Jun. 
 
 In autographs as ably vers'd, 
 
 As Chatter ton the poet erst ; 
 
 Or he that later wielded fire-brand, 
 
 The impudent and forging Ireland, 
 
 Appears to view print-selling Tk-a^ne (c) t 
 
 Of Chakographian knowledge vain, 
 
 from me to withhold the due encomium which cannot possibly be 
 enrolled at a more fitting period than the present; since this 
 dealer most indubitably possesses true Chalcographian know- 
 ledge ; nor let me in this place forget [although unknown] to ac- 
 knowledge the many obligations which I owe to the personage in 
 question, for the sterling advice he has given me during the prose- 
 cution of my own collecting mania. 
 
 (c) By the Ft h ^//collection, Th ne realized a fortune, 
 and he will take especial good care that it shall not slip out of his 
 fingers; independent of his pursuit after portraits, &c. he is a 
 fancier of Autographs, many specimens of which, accompanied by 
 portraits, have been -given to the collecting world ; in addition to 
 which he has to boast no very trifling store of medals, that eugross 
 his thoughts equally with the above-mentioned researches.
 
 86 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 S raco. 
 
 Who stor'd with pelf is never mum, 
 Collectors holding 'neath his thumb, 
 For whoso craves of him rare print, 
 In payment ne'er must think to stint ; 
 He asks round sum, so if you flout it 
 I'faith you e'en must do without it -, 
 Which renders plain proverbial lore, 
 That cash in hand beyetteth more. 
 
 O'er huge portfolio fretful stands, 
 Awaiting customers' commands, 
 Old S-Tf-mco who with gutt'ral speech, 
 Toils gentlemen to over-reach, 
 Who tightly grasps within his hold, 
 Bank flimsies, or what's rarer, gold ; 
 Whose ceaseless cry is sure to be, 
 His starving state and poverty ; 
 So rather than a just debt pay, 
 He'll send the creditor away,
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 87 
 
 S rnco. 
 
 While from his whining tongue so glib, 
 He canting tells notorious fib (d), 
 
 (d) When necessity has compelled me to visit the shop of this 
 whining canting dealer, I have with infinite difficulty refrained 
 from giving vent to my risible faculties, as he literally is the very 
 epitome of discontent ; penury, poverty, and want, being always 
 at the tip of his tongue. If we regard him as acting upon the 
 principle of an Elwes or Daniel Dancer, we behold him creeping 
 to the most remote parts of the town, in order to purchase a loaf, 
 because he can get it a farthing cheaper than in his own neigh- 
 bourhood, while the same is conveyed home in a dirty, snuffy 
 pocket handkerchief. On the score of S me '* veracity, I can 
 only affirm that I have heard him when in his shop declare to 
 some stranger who called for payment of a bill, that by his Saviour 
 he was not at that time worth a dollar, when I myself ten minutes 
 before had paid him pounds for a lot of prints, and upon the death 
 of an old servant maid, it was whispered that a subscription would 
 be of great utility in defraying the charge of her interment, 
 which however was conducted in a way that gave evident proof 
 very little expence was resorted to. Some years back a ludi- 
 crous circumstance occurred to this dealer. Having an ap- 
 pointment with a gentleman at a particular hour, he was repairing 
 to the spot with a portfolio under his arm, when happening to pass
 
 
 88 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. BOOK m. 
 
 Smco. 
 
 As Catalogus well can vouch, 
 Who oft o'erreach'd hath emptied pouch j 
 For print raris. by S-f-mco rated : 
 Whereas whole quires were then created 
 From plate new-found, which he'll confer (e), 
 As FAVOUR OR each customer. 
 
 by a little book stall, he saw put up in the window for sale a very 
 scarce old volume, the label upon the same purporting that it was 
 to be sold for sixpence : on knocking at the door however, no one 
 proved to be at home ; what therefore was to be done 1 he durst 
 not disappoint one of his best customers, and to leave the book to 
 the chance of another collector passing by, was death to his 
 fondest hopes. Thus critically situated, creative fancy, on the 
 spur, suddenly put it into his head to break the pane of glass, 
 which in the furor of the moment he was on the point of executing, 
 but the dread of consequences checked his hand, when at that 
 moment the window-shutter struck his regard, which he actually 
 raised and placed before the window, to hide the book in question. 
 
 (e) So many circumstances might be adduced of prints former- 
 ly raristimo. becoming a drug, in consequence of the original
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 M It no. 
 
 next in nasal tone, 
 That emulates the bagpipe's drone ; 
 Print-seller rank* of highest rate, 
 Thanks to blind fortune and his fate ; 
 For when he first trod Albion's isle, 
 He lack'd of wealth the precious pile ; 
 
 coppers being discovered, that it would be superfluous to enume- 
 rate any one instance in particular. The multiplication of im- 
 pressions however has only occurred where the plates have got 
 into the hands of greenhorns, as your more experienced dealers, 
 like our S me , make a point of ekeiag them out with infinite 
 caution, after gracing the impressions with all the sacred arugo of 
 Chalcographian antiquity. In order to prevent such a circum- 
 stauce as this from ever taking place, we have a living instance in 
 the person of a grocer who hangs out the sugar-loaf in Dean- 
 street, and has actually caused three plate* of himself to be en- 
 graved; ONE AN WHOLE LENGTH, from which he has only 
 struck off half a dozen impressions, and then destroyed the 
 plates, in order to confer the title of extra rare upon these deli- 
 neations of his sugar-plumb countenance, Credite pottenUt
 
 90 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. BOOK 
 
 M It no. 
 
 Of images the vender poor, 
 
 Thus selling wares from door to door (f). 
 
 But now he shares of Dons the love, 
 
 With Chalcographians hand and glove. 
 
 Such change of times records my pen, 
 
 And with them too the fates of men ; 
 
 For poor to-day is rich to-morrow, 
 
 This hour brings mirth next teems with sorrow. 
 
 M-e-lt-wio owes to luck alone 
 
 The wealth he now proclaims his own ; 
 
 (/)M It n 's next step to honour and printsell ing //< was 
 filling the envied post of foot-boy to Th ne and Trr, whose 
 boots and shoes experienced the efficacy of his manual labours. 
 Under such experienced Chalcographians, it is consequently little 
 to be wondered at that this personage should imbibe the divine 
 cacotthes, which by progressive gradations has exalted him to the 
 present acme of his greatness.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMAN1A. 
 
 M It no. 
 
 No talent led to^ fortune's road, 
 His scull a very ponderous load (g), 
 
 (g) This assertion will become manifest when I acquaint my 
 reader that our vender caused a drawing to be made by Bcttilini, 
 of the carrotty headed young master M It no, which was after- 
 wards engraved and published. Upon the first appearance of the 
 print in question, a nobleman chanced to enter our dealer's shop, 
 when seeing the portrait upon the counter, he exclaimed : " What 
 
 " d d ugly little wretch have you got here, M It no?" to 
 
 which the latter, quite abashed, replied, " It is my Son, my 
 " Lord!" This brings to my recollection the anecdote of a 
 gentleman at the Theatre, being seated next to Lord North, with 
 whose person he was unacquainted, and of whom he enquired, 
 after some preliminary conversation, the name of a lady sitting on 
 the opposite side of the house, adding, that she was the ugliest 
 woman he ever beheld" That," replied his lordship, " it my 
 " sifter, Sir." Confounded at the error he had committed, the 
 interrogator stammering, exclaimed, " / do not mean that lady, 
 but the one seated next to her." " Oh !" answered Lord North, 
 smiling, " That, Sir, is my wife, and we are esteemed the ugliest 
 " couple in England."
 
 92 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 C-l-g-i. 
 
 Which naught can ever render clear, 
 Wherefore till death ends life's career, 
 His genius ne'er from shop will fly, 
 Just form'd to sell, to bid, and buy (h). 
 
 From sing-song sweet Italia's land, 
 Another view, who swells our band j 
 That like the former came sans sous, 
 With naught but love of pelf in view. 
 
 (K) M^e-ltC-no and C-0-Ht*g-i were originally partners, but 
 the instant the partnership was dissolved, M-^lt-e-no became the 
 purchaser of a very valuable collection, that laid the foundation of 
 his fortune. I had nearly omitted to mention the conduct of Mr. 
 D nt, M. P. who one day entered the shop of Mltno in a 
 towering rage, upon which occasion he abused this print-vender 
 in the most violent manner, because our poor Chalcographian 
 had exposed in his window a portrait of Bonaparte for sale, 
 having placed the same by the side of a fine print of our Saviour.
 
 *,.* MI. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 93 
 
 C I g--i. 
 
 His calling- then to catch our rats (i), 
 But faith he soon caught better Fiats, 
 For patronage of weak John Bull f 
 With coin has stow'd his lockers full ; 
 While native worth is left to pine, 
 Since Britons ever must incline, 
 
 (t) I have been credibly informed that C-i*-l4i*g-^i's debut 
 on the London pavee was in the character of a rat-catcher ; but as 
 to his early connection with Chalcography, I am not enabled to 
 afford my readers any insight into the subject. While engaged on 
 the topic of this Chalcographian vender, I cannot help noticing 
 the licence granted to foreigners to import and export prints, 
 which might equally facilitate the conveyance of political infor- 
 mation to our enemies. Prompted by my partiality for the arts, 
 1 repaired as well as others to the shop of C 1 g i, to in- 
 spect the highly extolled print of the Gallic Emperor, an impres- 
 sion of which was purchased by the Prince Regent, when in lieu of 
 finding it the ne plus ultra of engraving, I will venture to affirm 
 that it is not equal to the efforts of our Heath or Sharp. The im- 
 pression is fine, and the paper and ink excellent, and to those 
 essential requisites it stands indebted for its beauty.
 
 94 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 To pamper foreign art and trick, 
 Consigning English worth to Nick (j) : 
 Did I the helm of state command, 
 Of vermin straight I'd clear the land. 
 No fawning foreigner should e'er, 
 Of ought that 'long'd to me have care ; 
 To Albion's race I'd prove the friend, 
 Britons on Britons should attend (k) ; 
 
 (j) No subject deserves more pointedly the corrective band of 
 satire than this shameful predilection of the Great for persons of 
 foreign extraction, while English talent is left to weather the 
 bitterest storms of neglect and adverse fortune. Take the whole 
 circuit of our nobility, nay, even commence with the ramifications 
 
 from R ty itself, and you will find that our very P es 
 
 are the abettors of this partiality. One would really imagine that 
 the affair of Sellis and the Duke of Cumberland would have 
 afforded a wholesome and corrective lesson ; but the evil still 
 exists, to the lasting shame of the present sera, and the degradation 
 of that national feeling, which was the boasted pride of our patrio- 
 tic ancestors.
 
 BOOK in. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 95 
 
 St^-c . 
 
 With which plain comment I thus close, 
 And send C--law*g-^i to repose (I). 
 
 Array'd in puritanic grace, 
 Comes Catalogus crony - St-**-c-<-, 
 Who wond'rous well knows how to diddle 
 Great connoisseurs who buss his fiddle. 
 
 (&) I should like to ascertain the cause of this caco'tthes for 
 foreign attendants ; for my part there is a fawning sycophancy, an 
 inexpressible something about Italians, and Frenchmen in parti- 
 cular, that always excites in my breast an unconquerable feeling of 
 aversion : not to lay any stress on the acknowledged predilection 
 of the former for a vice abhorrent to human nature. Englishmen, 
 on the contrary, possess a manly independence, which scorns to 
 have recourse to mean servility in attending their employers ; and 
 it is this characteristic which renders them in my estimation the 
 fittest domestics for their generous countrymen. 
 
 (f) I am told there is not a sum of money which could be de- 
 manded in reason that would not be given by C 1 g i, if the 
 prohibitions upon him as an alien could be removed.
 
 96 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 In fine his word's an ipse dixit, 
 If nameless print you have, he nicks it (m) : 
 So well at christ'ning carries farce on, 
 You'd vow he was some village parson ; 
 Witness our Catalogus, when 
 He leagued with band of sapient men, 
 Old Chalcographians passing deep, 
 Whose judgment ne'er was known to sleep, 
 And countless others who have nam'd, 
 A portrait base Our Shakespeare fam'd ; 
 Prom which hath issu'd graven plate, 
 Subscrib'd for by collecting great (n), 
 
 (m) St c has by some means or other wriggled himself 
 into the good graces of the Great, who no doubt serve his purpose 
 admirably. One very happy step towards this enviable exaltation, 
 was and is the knack of christening any nameless print or picture 
 that may chance to be in the possession of a customer; thus ren- 
 dering it either serviceable in illustrating, or affording some artist 
 a job by having it engraved pro bono publico.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 97 
 
 Which well hath answer'd St-^-c-^s end, 
 Who proved in tins friend Eyo's FRIEND : 
 
 (n) This print, which is engraved from a picture that resem- 
 bled as much the bard of Avon, as Ben Jonson or Joe -Miller, 
 was puffed off in the newspapers and advertised with a confidence 
 H la St c , that nothing could surpass. From th very first 
 moment that I saw the painting in the possessor's hands, I pro- 
 nounced it spurious, notwithstanding I was told to my infinite 
 astonishment, that the correct and able judging Mr. D ce, had 
 not only given it his sanction, but honoured the list of subscribers 
 by inserting his name : how far this gentleman may still continue 
 in the same mind, I am not precisely enabled to state, but I rather 
 apprehend his faith is much shaken. That St c 's grand 
 object was however answered, there can be little doubt, for profit 
 after all, is the Chalcographian vender's primum mobile. 
 
 Since penning the above note, I have called to my remem- 
 brance another portrait, said to be an original likeness of our 
 bard when a young man, which was offered to view at the shop 
 of C 1 g , and is the property I understand of a Mr. 
 P rry, who has a taste for design, having executed drawings of 
 several mendicant characters and others, eighteen of which are 
 etched by an artist of the name of VAN ASSEN, who seems to
 
 98 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 st c . 
 
 Since after all no matter whether 
 
 A Crispin cutter-out of leather 
 
 This portrait rare may represent, 
 
 Great St+t-c-*- no doubt earn'd cent, per cent. 
 
 And though such pictures may be pretty, 
 
 He best prefers bank notes from city : 
 
 follow the style of Callot with great ability. Each of these por- 
 traits is accompanied by a short biographical sketch of the indi- 
 vidual, one of which is particularly curious, viz. the likeness of 
 Cardozo, a dwarf from Portugal, who was made a public spec- 
 tacle during three days only, being sent to his native country at 
 the expiration of that short term by order of the Portuguese 
 ambassador. This extraordinary diminutive personage could only 
 be paralleled by Count Borulawski, who some years back exhi- 
 bited himself in the Strand, combining with great affability the 
 manners of the most polished courtier. A few of these etchings 
 were pirated by D rt n, son of the printseller of that name, 
 who was however compelled to stop the sale of the impressions by 
 the possessor of the plates in question, which doubtless grace the 
 collection of B r n D rns le, whose mania consists in pro- 
 curing portraits of people of every description.
 
 BOOK HI. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 99 
 
 St-c . 
 
 So while on print extoll'd to sky, 
 
 We talk that cries out buy FOOLS buy, 
 
 A theme still older verse shall melt on, 
 
 Mere picture's scrap possess'd by Felton, 
 
 That gave to view a German's phiz, 
 
 Which R-*-ch-**-rds-*-n by way of quiz, 
 
 In sizes three caus'd to be graven, 
 
 As if one print of head thus shaven 
 
 Were not enough though dubb'd by sage, 
 
 Of Avon's bard the true visage (<>) 
 
 (d) Some years back an old head, exhibited at the European 
 Museum, and belonging to a Mr. plton, which was merely part 
 of a picture, was boldly pronounced to be the original of Droes- 
 hout's engraving, affixed to the folio of Shakespeare's plays; where- 
 as it precisely resembles a snuff-taking German. From this iden- 
 tical painting, however, Rchrdsn caused three different 
 sized plates to be executed, which were, I believe, sanctioned by 
 numerous subscribers ; but whether to an extent that left much 
 profit in the printseller's hands, I will not take upon myself to 
 
 H 2
 
 100 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 j_hn S tt. 
 
 With one more comment I'll dismiss, 
 Our Chalcographian, which is this, 
 He hath a noddle, but for brain, 
 Were we to search, 'twould be but vain, 
 "Pis all mere outside, gew-gaw sham ; 
 His knowledge nothing but flim-flam (p). 
 
 The bard shall now a tale repeat, 
 With many fam'd exploits replete ; 
 So, first, 'tis fit his theme should quote 
 Ane Herbert's name, and cautious note (q), 
 
 determine. While upon this topic, let not Sir Richard Phillips'* 
 whole length picture of Chaucer be forgotten, of which an en- 
 graving is affixed to Godwin's life of that poet. 
 
 (p) From naught take naught and what remains 1 
 The store that's lodg'd in St c '9 brains. 
 
 (q) At the epoch alluded to H r& rt was a very young man,
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 101 
 
 j_hn S tt. 
 
 That sera as the time when winding, 
 Our youthful toiler at b+t-k-b 
 
 Like Anaconda round its prey, 
 Grasp'd stores against printselling day. 
 And having safe secur'd the spoils, 
 Left prey to struggle in its toils ; 
 'Twas then to shew how talent oft, 
 To art oppos'd, proves mighty soft, 
 That Ir-4-i-^ndy fam'd for picturesque, 
 And fond of Hogarttis keen burlesque, (r) 
 
 and bad just come into possession of all the tare typographical 
 stores of bis uncle, residing at Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, which 
 had originally constituted the library of Am s. From this 
 ample collection the hero of my tale procured fine pickings by 
 way of exchange, and part money, &c. for while any thing re- 
 mained J hnny proved 
 
 No* missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo. 
 (r) Two individuals of the same name have written upon the
 
 102 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 j_hn S tt. 
 
 Should oft have aided Sawney's views, 
 
 Permitting him to pick and choose, 
 
 For very mediocre price, 
 
 Prime bits, by connoisseurs dubb'd nice. 
 
 To parent now the son let's add, 
 
 Of ancient lore, impostor lad t (s) 
 
 subject of Hogarth, John and Samuel Irlnd; the latter is 
 however the personage above alluded to, who was no less fam'd 
 with connoisseurs for his several volumes of Picturesque Views, 
 than the ever memorable folio of Shakespearian relics. The 
 pursuit after Hogarth's works was in much greater repute some 
 years back, than at the present period : there are not however 
 wanting individuals who still cherish every effort of this satirical 
 artist, and among them no collector is perhaps possessed of greater 
 rarities than Mr. Vincent, who was many years the friend and 
 companion of Hogarth, until the sarcasm of Churchill, combined 
 with other circumstances, deprived the world of his inimitable 
 powers. 
 
 (s) Having before adverted to the flagrant imposture palmed 
 upon the world by \\iepscudo stores of this fabricator, I shall no
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 103 
 
 j_hn 
 
 Who guilty was accursed sin, 
 Of taking all the old ones in ! 
 A crime I swear to pardon never, 
 Or even grant the forger clever ; 
 Who, spite of all his shrewd research, 
 Was left by Scotchman in the lurch ; 
 Collection culling as he pleas 'd, 
 Whereby the rvould-be BARD was eas'd; 
 Who found in time of money's dearth, 
 He scarce had shar'd one-tenth its worth. 
 
 In due succession H rd -g next, 
 Enrols his name upon my text, 
 An inoffensive simple man, 
 As e'er race Clialcographian ran ; 
 
 longer harp upon the same string, but dismiss him with a query 
 from Virgil, 
 
 Et credit tineres curare sepultotf
 
 104 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 j_hn S tt. 
 
 Who now 'neath Windsor's shade serene, 
 From strife secure guards stores of queen ; 
 So there with fat of land content, 
 In peaceful joys his hours are spent : 
 But did he choose to speak alack ! 
 He might tell tales of Will and Jack : 
 A string of evidence make clear, 
 Respecting plates that grace Shakespeare; 
 On Dryden's folio dwell with pain, 
 And Life's (Economy explain ; 
 Speak as to fables sweet of Flora, 
 And long descant on Leonora ; 
 Whose choice designs made all remark, 
 The genius of dame Di Beauclerk (t). 
 
 (<) N d H rd ng, formerly residing in Pall Mall, but now 
 snugly immured in the vicinity of Frogmore, was the publisher of 
 all the works cited above, no inconsiderable portion of which
 
 . CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 105 
 
 j_hn S tt. 
 
 To these I might add proofs still more, 
 Showing how some can heap a store ; 
 But fleeting Time forbids delay, 
 Wherefore to reader I'll display, 
 Of some the names who shar'd Scotch treats, 
 Poor gulls that now know northern feats ; 
 Whose goods and chattels were impressed, 
 To feather our printseller's nest. 
 With S 1 d march hand in hand (u) 
 D y (v), All n (w): sage departed Br~*md, (x) 
 
 were procured by the S tt's for b k d g, &c. as Mr. Dy 
 tbep^tcnbr k r of St Mrt n' Lane can testify, even to 
 the present hour. 
 
 (u) Mr. Sthrlnd the collector, who was an excellent 
 customer of S tf s, was requited for all his favours by the latter 
 procuring the loan of some hundreds, not a farthing of which will 
 ever be remunerated. 
 
 (t>) Mr. Dy the p wnbr k r, who is bitten with a book-
 
 106 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 S tt. 
 
 And L p d; while now last to fame, (y) 
 Must ushered be arch C If d's name, 
 
 mania, was in the habit of lending our northern hero large sums of 
 money upon works which, however profitable for a long period of 
 time, proved at last a very losing concern. This knight of the 
 golden balls was left guardian to the daughter of an opposite 
 cheesemonger, who had, very justly, the highest opinion of his in- 
 tegrity, with the care of her fortune, of 30,000. 
 
 (w) All n the br w r, who may just as well be termed a 
 dealer as a collector, advanced many sums in support of the 
 jV bl Athr's, under the full conviction of gaining a 
 good per centage ; but in this hope he was wofully disappointed, 
 nearly as much, as when he tried in vain to match the Prince of 
 Wales's famous horse, and has now given up, not only the idea of 
 interest, but all HOPS of the principal. 
 
 I cannot conclude my remarks on this personage without making 
 mention of the deceased John Egerton's opinion of his character, 
 and that of old F Id r, which was as follows: tint All n would 
 
 not scruple to a church, but that Fldr would accept a 
 
 poor child's bread and butter.
 
 ,oo in. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 107 
 
 j_hn S-tt. 
 
 Who, though expert, thus found a flogger, 
 And with him also pettifogger (z) : 
 
 (x) Brnd, who like the late A th ny St r r, and the 
 living Mr. W st n, would poke into every hole and corner to 
 procure prints at a mediocre price, was called upon to forfeit 
 500. for non-residence, which sum he was unable to pay, and 
 therefore thought fit to employ our J hnny to strip his Granger 
 of all its rarities, in order to raise money by selling the prints in 
 private. Of these Chalcographian curiosities Mr. S th rl nd 
 became a great purchaser at enormous prices, thereby leaving a 
 DECENT profit to the wily vender. 
 
 (y) The above personage is a paper-merchant, who would very 
 willingly resign all claim to his debt for one pound weight of 
 old rags. 
 
 (2) As desperate persons are usually in league with characters of 
 a similar stamp, it is not at all surprising that J ky should have 
 
 recourse to lawyers of such a description as W , &c. ; but 
 
 that he should possess the art of over-reaching them is no less 
 wonderful than true. One attorney however, named B xt n, ^a 
 young man of the best character, has to enrol his name with the
 
 108 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Billy. 
 
 But soft the rein 'tis fit to check, 
 
 Lest Pegasus should break my neck ; 
 
 
 So now I'll quit this northern bite, 
 
 And wing for kindred realm my flight. 
 Par nobile fratrum. 
 
 'Tis fact, though none could e'er believe, 
 A polish'd Tys n could receive, 
 And prove himself so wond'rous silly 
 To entertain a Scottish Billy; (a) 
 
 rest upon the losing score, owing to the confidence which he 
 placed in the assertions of his inveigler. 
 
 (a) Our northern dealer, without any invitation, as I understand, 
 had the daring effrontery to present himself some few years back, 
 at the country seat of the above gentleman, whose urbanity alone, 
 as I conjecture, led him to tolerate his presence : for as to his 
 breeding, erudition, or any one concomitant requisite for the for-
 
 BOOK in. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 109 
 
 Billy. 
 
 Printseller, who if aught that's mean, 
 
 On countenance e'er yet was seen, 
 
 Lavater's page would verify, 
 
 And give to sceptics all the lie : 
 
 A downcast look, where reigns complete 
 
 The Janus symbol of deceit : 
 
 An eye that always looks askance, 
 
 Afraid to meet the manly glance ; .Oj 
 
 A tongue well oil'd with flatt'ry's juice, 
 
 Subservient to each fawning use, 
 
 That can converted be to self, 
 
 The universal object -pelf: 
 
 O ! shame that men- of worth can thus 
 
 Descend to herd with grov'ling sus! 
 
 mation of a gentleman, he is totally divested of them, while his 
 countenance, person, and manners, are the just types of meanness, 
 vulgarity, and inelegance.
 
 110 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Billy. 
 
 Yet strange to tell, these facts appear 
 Full oft in Chalcographian sphere ; 
 Though dealers prove with Bill on par, 
 Who 'gainst plain English wages war, 
 No single rule of grammar knowing, 
 Vulgarity from tongue fast flowing : 
 As for his breeding under banners 
 Of swine he marches void of manners; 
 The sum of all his race mere funning, 
 Back'd by sheer impudence and cunning, (b) 
 
 (ft) In addition to his other qualifications, this bookbinder 
 informs the trade, with a vast deal of consequence, that he has 
 many rarissimo prints, but that he is so fearful of fire, that he 
 has deposited them in the hands of a banker, for security against 
 that destructive element ; now this statement may in a certain 
 degree be correct, if in place of banker we insert the words pawn- 
 broker, as in all probability in imitation of his brother, such 
 scarce specimens of Chalcography are in durance vile at the Golden 
 Ball Repository in St Mrtris Lane.
 
 BOOK in. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. Ill 
 
 C If d. 
 
 Of sloven fame, with paws as black 
 As kettle or the chimney's back, 
 Experienced Clfd now appears, 
 Whom Catalogus much reveres. 
 Nor is there Chalcographian sage 
 Than him more vers'd in Granger's page ; 
 Or better knows old portrait's price, 
 And fram'd to give the best advice (c) ; 
 His acumen hath oft outrun 
 The trade combin'd and deep ones DONE (d) : 
 
 (c) The personage now before us has for many years back 
 made portraits in particular his constant study, nor is there in the 
 whole trade a mind better stored with this branch of the Chalco- 
 graphian art. In the course of C d's career, many fortu- 
 nate windfalls have occurred, and so many rare and valuable prints 
 have not perhaps passed through the hands of any other individual ; 
 one failing however he has displayed, which is, the suffering them 
 to pass into other collections, without reaping their real value. 
 
 (d) I could enumerate several instances where dealers, who
 
 112 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Who furious have revil'd the act, 
 Whereas the very self same fact 
 Themselves had practis'd, had the sconce 
 Been stor'd sufficient for the nonce. 
 As for his acts and person too, 
 Naught brings him stronger to the view, 
 Than subject which his brain engross'd, 
 Of noted Characters queer host, (e) 
 Of whom he well might rank the Chief, 
 And of said book grace foremost leaf. 
 
 arrogated to themselves great knowledge of prints, have been com- 
 pletely outwitted by the above personage, upon which occasions 
 the most unqualified abuse has been lavished upon him. These 
 revilers, at the same time forget, that their own consciences 
 would willingly have sustained the burthen thus heaped upon his, 
 had they been possessed of acumen equal to the task of circum- 
 renting him upon similar occasions. 
 
 - (e) C If Id has displayed no small share of judgment in his
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 113 
 
 Sarcastic C r m next is seen, 
 The former's friend, with visage keen; 
 He's slow of speech, but wond'rous dry (f), 
 And seldom shoots his shaft awry : 
 
 literary efforts. The publication of his Remarkable Charac- 
 ters, which is now completed by Mr. Kirby, (the publisher 
 of the Wonderful Museum in a series of volumes), is a 
 sufficient proof that his efforts in delineating biographical 
 sketches are very far above mediocrity, added to which he is ex- 
 tremely fortunate in selecting subjects likely to arrest public atten- 
 tion. If we consider the general conduct of this Chalcographian, 
 few individuals can lay claim to greater oddity ; and in regard to 
 his costume, it would be sacrilege either to brush his coat or clean 
 his shoes : in short, negligence is the predominant feature of his 
 character. 
 
 (/) Crm some years back sustained the loss of his collec- 
 tion by fire, and having dropped his insurance, the event fell the 
 heavier upon him ; this calamity however he sustained with manly 
 fortitude, anft by perseverance and integrity of conduct in all his 
 dealings, he is endeavouring to retrieve his loss. I have fre- 
 quently stationed myself beside this individual at sales, in order to 
 converse with him, when I have found his judgment acujte and his
 
 114 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 C r ra. 
 
 'Twas he increased a Townley's store (g), 
 Whose loss the Muse must here deplore, 
 Whose valued friendship long was mine, 
 Whose breast contain'd an heart benign ; 
 Whose lib'ral hand ne'er fail'd to bless 
 The pining- victims of distress : 
 
 remarks upon men and manners delivered with that species of sar- 
 casm, for which he is particularly noticed. I cannot refrain from 
 adding, that his relationship to that great philanthropist Thomas 
 Coram, through whose means the Foundling Hospital was estab- 
 lished, should have entitled him to the consideration of the persons 
 whe are at the head of that wealthy establishment. 
 
 (g) Many years back C r m and C If d, having con- 
 jointly illustrated a Granger, sold it to M F nn r u, whom 
 they supplied with prints, until that gentleman, wearied with the 
 collecting mania, sold his specimens at King's auction room. 
 But the best customer of the person now under review was the 
 late Mr. Toumley, who, although gifted with a refinement of 
 taste in every branch of science and literature, was still possessed 
 
 of a more inestimable gem the noble and feeling qualification! 
 
 ef a heart that conferred honour upon the title of man.
 
 BOOK m. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 115 
 
 C r m. 
 
 From earthly realms for ever fled, 
 Immers'd in mansions of the dead, 
 Bless'd shade farewell ! * * * * 
 
 *********** 
 
 * * * * g o ft pensive Muse, 
 'Tis fit my verse should here infuse 
 Our C r m's Chalcographian worth, 
 Whose mind of talent shows no dearth (h) ; 
 But what he has he'll keep, 'tis plain, 
 Since none could ever pump his brain; 
 
 (A) I conceive that I am not infringing upon the dictates of 
 veracity, when I place this individual upon a par with C IfId 
 and young Gr v s, and with regard to his knowledge of 
 costume, a gentleman, upon whose judgment I can rely, has more 
 than once assured me that he conceives C r m is as well, if not 
 better versed in the subject in question, than any individual con- 
 nected with Chalcographian research.
 
 116 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 J-fF-ry. 
 
 Well studied in the Cynic school, 
 He's governed by this sterling rule (7), 
 That all men are sheer knaves by custom, 
 So he ne'er deems it safe to trust 'em. 
 
 With hands and face begrim'd with dirt, 
 With dusty coat and greasy shirt, 
 With one shoe off and one shoe on (j), 
 Appears friend J ff ry, noted Don ; 
 
 (l) Oi 
 
 (J) Whether J y has ever thought proper in his absent fits to 
 go barefoot, I cannot for a certainty say, but I will venture to 
 affirm, that he has paraded the streets on the Sabbath in a blue 
 mottled stocking and a white one, upon which occasion he called 
 upon a person, who desired his maid to see what individual was at 
 the door : when the servant going into the area, and two legs 
 differently arrayed meeting her regard, she informed her master 
 there were two persons. In respect to this dealer's dirty appear-
 
 BOOK in. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 117 
 
 J-ff-ry. 
 
 Whose filth our Catalogus cries : 
 " Is print Eruyo matchless prize !" 
 This CJialcographian manners boasts 
 Of pigs that rule in sties the roasts (k) 9 
 
 ance, the following characteristic anecdote may be depended on. 
 J y was in the constant habit of frequenting a public house in 
 Castle Street, Leicester Fields. Being there on St. Patrick's day, 
 the company present, and our printseller among the rest, had 
 been jeering Pat about his shamrock, when the Hibernian turn- 
 ing to J y, exclaimed, " By Jasus, now I would advise that 
 " every Englishman, in order to identify his country, should ap- 
 rt pear in a clean shirt." 
 
 (K) Mr. T r y, the member of parliament, had for some reason 
 or other given offence, in his public capacity to J y, who happen- 
 ed to meet him in company with L d Sp nc r when walking 
 along Pall Mall. J ff ry marching up to this nobleman, enquir- 
 ed how his Lordship could think of keeping company with such a 
 b kg d. Indeed, so abusive was our dealer, that Mr. 
 
 T y was obliged to take J y before a magistrate, when he 
 
 was bound over to keep the peace.
 
 118 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. , 
 
 J ff ry. 
 
 Still ne'ertheless most polish'd men 
 Repair to his Augean den, 
 Which proves of itch the just reflector, 
 That lords the soul of each collector. 
 Yet spite of dirt and want of breeding", 
 Friend J ff ry boasts no dearth of reading j 
 His mind acute knows business well (I), 
 Wherefore on theme no more to dwell, 
 
 (/) As a Bibliomanian, few dealers surpass J ffr y in know- 
 ledge, whereas his research into Chalcography is very circum- 
 scribed. I have however enrolled his name among printsellers, 
 in consequence of the illustrated Clarendon, which he some years 
 back disposed of by raffle, on which occasion the prize fell to 
 the present Duke of Gl c st r, who possesses no taste for 
 this mania. As however the name of this r 1 personage em- 
 blazons my page, it may not be amiss to inform the public, that 
 when his If gh ss was in Russia, two noblemen of that country 
 were politely assiduous in their attendance upon him, for which 
 conduct, on leaving the north, he very munificently presented the 
 one with a watch, value five pounds, while the other was honoured
 
 BOOK in. CHALQDGRAPH1MANIA. 119 
 
 P t r Br wne. 
 
 I'll close my subject in a trice, 
 
 By giving him this good advice : 
 
 Make friends with water : clean shirt show, 
 
 Since dirt, good Sir, is Sense's foe. 
 
 Now ere I tune to some the ditty, 
 In plodding regions of the city ; 
 All hail St. Giles's Ptr Brwne! 
 Great cabbage-merchant of our town, 
 For paintings noted, prints, and ballads, 
 Potatoes, onions, greens, and sallads ! (m) 
 
 with a mezzotinto portrait of himself, value seven shillings, which 
 princely presents are now displayed in that country as a specimen 
 of the generosity of an English descendant of the blood ry /. 
 
 (m) This monarch of sallads may be termed an universal trader, 
 as he will with one hand serve out a cabbage, and with the other 
 present his customer with a print or oil picture. As to judgment
 
 120 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 P -t r Br wne. 
 
 Who some thought would have journey'd far, 
 Till safe escap'd Old Bly Bar (n) ; 
 
 he can boast as much as falls to the lot of a turnip or a potatoe, 
 notwithstanding which he is worth no trifling sum of money. The 
 following anecdote, however, will serve as a specimen of his 
 acumen. Some years back he purchased of one Aldr dg , a 
 low print-vender, then resident under the Piazza of Covent 
 Garden, an impression of Hollar's rare print, representing a whole 
 length of Francis Battalia, the stone-eater, copied in C If Id's 
 Remarkable Characters. For this print Peter gave sixpence, and 
 afterwards resold it to young Gr v s for four shillings, whereas 
 it was worth about as many guineas. This circumstance being 
 made public, the fact eame to Aldr dg 's ears ; wherefore the 
 next time Br wne went into his shop, the wife of the Piazza print- 
 seller, who was a complete termagant, exasperated that her 
 husband should have thus undersold his property, ran out with a 
 kettle full of scalding water, swearing that she would throw it over 
 our cabbage hero, for having cheated her caro sposo, nor would 
 she have failed in effecting her purpose, had not Peter taken to 
 his heels, and run off with all the expedition possible, 
 
 (n) Several copies of the History of Westminster, published by
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 121 
 
 This dull deaf Proteus of the trade, 
 Hath Croesus' laws so well obey'd ; 
 As now good competence to boast, 
 Well known by our printselling host, 
 Who oft by Auctioneer hard press'd, 
 Their lots to clear, have Br rvne address'd, 
 And for their bills with tendered fee, 
 Have DISCOUNT got to set prints free (o). 
 
 Ackcrmann of the Strand, at fifteen guineas, were purchased by 
 Br wne, of a shopman of the former trader, at the reduced sum 
 of five pounds ; in consequence of which Ackermann, upon ascer- 
 taining the fact, discovered that the copies in question had been 
 purloined by his servant ; wherefore he indicted Peter as a 
 receiver of goods, knowing them to be stolen, for which offence 
 Br n was tried, but acquitted. 
 
 () Several printsellers, who carry their heads very high, have 
 not scrupled, when hard pressed, to raise cash by getting their 
 promissory notes discounted ; upon which occasion P < r has
 
 122 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 P t r Br wne. 
 
 To these I might the names inscribe, 
 Of grov'ling venders wretched tribe ; 
 Such as appears in M-o-ickn-lane, 
 Where B^*go holds his greasy reign : 
 Or sloven P rs ns reft of wits, 
 Old Gr^n and son oft ta'en with fits 
 Of preaching methodism rank ; 
 G rge H-&-rd-+-ng fam'd for artful prank : 
 And him whose folly I reveal, 
 C ry, who though well known to DEAL 
 Of false pride bound by silly spells, 
 Would have it thought he never setts (p). 
 
 no doubt taken good care to get a handsome douceur for his ad- 
 vance of THE READY. 
 
 (p) B go is proverbial for dirt and greatc, as no print, how- 
 ever clean when purchased by him, is again issued from the shop
 
 BOOK in. CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 123 
 
 P t r Br wne. 
 
 Another race might here be nam'd, 
 Were not the modest Muse asham'd; 
 
 without bearing marks of filth. Prsns, from his oddity of 
 manner in fancying he has no inside, is by his brethren of the 
 trade esteemed to be non compos mentis. The Gr ns, senior and 
 junior, may be heard every Sabbath-day ranting forth their metho- 
 distical trash to congregations just as enlightened and green as 
 themselves. The father, prior to his embarking as a printseller in 
 W Us Street, used to handle the tremendous cook-shop carving 
 knife, being a vender of boiled beef and plum-pudding. G rge 
 II nl ng, who buys and sells, thinks himself a monstrous clever 
 artist ; the use however which he makes of his talents at drawing 
 is as follows : C If Id hating found out a Mrs. Aberdeen, who 
 is the last descendant of the Ctesar family, and possesses many of 
 their old portraits, procured permission to have them copied, be- 
 ing desirous of getting them engraved and brought out in a vo- 
 lume, accompanied with biographical sketches. The artist em- 
 ployed upon this occasion was H rd ng, who, unknown to 
 C // Id, made duplicate and triplicate drawings, which he sur- 
 reptitiously disposed of to Sth rl nd and other gentlemen. 
 C r y, though an itinerant printseller, parading the country with 
 a portfolio, and knocking at every door, is, notwithstanding, so
 
 124: CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 P t r Br wne. 
 
 Whose minds by vicious thoughts deprav'd, 
 
 With prints disgusting are enslav'd ; * 
 
 While others bear the bestial store, 
 
 To foul pollution's deadly door. 
 
 Such names the poet will not trace (q), 
 
 But stamp them of corruption's race; 
 
 ridiculously conceited, that he would fain have it believed he is 
 no vender, but a gentleman collector. To these specimens of 
 dirty insignificant Chalcographians we might add H-f~rb~-rt t for- 
 merly prompter of the Circus, who wrote an account of Lmb~th 
 palace, and also published his L~ndna, having gleaned hi* 
 knowledge from Clf~ld. 
 
 (q) A variety of names might be enrolled as illustrative of this 
 disgusting propensity, but from feelings of delicacy, the writer 
 refrains from giving them publicity. Nor is it at all unfrequent 
 to find in the library drawers of deceased persons of titled as well 
 as plebeian rank, books and engravings of the most shameless 
 description, whereas the late possessors were supposed during life 
 to have nothing but the fear of God before their eyes.
 
 J.OOK HI. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 125 
 
 L n gin n and Cd. 
 
 Wherefore I'll fly the bestial den, 
 
 To greet once more the haunts of men. 
 
 In Row far fam'd call'd Pater-Noster, 
 Where genius some pretend to foster, 
 Who bowels of compassion show, 
 Like Tigers warm'd with fury's glow, 
 My Muse alights to tune the strain, 
 And note imperial L+^ngm-wi's reign ; 
 Who ranks of publishers the first, 
 Back'd by old stager honest H-Wrst; 
 While R^-s, now free from western storm, 
 Drinks hpb-a-nob with Br-Q-wn and 
 This hydra-firm of hot-press fame, 
 
 Not satisfied witji modern game, 
 
 t 
 
 Of books antique, true pedagogues, 
 
 Have issu'd high-priz'd Catalogues; 
 And last of all the steps to mount 
 Qf Chalcography, famous fount.
 
 126 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 D rt . 
 
 They sell works ready illustrated (r), 
 That minds rapacious may be sated ; 
 Wherefore of Cits without denial, 
 This is the grand collector** dial, 
 By Chalcographian rays supplied, 
 Pictorial works all cut and dried. 
 So gracious city heroes now, 
 I wish ye well, and make my bow. 
 
 Now last of this third flight partaker, 
 Must stand recorded D rt n, quaker ; 
 
 (r) This firm, which is unquestionably the greatest in England, 
 has been attacked with the Chalcographi mania and Bibliomania, 
 in addition to the immense traffic carried on in modern literature. 
 Though publishers in general are very far from being liberal to 
 Poetasters, it must be confessed that in some instances these gen- 
 tlemen have not proved themselves penurious, witness W-*lt*-r 
 Sc-e4t, whose prolific Muse has received ample recompence for her 
 Pegasian flights.
 
 BOOK ui. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 127 
 
 D rt n. 
 
 By Catalogus oft attended, 
 And with his cash alike befriended ; 
 Who profits once from Granger got, 
 Six hundred pounds to boil the pot (s), 
 When thinking ev'ry Granger wou'd, 
 Illustrated, prove just as good ; 
 He tried deep speculation new, 
 Which soon he had good cause to rue ; 
 
 (*) D rt n and H rv y were the purchasers of the 
 Mrqis of Dngl's Granger, which they cut to pieces, 
 selling the portraits separately, and thus realized upwards of six 
 hundred pounds profit. Flushed with this good fortune, and igno- 
 rantly conceiving that all illustrated Grangers would prove equally 
 beneficial, they soon after bought another at Robins's auction room, 
 which was made up by WU-^m Sctt, and had belonged to 
 Mr. Garrick, nephew of the great performer, when lo ! on dis 
 posing of the pictorial work in question, a larger sum was 
 lost by this second speculation, than was realized by the former 
 purchase.
 
 128 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 D -ft n. 
 
 Losing by second just as much 
 As fate by former bade him clutch ; 
 Thus, like the hound, when passing brook 
 With meat in jaws, resolv'd to hook 
 The same reflected in the stream, 
 He lost the substance for the dream : 
 So hungry D rt n glutton still, 
 Conceiving fortune slave at will ; 
 Devoid of knowledge, stake let fall, 
 And, fool-like, thus was chous'd of all ! 
 
 END OF BOOK THE THIRD.
 
 15oofc t&e jFowtf),
 
 BOOK THE FOURTH. 
 
 llle sinistrorsum, hie dextrorsum, unus utrique 
 Error, sed variis illudit partibus otnnes. 
 
 HOR. 
 
 One steers to right, and to the left another, 
 
 By Folly led, each ranks his neighbour's brother. 
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIANS. 
 
 FROM those who cater for each buyer, 
 The Muse shall wing her flight still higher, 
 And on page Chalcographian trace, 
 Those names renown'd assuming place 
 In sage Collectors envied band, 
 Where Catalogus takes his stand. 
 K 2
 
 132 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Q -- n, P - ss E z th. 
 
 First in the ranks our nation's queen (a), 
 A Cfwtlcographian tlaine is seen, 
 Yet though she buys is always wary, 
 Of precious money passing 1 chary. 
 Eliza, Britain's princess too (b), 
 Stands register'd among my crew : 
 
 (a) Her Majesty is a collector for Granger, and possesses many 
 valuable Chalcographian specimens. Her method of purchasing 
 however is not after the manner of Catalogus, as the Queen, al- 
 though fond of portraits, has no less an eye to the value of Mr. 
 Hose's Threadneedle impressions. From a channel upon which 
 I can rely, I have been informed that had not the present melan- 
 choly change occurred in the state of our gracious Monarch's 
 mental sanity, it was his intention to have commenced collector, in 
 which case, from the - few purchases he had made, there is no 
 doubt but that liberality would have characterized his conduct in 
 the prosecution of this pursuit. 
 
 (b) This Princess possesses all the spirit of collecting, and 
 would willingly multiply her stores with increased celerity, did 
 she possess in a greater degree the means of gratifying her predi-
 
 BOOK iv. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 133 
 
 Rev. J. Br nd. 
 
 Of prints she boasts full many lots, 
 And shows whole legions of tea-pots, 
 And daily would add more and more, 
 Had she of cash sufficient store. 
 And thou departed Br nd appear (c), 
 To add fresh lustre to my sphere, 
 Thou who alike would'st buy and SELL, 
 As Catalogue knows FULL WELL. 
 
 lection. In addition to prints, old china tea-pots, I have also been 
 informed, constitute another hobby-horse of this distinguished 
 personage, whose liberal spirit claims the sincere wish on my part 
 that success may crown her utmost expectations. 
 
 (c) The above clerical character, who was the dupe of J y 
 Stt, as I have before noticed, began his collecting career at a 
 very early period ; consequently the rarest specimens of Chalco- 
 graphy passed through his hands. He was however mean in 
 purchasing, and as complete a Print-Trader as any one who 
 publicly professes himself a buyer and seller of such commo- 
 dities.
 
 134 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. OO K IT 
 
 S th 1 nd, B 0dl y. 
 
 Come let me lead thee by the hand, 
 From Gow'r Street noted Sthlnd (d), 
 Where lost in Chalcographian cares, 
 Thy mind forgets rough Russian Bears, 
 Of which as chief thou mak'st an halt, 
 
 For porridge gaining stores of salt. 
 
 i 
 Next sapient B-*-ndl-^-y bearing stamp (e), 
 
 For Chalcography naught can damp, 
 
 (d) Mr. S n d, who has of late figured prominently as au 
 Illustrator of Clarendon and Burnet, is Pr 3 d nt of the 
 K--s8n company. In purchasing however he has become cau- 
 tious, having at the commencement of his mania been sufficiently 
 bitten by the Scottish Tarantula. 
 
 (e) This gentleman to whom I hate dedicated my volume, 
 is possessed of Chalcographian and Bibliomanian stores, which 
 are perhaps nnrivalled both for quantity and excellence in quality. 
 On the score of sound judgment no collector will hesitate to allow 
 him to possess unrivalled pre-eminence. The writer therefore 
 cannot better wind up the present note, than by wishing him a
 
 BOOK IT. CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 135 
 
 Ddsw-11. 
 
 Come and illume my learned page, 
 
 Endowed with scientific rage ; 
 
 For if experience e'er was known, 
 
 To rear in mind sound judgment's throne, 
 
 Thou may'st dominion justly claim, 
 
 And boast the blooming wreath of Fame. 
 
 D dsw II with pain I now recall (f), 
 Fell fate, that robb'd thee of thine all, 
 I mean those stores that fell a prey, 
 To raging fire's consuming sway, 
 
 long continuance of health to enjoy the collection which he has 
 accumulated with so much industry and perseverance. 
 
 (/) Since the fatal event above recorded, which robbed this 
 officer of his superb collection, he seems to have relinquished all 
 idea of recommencing Chalcographian. Should the mania how- 
 ever once mote take place, I wish him success in the under- 
 taking.
 
 136 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 D ce. 
 
 Whose loss made Catalogus sigh, 
 While tears distill'd from either eye. 
 
 Stor'd with the reading- oflhe schools, 
 Moves D&tce great chronicler of fools (g), 
 
 (g) Mr. D ce, who has long figured in the annals of collect- 
 ing, has also rendered himself conspicuous in the literary world, 
 by publishing the work referred to in the above line, and I have 
 only to regret that my absence from England at the period when 
 the work in question was preparing for the press, prevented 
 me from giving Mr. D some information, which might 
 
 have met his approbation. Perhaps even the loan of the unique 
 
 
 cut of Will Summers, from which the plate accompanying the 
 
 present volume is executed, would not have been inconsequential 
 to Mr. D e, as affording a complete specimen of the costume of 
 that jester at the period of Henry the Eighth. I certainly have 
 to regret that the pamphlet, which in all probability belonged to 
 the print, does not accompany the plate in question. It is 
 scarcely known that an original picture, painted upon the finest 
 cambric, is now at Althorpe, the seat of Earl Spencer, represent-
 
 BOOK IT. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 137 
 
 E. Sp nc r, D. of D sh re. 
 
 And warm'd by Sp-^nc-^-r kindred peer, 
 Behold his Gr<*-ce of D-^^sh^re (h), 
 
 ing Henry the Eighth and Catherine of Arragon, with Will 
 Summers the jester, appearing between them, which relating to the 
 
 Fools of the Great, would have been applicable to Mr. D : 's 
 
 purpose. This gentleman is possessed of many very choice and 
 valuable articles, particularly in old French literature ; his con- 
 duct has uniformly displayed a correctness of judgment and 
 the most refined taste, while his manners, though apparently re- 
 served, evince every characteristic of the complete gentleman. 
 
 (h) His grace, who purchased the B p of Ey's library, as 
 well as that of a foreign nobleman, is reported to have lost very 
 
 heavy sums to L d Y th, a circumstance which created 
 
 much astonishment in my mind, as I did imagine that this elevated 
 nobleman would have spurned all association with a personage 
 whose delight is to attend Milling-Matches and Cock-Fights, 
 while his society consists of such individuals as L d B- ym e, 
 the lately executed Slender Billy, Crib, Molineux, Gulley, and 
 Bill Gibbons. As for the loss of his rib, formerly Mademoiselle 
 Fnni, who was claimed by two fathers, and preferred the em- 
 braces of G I Jnt to those of her fiery -whiskered husband ;
 
 138 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 D. of D sh e. 
 
 Who better merited commending, 
 While on collections thousands spending, 
 
 his L ds p makes up for his loss by constantly attend- 
 ing DukJs Place, &c. where he finds all his desires grati- 
 fied. 
 
 As 1 have made mention of Bill Gibbons, I will now, by way of 
 exposing the degradation of our nobility, subjoin an anecdote 
 which is absolutely a matter of fact : Gibbons having a dog which 
 he wanted to shew to the M q 9 of H nt y, son of the 
 7) e of G rd and his late Z> /re-catching D ch ss, 
 called at the mansion, where he found two very respectable 
 tradesmen attending in the hall. Bill, addressing one of the loot- 
 men, ^said, that he knew the Marquis \YA* at home and wanted to 
 see him, adding, that bis name was Hill Gibbons. The tone and 
 manner of this applicant being extremely./Wp/Mm* or kiddy ish, the 
 attendant hesitated, when Billy, who was not to be put off, con- 
 tinued thus : " Come, do you choose to go or not ; for by G d 
 " if you keep me waiting, D w/r but I'll kick up a hell of a clatter 
 " in the house." The footman accordingly went to his noble 
 master, saying, that a man named Gibbons wanted to see him. 
 " Mr. Gibbons, I suppose you mean," replied his lordship, "show
 
 BOOK iv. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 139 
 
 B-ng. 
 
 Than losing weighty sums at play, 
 With Y*+m+tKs Lord thus fool'd away. 
 
 Lo ! hobbling B ng quite antiquated (i), 
 Long harbour mind infuriated, 
 Whene'er he hear of dainty food, t 
 Black-letter tract with cut in wood ; 
 
 " him up immediately." Accordingly up went Bill, who told the 
 M rq is what had happened in the hall, when wonderful to 
 relate the nobleman ordered up his two attendants aud dis- 
 charged them : but, upon the intercession of Gibbons, they were 
 replaced. Well may we exclaim, O temporal O more$! 
 
 () The H nbl individual here mentioned, who wasaPeerof 
 the Realm, possessed a few such choice articles as The Paradise 
 of Dainty Devices, and Walton's Angler, the best edition, with 
 Lombart's plates, for the latter of which he never remembered to 
 pay the dealer from whom he purchased it, so far back as the 
 year 1798.
 
 140 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Sir G. P. T rn r. 
 
 Not so Pge Trnr, baronet (j), 
 Whom venders all gave direful sweat ; 
 Printsellers fam'd, arch picture-dealers, 
 With other pickers fell, and stealers, 
 Who did on purse as furious pounce, 
 As on its prey remorseless Ounce, 
 Which plac'd him on repentance stool, 
 Wherefore he plays no more the fool. 
 
 (f) Our young B r n t, who is not only litigious, but 
 meanness personified, was some time back seized with a universal 
 cacocthes, at which period his hall was every day crowded with 
 venders of birds, beasts, shells, armour, stained glass, pictures, 
 prints, insects, reptiles, with a string of et ccetera that would fill 
 an atlas folio ; but having been most completely imposed upon, 
 and well knowing the value of money, he on a sudden closed his 
 doors upon these harpies, who are thus debarred from plucking 
 their dainty pigeon. Be it remembered however, that many of 
 these Nicknackatarians are not paid to the present hour, while
 
 BOOK iv. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 141 
 
 Oss It n, C sw y. 
 
 Lord Oss It n I now pen lays on (k), 
 Who Grammont' s history must emblazon ; 
 That cit-like takes especial pride, 
 Procuring portraits in Cheap-side, 
 Or rather bearing stores away, . 
 Ne'er thinking of due payment's day. 
 
 Great C sw y known by simame Dick (I), 
 Whose affectation makes men sick, 
 
 others are involved in law-suits for the procurement of their de- 
 mands. 
 
 (k) The peer in question, who is occupied in illustrating the 
 Memoirs of Grammont during his residence in England at the 
 period of Charles II. is renowned for leaving his name during a 
 long period upon the ledgers of the printselling tribe. The cause 
 of his lordship's predilection for the above work is said to be on 
 account of his wife, who claims alliance with the Grammont 
 family.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 C sw y. 
 
 With confidence of Rapliael, struts, 
 And leg in folly's mire oft puts ; 
 
 (/) Mr. R ch rd C sw y, royally denominated Dirty 
 Dicky, ranks bosom-friend with the son of the D e of M /- 
 b gh, in proof of which our miniature-painter always fills the 
 card-racks on either side of the chimney-piece with notes and 
 cards penned by that noble personage. The mania of this artist 
 is to possess impressions from all Rubens' performances ; of which 
 he has not unfrequenlly availed himself in making his own designs, 
 and to such a pitch was this predilection carried, that he actually 
 wanted to purchase the mansion at Antwerp, which that sublime 
 painter inhabited, but was prevented for the cogent reason assigned 
 on the opposite page. This however is not the only instance of 
 Dicky's cacotthei, whose eccentric brain, crammed with all the vision- 
 ary chimeras of Jacob Behmen, Swedenborg, and other fantastic 
 unravellers of fate, may well rank upon a par with Doctor Faustus 
 or the Cheshire Nixon, so that he is little better than a Mother Ship- 
 ton in male attire. As I have in this note treated upon the subject 
 of particular predilections, I will again record the name of Mr. 
 Samuel Ireland, who was devoted to the works of Hogarth and 
 Mortimer, both oil paintings and drawings as well as prints : indeed 
 so great was his collection of the first mentioned artist's produc-
 
 BOOK iv. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 143 
 
 C sw y, B nks. 
 
 As proud in sharing Bl ndfrd's nod, 
 
 As if the Marquis were a God. 
 
 His toil hath been to imitate, 
 
 A Rubens style, sublimely great, 
 
 Nay frenzy cans' d such mind's expansion, 
 
 He needs would buy the Antwerp mansion, 
 
 But dearth in purse the wish repelling, 
 
 Ejected Dicky from said dwelling. 
 
 What dame now lists my knight's professions, 
 "Tis B nks, collector of processions (m), 
 
 tions, that lie had only one competitor for the palm of victory, 
 in the person of the old Earl of Exeter, who died prior to the last 
 inheritor of that title. 
 
 (m) This lady, who possesses an excellent disposition, has a 
 taste for processions of every description, for which she is in the 
 habit of paying very liberally ; while another female collector is to 
 be seen in the person of Mrs. Flxm , wife of the celebrated
 
 144 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. BOOK i 
 
 H 11 ngs rth. 
 
 Sir J s h's, sister whose renown 
 Makes Cataloyus low bend down, 
 And in true token of " his duty, 
 " Honour the sJiadow oflier shoe-tie." 
 
 Now comes a niggard child of earth, 
 From Queen's Square, stingy H II nysrth (n), 
 
 statuary, who is doatingly food of every pictorial performance 
 from the pencil of the justly celebrated Stothard. 
 
 Having made mention of a statuary, I will here record the name of 
 G h g n, the sculptor, who is bitten with the bust madness, which 
 he has pursued with unparalleled avidity, not having modelled less 
 than two hundred, nor be it forgotten that in hitting off likenesses, 
 he is particularly fortunate, witness the Bust of Lord Nelson, who 
 never sat to any artist but G h g n, whom he attended seven 
 times for that purpose, being most particularly anxious that every 
 lineament should prove the precise type of its original. 
 
 (n) Mr. H -th, who is in pursuit of choice specimens of Marc 
 
 Antonio, and all the Italian artists, is guided in purchasing by the
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 145 
 
 H ngs th. 
 
 Who spends as free in heaping store, 
 As Jew would give to Christian poor ; 
 And hath a brain so passing fecund, 
 He knows First Charles preceded Second ; 
 But as to vouching for aught more 
 On his research I close tke door; 
 And while I thus wield probing pen, 
 On fam'd collectors acumen, 
 
 puffs that appear in the catalogues, his own judgment not being 
 sufficient to detect a retouched impression, which he will purchase 
 for a really fine one. 
 
 As I have been speaking of particular manias, that of collect- 
 ing caricatures must not be neglected, the most masterly speci- 
 mens of Chalcography having issued from the shop of Miss 
 Humphries, in Saint James's Street, Being the productions of 
 Gillwray's prolific genius, wfco might eve* rartk in his Kne upon a 
 par with Hogarth himself. The present unfortunate mental d- 
 rangement of that artist, may consequently be regarded as a seri- 
 ous event in the annals of Caricature Collecting.
 
 146 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Poet's Address to Catalogus. 
 
 Some lines instructive here may tend, 
 To prove I labour to befriend 
 Mine hero, whom I now endite to, 
 And urg'd by common sense thus write to. 
 
 POET'S ADDRESS TO CATALOGUS. 
 
 Delpinum appingit s\lvis, in fluctibus aprum. 
 
 HORACE. 
 
 The Dolphin's form he paints in woods, 
 And shows the BOAR in ocean's floods. 
 
 Good Sir, I plainly now must speak, 
 For though mine hero still I'll tweak. 
 Proboscis whensoe'er I please, 
 Since sugar-plums won't cure disease,
 
 ,OOK IT. CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 147 
 
 Ignorance of Chalcographians. 
 
 To learned Chalcoyraphian band, 
 I now extend corrective hand, 
 For after conning o'er and o'er, 
 The extent of your mental store, 
 You prove e'en in your lov'd pursuit, 
 Like idiots, gaping all, and mute. 
 Perhaps at this you'll frown and flout, 
 And swear that facts can't bear me out, 
 But Truth subservient is at will, 
 To dose you with hard griping pill. 
 But to the point : Show one Collector, 
 'Midst all your host that proves reflector, 
 And knows each foreign knight and sage, 
 That suits his illustrative page, 
 Unless beneath the name be writ, 
 Date f rank, and class, with all that's fit : 
 For me I've Grangers vast look'd o'er (o), 
 Of Burnet seen stupendous store (p), 
 1.2
 
 148 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Ignorance of Chalcographians. 
 
 Huge Pennants Chaleographic dons (q) 
 And Crorvles deem'd first of Clarendons, 
 
 (0) Among other illustrated volumes of this author, I cannot 
 help enumerating Mr. Toicnley's in particular, whose rare speci- 
 mens I have very frequently dwelt upon with infinite delight. 
 
 (p) In S r Ji s Z. ft pictorial Burnet, among other 
 egregious mistakes, which I did not note at the tune it was 
 offered for public inspection, I however particularly well remem- 
 ber remarking, that he ha* inserted the portrait of one Main- 
 waring, a physician, instead of the father who was a statesman. 
 
 (q) Mr Cr wl 's Pennant, which was enriched from the ma- 
 terials of runaway Tmmy Th mps , of Hebraic extraction, 
 is, taking the tout ensemble, a passable specimen of illustration, 
 though many insignificant prints are inserted which disgrace the 
 pages. The Burnet and Clarendon of tiiis collector have to boast 
 numerous very rate specimens of Chalcography; but in these 
 works, as in the above instance of S r J s L k 's blunder, 
 there are the most flagrant errors : and in respect to the Infanta 
 of Spain, mentioned by Pennant, I have ninety-wiie times in the
 
 CHALCOGRAPH1MAN1A. 
 
 Ignorance of Chalcographians. 
 
 With pain I then the laugh have check'd, 
 To view such men as should reflect, 
 Imperial hot-press'd paper grace, 
 With son's in lieu of daddy's face : 
 While vice versa, through life's run, 
 Papa hath stood in place of son. 
 Thus ere tie-wig grac'd napper dense, 
 I've grandson seen take precedence, 
 And stand for grandpapa, who wore 
 On sconce no wig, but nature's store. 
 
 hundred seen a decorative portrait pasted opposite the page, which 
 has no more to do with the lady whom Prince Charles was to 
 have espoused, than I bear an affinity to the Great Khatn of 
 Tartary. Similar mistakes occur in the insertion of portraits of 
 the Nassau family. I shall now close this subject by simply 
 stating that in adverting to the character of the late Mr. Cr wle, 
 as a gentleman and a collector he was ostentatious, proud, and ex- 
 tremely mean in following up the Chalcographian pursuit, of 
 which he was desirous of ranking the most heroic of champions.
 
 150 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Ignorance of Chalcographians. 
 
 In fine, Collectors, who presume, 
 All things to know, ne'er judge costume, 
 Each toils alone vast page to cover, 
 And rank a Chalcographian lover (r). 
 
 (r) Lord M k K rr, before mentioned, is possessed of an 
 illustrated Bible, wherein is inserted, as I have been given to un- 
 derstand, an engraving of Magdahna Passe, being a representa- 
 tion from profane history of the Lyciau Shepherds transformed 
 into frogs for refusing water to Latona. This print however is 
 placed opposite to the page which records the discovery of Moses 
 in the bull-rushes by Pharoah's daughter. Being thus occupied 
 on the topic of illustrated Bibles, I must not omit to reprehend in 
 the most pointed terms, the loose and indecent prints that fre- 
 quently appear as pictorial embellishments of holy writ, which 
 are much more framed to grace the annals of a brothel, than 
 stand recorded on the scriptural page.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 151 
 
 Theatrical Cacoethei. 
 
 THEATRICAL CACOETHES. 
 
 Unus utrique error 
 
 Sed variis illudit partibus. 
 
 HORACE. 
 
 Each mind the self-same error sways, 
 But mocks them all in different ways. 
 
 Now humbly treading in the shoes, 
 Of K mble I must not refuse 
 To W Idr n place who doats on plays (*), 
 That acted were in ancient days, 
 
 (*) The Thespian now under review, has always evinced a desire 
 to possess theatric curiosities, but the state of his purse has un- 
 fortunately damped his ardour. He was formerly a book-vender 
 in Middle-row, and has presented himself to the public as a dra-
 
 152 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA.: 
 
 Theatrical Cacoethef. 
 
 With portraits too of such as wore, 
 
 The sock and buskin heretofore : 
 
 As for his prowess on the stage, 
 
 He may possess some mental rage, 
 
 But hearing is a certain test 
 
 With sight that proves his bad's the best ; 
 
 For sov' reign nature hath denied, 
 
 That he should e'er expertly ride 
 
 His hobby : strutting scenic god, 
 
 Wherefore he ranks a Thespian clod : 
 
 As Player thus the Author's brother, 
 
 Just skill'd in ONE, as well as t'other. 
 
 matic writer as well as player ; but I am sorry it does not lie in 
 my power to pass any encomium upon his poetry or performance. 
 Notwithstanding this conclusive stricture, I really wish Mr. 
 Wdrn success in all his undertakings, as he is a quiet, in- 
 offensive, and well-meaning map. 
 
 Ex quovit ligno non Jit Mercurius.
 
 BOOK jv. CHALCOGRAPHIMANU. 153 
 
 Theatrical Cacoethes. 
 
 Mark L chf Id dashing quart and tierce (tf), 
 With love Shakesperian wond'rous fierce ; 
 
 (0 Mr. L chf Id, the friend of Messrs. Bdn and H II, 
 is said to be as well read in Shakespearian lore, as any of his re- 
 nowned commentators ; while his pen is monthly employed to 
 blazon the pages of the Theatric Mirror. This gentleman, who 
 purchases every thing relating to the stage, is frequently seen hi 
 the shop of play-vending B rk r, of Russell-street, in order 
 to be in the vortex of dramatic literature ; but the effect of his 
 mania was never rendered so conspicuous as when he essayed the 
 arduous part of Richard the Third, in which scenic attempt how- 
 ever he completely failed. It was owing to this circumstance that 
 when at the masquerade a short time after, a gentleman present 
 chancing to recognise Mr. L chf Id's person, accosted him in 
 the following words : 
 
 " If Richard's fit to live, let Richmond fall ;" 
 
 which appropriate exclamation so offended the would-be Roteius, 
 that he not only wanted to see the face of the person in question, 
 but also talked loudly of exchanging cards, a challenge, and so 
 forth.
 
 154 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Theatrical Cacoethes. 
 
 Who shares with Catalogus treat, 
 O'er prints theatric, when they meet ; 
 And scribbles too -dear recreation, 
 For page of monthly publication : 
 Nor be ! Muse, forgot the night 
 When in Third Richard's costume dight, 
 He did the arduous feat essay, ' 
 And ranted thus some hours away. 
 Wherefore let foes say what they can, 
 He ranks sfa$re-BiTTEN gentleman ; 
 Like Coates theatric connoisseur, 
 Call'd Fashion's famous Amateur, 
 Who boasts from dames bound in his fillets, 
 A countless pile of tender billets (u), 
 
 (u) This conceited personage, who has enacted sufficient to 
 entitle him to the appellation off I, so long as he shall continue 
 to play his part in this world, has absolutely the vanity to boast 
 that he has upwards of one thousand letters from the ladies, which
 
 BOOK iv. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 155 
 
 Theatrical Cacoethes. 
 
 Which he unopened hoards to vex 
 Poor disappointed female sex. 
 
 With potent dose of L chfd's pill, 
 View Play-house Mirror, famous H //, 
 Who gorges on poetic lore 
 Of ancient date, and boasts a store 
 With prints conjoin'd ; which aught impart 
 Descriptive of the Scenic art (v). 
 
 he preserves unopened. Query. If they contiuue sealed up, 
 how can this connoisseur ascertain for a certainty that they are 
 the productions of a female hand ? 
 
 () Our collector, editor, and play-goer, has weighty reasons 
 and sterling arguments to account for his theatric mania, witness, 
 VELUTI IN SPECULUM. Some years back when the heyday of the 
 blood was more predominant than at present, Mr. H // no doubt 
 remembers a tale that was current in the lobbies of Covent 
 Garden and Drury Lane theatres, respecting a gentleman who 
 went from the playhouse with a Cyprian, and remained at her
 
 156 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Theatrical Cacoethes. 
 
 Of mimic pow'rs the chief now view, 
 Our Chaleoyraphian course pursue, 
 M th ws collector of each print (w), 
 That shows of Garrick's phiz the dint, 
 And folios eke intent to grace, 
 With prints that blazon scenic race : 
 
 lodgings till the ensuing morning, when in the place of leaving an 
 Abraham Newland upon the dressing-table, the female votary of 
 pleasure after the gentleman's departure, found the present to be 
 no other than one of Gowland's Lotion bills, which bore a striking 
 resemblance to a bank-note. This was thought a good hoax, but 
 the expressive title of bilk continued long after to accompany the 
 name of the person in question. 
 
 (>) The extraordinary and versatile powers of this comedian 
 do not stand in need of any panegyric, as it is quite sufficient to 
 witness the exertion of his talents, which must command admira- 
 tion. Under the guidance of Crm the printseller, as I have 
 been informed, M th tes is forming a collection of theatricals, 
 being particularly anxious to possess every thing relating to the 
 inimitable Garrick.
 
 BOOK IT. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 157 
 
 Theatrical Cacoethes. 
 
 Nor be the fam'd pursuit pass'd o'er, 
 Belov'd of Suett, now no more (x), 
 Barbatics pride that made him crazy, 
 Old Caxon, Scratch, Tie, Bob, and Jazy, 
 
 (*) The late Mr. Suett, the comedian, whose eccentricity and 
 comic powers still live in the memory of the public, had col- 
 lected a vast number of Old Wigs, which unfortunately were 
 destroyed by fire, and among the rest was one of those append- 
 ages of the head, said to have belonged to King Charles II. which 
 Suett bought at the sale of the effects of old Rawle, the antiqua- 
 rian. As the theatrical powers of M th ws are of the broad 
 comic cast, which was Suett's characteristic vein, the former, no 
 doubt, actuated by a similar cacotthes, has taken to the Wig 
 Mania, since it is an old and received opinion that wits will jump. 
 As I am upon the subject of an article appertaining to dress, I can 
 do no other than candidly avow, that I should feel prond to possess 
 the relics forwarded by order of the invincible Lord Nehon to 
 Lady Hamilton which were the several articles of apparel in 
 which: he was habited when the fatal ball deprived that gallant 
 admiral of his life, and the country of one of its bravest de- 
 fenders.
 
 158 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 Which Charles, like predecessor buys, 
 Esteeming each a wond'rous prize. 
 
 PICTURE MANIA. 
 
 Animum pictura pascit inani. 
 
 'Tis fitting now we pass some strictures, 
 On such as boast a rage for pictures ; 
 Who like friend Catalogus con 
 The page renown'd of Pilkiuglon : 
 Wherefore sage leader of the van, 
 Comes Stffrd's Marquis, mighty man (?/), 
 
 (y) As the Marquis of Wellington ranks generalissimo on the
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 159 
 
 Picture 
 
 Who had so strong the raging fit on, 
 To make election of one Br t w, 
 As register of pictures grand, 
 Though Painting he don't understand (z). 
 
 Next red-hot as a Salamander 
 View D v ds n great Alexander (a), 
 
 Peninsula, even so does Stffrd's peer boast the title of com- 
 mander-in-chief among the picture collectors of our island : nor 
 can I in justice deny that many specimens in this nobleman's 
 gallery are superlative examples of the graphic art. 
 
 (2) Mr. Br t n, the publisher of some very choice specimens 
 of architectural gothic remains, was elected FJlow of the Anti- 
 quarian Society, on account of his enthusiastic research, as I 
 conjecture, into stone walls ; for independently of their pictorial 
 representation, I cannot divine a cause why the nomination in 
 question should have taken place. To the present personage also 
 devolved the task of cataloguing the pictures of the last-mentioned 
 nobleman: a labour he was in no respect capable of judiciously
 
 160 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 Renown'd Contractor, who will buy 
 Books, prints, and pictures, manfully ; 
 With just such judgment as appears 
 To grace the creature with long ears. 
 
 Lo ! next enacting bold his part, 
 Comes Bristol Dvs, christ'ned Hart (b), 
 
 performing, having never beeu inducted to any refined knowledge 
 of the graphic art. 
 
 (a) This gentleman, who is immersed in the dunnest smoke of 
 Boeotian ignorance, has nothing but money to recommend him : 
 backed however by such a requisite auxiliary, he stands forward a 
 great collector, purchasing at random, without either taste, judg- 
 ment, or science. 
 
 (*) Mr. Ht D *, member of parliament, is deeply in- 
 fected with the Picture M*nia, which money, acquired in that 
 emporium of ignorance, the city of Bristol, enabled him to indulge 
 in its fullest extent.
 
 HOOK ,r. CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 161 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 State pillar sag-e as eyes can see, 
 That adds to name an M. and P. 
 A banker who in arts ranks shallow, 
 But famous judge of Russian tallow (c) ; 
 
 (c) Some years back this senatorial banker, realized .40,000 
 in one day, by a lucky speculation in Russian tallow ; but as I 
 am now occupied upon the topic of a Bristolian lover of pic- 
 tures, I cannot resist the desire of giving my reader the following 
 poetical quotation from an unknown writer, as highly descriptive 
 of the Bristol race, when considered under the head of the arts. 
 
 OF the arts I must speak, so at once to define, 
 A Bristol Apettes behold but the sign 
 Of red rampant Lion, a Savage and Bell, 
 Their talents such daubs comprehensively tell ; 
 While taste is display'd in a breach of those rules, 
 Which genius has sanction'd and use of the schools, 
 Here quantum of colours on pallet ne'er fail 
 To make Iris blush, and outvie peacock's tail ; 
 The true line of beauty your optics can't trace, 
 In figures possessing no vestige of grace. 
 M
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 Whose intellect burns just as bright, 
 As glimmer of ufarthiny light : 
 
 Whose outlines display or I'm not a bard, 
 
 True emblems of adamant, tasteless, and hard. 
 
 O ! artists of Somerset Place, prithee say, 
 
 Are such the aspirers to envied R. A. 
 
 Shall vestments of pinks, blues, and reds, nature shock, 
 
 Arraying each portrait, a true barber's block ! 
 
 Shall faces of chalk and vermilion's hot glow, 
 
 Shall hands, precise models of pale lumpy dough, 
 
 In short, can endowments like these prefer claim, 
 
 To ought pictatorial, worthy of fame ? 
 
 Or if at their landscapes a slight glance we take, 
 
 The trees are green brooms, and the skies atl opake ; 
 
 In lieu of the rivers transparently bright, 
 
 Tis an expanse of azure, or one plane of white; 
 
 The villas all staring prove wond'rous defective 
 
 In that most essential of points true perspective. 
 
 While cows, dogs, and horses, like sticks void of motion, 
 
 Of playthings from toyshop convey a just notion. 
 
 Cuyp, Waterloo, Wouvcrnums, Ruysdale, they scorn, 
 
 Poor souls, if in Bristol, they'd all pine forlorn ;
 
 BOO. iv. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 163 
 
 Picture Mauia. 
 
 But all is one, for now you know, 
 'Tis money makes the mare to go. 
 
 Their just compositions no patrons would find, 
 
 Bristolians for nature possess not the mind ; 
 
 When they part with their guineas they claim what is rare, 
 
 A Picture of PICTURES, to make people stare, 
 
 Deter min'd they'll get what is sterling for gold, 
 
 Their uniform practice I'll instant unfold : 
 
 To those tenets close sticking of Cocker profound, 
 
 They purchase not PICTURES, but Paint by the POUND! 
 
 O shame ! Science droops while true artists deplore, 
 
 That Genius at Bristol does nothing but snore. 
 
 Yet ah ! sons of lucre, tho' bound by the spell 
 
 Of ignorance black as the dun shades of hell. 
 
 Though Bceotia's dark Erebus hangs o'er your sphere), 
 
 Enshrouding your senses and eke asses ears, 
 
 In short tho' of painting ye deem yourselves judges, 
 
 Your knowledge in this at a snail's pace slow trudges. 
 
 Like glazier's as bright; who, for publican shews, 
 
 On shutter fine checkers in orderly rows. 
 
 Yet do not despair, friends, ye still boast a charm, 
 
 To kindle in painters a fire brisk and warm; 
 
 M 2
 
 164 CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 Next fetter'd by pictorial spells 
 A R v sly comes, who buys and sells (d), 
 
 I mean not of genius the flame trite and old, 
 
 Extinguisb'd in Bristol f mean, Sirs, your gold ; 
 
 Since lucre makes daubers clean canvass defile, 
 
 And paint not by yard or by ell but the MILE ; 
 
 In fine they have sense to avow ye are ninnies, 
 
 And all that they crave is your guineas, your guineas ; 
 
 Your gold they will have, they declare by the pallet, 
 
 And knock ye down, using the brush for the mallet ; 
 
 That weapon tremendous which nothing withstands, 
 
 Making dull heads more dull, when design'd by such hands, 
 
 In brief it requires no small sense to decide, 
 
 Whether artist or cit is to sense most allied ; 
 
 But of this I'm convinc'd none would ever aspire, 
 
 To say that conjoin'd they would set Thames on fire. 
 
 But now to discover their learning let's try, 
 
 A task mighty easy betwixt you and I ; 
 
 There's no need to put nice research into fetters, 
 
 When lords of the fine arts do not know their letters ; 
 
 In short I would wager what any dares lay, 
 
 In lieu of a C they'll spell College with K.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 165 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 Since e'en from noble, looking big, 
 To wearer of Right Reverend wig; 
 
 (d) The reverend gentleman above quoted, as illustrative of 
 iny page, may be regarded as a private collector by such indivi- 
 duals as do not understand the meaning of the word dealer ; but 
 not being altogether a stranger to lexicography, I must certainly 
 
 apply the above term to Mr. R , who ranks a vender as 
 
 well as Smart, Woodburn, or any other of the renowned canvass 
 merchants. In addition to the specimens of Chalcographians, 
 quoted in iny poetic ledger, I must not omit to mention by way of 
 addenda, Dog Jnn ngs, who acquired this canine addition to 
 his name from having purchased the celebrated antique of Alci- 
 
 biades's mongrel for one thousand guineas. Mr. J s, who is 
 
 now about ninety years of age, continues infected with a cacoe- 
 thes of collecting any thing that is in opposition to what is possess- 
 ed by others, wherefore it is merely necessary to say that the 
 walking stick of Mr. Tompkins is made of ash, whereas the one 
 offered him for sale is of elm, but he will instantly demand the 
 price, and become the fortunate possessor. Nor let me forget the 
 deceased W Ish P rt r, so renowned for embellishing cot- 
 tages, and whose taste was consulted in the arrangement of 
 Carlton House. This gentleman not only collected for himself,
 
 166 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 In spite of all each may profess, 
 He ranks true deahr, more or less. 
 
 Of modern school supporter fam'd 
 Must Leicester's Baronet be nam'd, (e) 
 
 but would undertake to store the mansions of others with pictures 
 and antiques, and in short, was a complete Proteus, attuning his 
 versatile taste to the wish of every new customer. 
 
 (e) Sir John Leicester, to whom I may well apply the follow- 
 ing couplet of Boileau : 
 
 La docte antiquitt fut toujoun venerable, 
 
 Je ne la trouve pas cependant adorable, BoiLEAU. 
 
 Has in a very praiseworthy manner extended his aid to the living, 
 by patronizing artists of the present era, of whose performances 
 he has to boast a very choice collection. Being thus engaged on 
 existing painters, I think it may not be unfair to designate Stothard 
 the British Parmegiano ; Wilkie, the Gerrard Dow ; Beechy, the 
 true delineator of nature ; and Wett, the Poumn of England. 
 With respect to the last mentioned artist's talents, too much en-
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 167 
 
 Picture Mania. 
 
 Who well deserves the meed of praise, 
 Rewarding worth of modern days ; 
 Such as by Stothard is possessed, 
 A Wilkie, Beeclty, or a West. 
 
 comium cannot be lavished upon his celebrated picture of Christ 
 Healing the Sick, which performance, thanks to the Prince Regent, 
 was prevented from being exported to America. Neither can I 
 pass over in silence the late Mr. Barry, who, in order to refute the 
 assertions of Zimmermann and the Abbe Dubois, (who have stated 
 that the clouded and foggy atmosphere of England incapacitate our 
 countrymen from exceliing in the graphic art) produced a series 
 of paintings, now preserved in the apartments of the Society for 
 the Encouragement of Arts, &c. that would confer honour on the 
 talents of the most sublime painters of antiquity. 

 
 168 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Nicnackatarian Mania. 
 
 N1CNACKATARIAN MANIA. 
 
 Quot capitum vivuut, totidem studiorum 
 Millia. 
 
 Pursuits and passions on this earth we find, 
 Vary with increase of the human kind. 
 
 Thus having- some rare samples shown, 
 Of persons to collecting prone, 
 Whether as hot as Cambrian Taffy, 
 In searching mines of Chalcography ; 
 Or making purse at auction debtor, 
 For hoards of musty rare black letter ; 
 And last the crew so passing bold, 
 In buying paintings scrubbed and old (f)', 
 
 (/) There is perhaps more quackery in picture dealing than in
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Nicnackatarian Mania. 
 
 Some few alike must now be trac'd 
 Each gifted with a diff'rent taste (g) : 
 So to commence : Our R g nt Prince, 
 A wond'rous passion doth evince, 
 To guard in armoury, with care, 
 Types of old saddles militaire (h) ; 
 
 any other trade existing, as could be exemplified by Dermer, 
 Woodburn, Quaker Smart, and a thousand other Graphimanians ; 
 for when we find Sallad-vcnders in Saint Giles's, and Cabbage- 
 sellers in Covent Garden, pretend to a knowledge of painting, 
 there is no affixing any boundary to this pictorial cacoethes. 
 
 (g) Mille horn inum species et rerum discolor usus 
 Velle mum cuique est nee voto vivitur uno. 
 
 PERSIUS. 
 
 (A) In the armoury at Carlton House, which is arranged with 
 infinite taste, there are several specimens of this equestrian accou- 
 trement, in collecting samples of which the R g nt manifests a 
 most unconquerable cacoethes.
 
 170 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Nicnackatarian Mania. 
 
 While Charlotte too, with rapture dwells 
 On medals, coins, and precious shells (i) ; 
 One, warm'd with fine harmonic glow, 
 Pay 8 fifty pounds for Pamphilio, 
 
 (i) The P * C -te has already embarked with great spirit 
 
 in collecting the above-mentioned articles; nor is she less conversant 
 with the old armour, respecting which the late Captain Grose was 
 not more deeply skilled. For the shell mania, Ld Tnkr- 
 vlle is no less renowned : but all living personages of this des- 
 cription were surpassed by a collector of antiquity named Rumfiut, 
 who, although stone-blind, literally gave one thousand pounds 
 sterling for a single shell. Of this individual there is a print ex- 
 tant, representing him in the art of handling the rare specimen in 
 question. As the above couplets relate to royalty, it would be 
 highly improper in me not to register the name of the D ch s of 
 Yk, who has such a predilection for dogs, that she never goes 
 out unattended by troops of those faithful animals; neither let me 
 pass unrecorded the mental endowments of this personage, which 
 are to my knowledge characterized by every sentiment of tender- 
 ness and philanthropy towards the distresses of the suffering and 
 the poor.
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 171 
 
 Nicnackatariaa Mania. 
 
 And would stake hundreds, could he win, 
 A fam'd Cremona's violin (k). 
 Yet such oft prove but wretched scrapers : 
 Others will buy tobacco papers (I), 
 
 (k) Cremona, a town in Italy, was very famous for manufac- 
 turers of violins, the makers of which instruments were Amati, 
 Straduarius, and Styner, and some of those have been frequently 
 sold for two hundred guineas each. 
 
 (/) Independent of the instances above cited, the late Mr. 
 Tight was rendered conspicuous for collecting printed shop-bills, 
 of which he possessed a countless hoard. Neither must be 
 omitted the mention of a lady who has a cacoethes for notes of 
 invitation, shop cards, &c. ; from the style of writing, and designs 
 of which, she forms her opinion of the lady, gentleman, or shop- 
 keeper ; nor will she deal with any tradesman, the design and 
 wording of whose card does not betoken what constitutes in her 
 estimation a fair and honest dealer. Although the ensuing mania 
 bears no reference whatsoever to the above-mentioned instances, I 
 cannot refrain from enrolling it, being rendered conspicuous in the 
 person of Mr. A' rr *, of Alb nw rle Street, who has sucb
 
 172 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 jr 
 
 Nicuackatariau Mania. 
 
 Who ne'er once dreamt while quaffing swipes, 
 Of short-cut, and tobacco-pipes : 
 Samples we have of some, whose hopes 
 Concentrate in the hangman's ropes (m) : 
 
 an assortment of snuff boxes, that he makes a boast of never taking 
 two pinches of that pungent dust from the same tabatiere. 
 
 (m) It is absolutely a fact that this cacotthes is cherished by 
 Mr. Urq h rt, a gentleman of respectability, who has bargained 
 with Jack Ketch at so much per rope, to which he affixes a label, 
 bearing the name of the criminal executed, with a statement of the 
 crime for which he suffered. Of course, though this personage 
 may pay exorbitantly for many of the hempen specimens which 
 have not curtailed the existence of very noted characters, yet he it 
 sufficiently remunerated when delinquents like Colonel Despard, 
 Bellingham, the assassin of Mr. Perceval, or a sanguiuary Wil- 
 liams, terminate their career at the gallows. The recent mention 
 of Despard brings to my remembrance the mania of Mr. 
 H vis de, of surgical fame, whom I must usher into notice as a 
 great collector of masks, taken from the countenances of deceased 
 persons of celebrity and notoriety, in the progress of which pur- 
 suit he was once disappointed, for upon applying to Mrs. Drspard
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 173 
 
 Nicnackatarian Mania. 
 
 One rusty armour buys amain (n), 
 
 Or painted window's shatter'd pane (6) ; 
 
 for the loan of the mask taken from her husband's visage, subse- 
 quent to his execution, the lady in the first instance consented, 
 but upon ascertaining that Mr. H vis tie's request did not 
 originate in any sentiment of respect which he felt for the de- 
 ceased, but was only made to gratify this particular mania, she in 
 consequence refused to accede to his wishes. To this curious 
 mania may be subjoined the pursuit of a gentleman formerly re- 
 siding in the Temple, who had an apartment decorated with the 
 rattles, lanterns, and staves of watchmen, together with the 
 knockers wrenched from street doors, which were the trophies of 
 his nocturnal perambulations. 
 
 (n) The E rl of W rwck is in possession of many curious 
 and valuable specimens of this warlike costume of our progenitors, 
 which was in some cases rivetted upon the person of the wearer : 
 an instance of this kind being recorded by Mezeray, who states, 
 that some Italian knights being made prisoners, the victors were 
 unable to take off their armour, in consequence of which they 
 kindled a large fire, and upon this they rolled the unfortunate 
 men, who were literally roasted like lobsters in their shells.
 
 174 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Nicnackatarian Mania. 
 
 The skins of birds, of beasts, and fishes (p) 9 
 Cups, saucers, tea-pots, old Delft dishes (q) ; 
 
 (o) Mr. B^kfr-rd, of F~-nth-t-ll, the H+n~-r~ble Mr. 
 Bng, and the late Lord Or/or d, together with countless others 
 may stand enrolled as doatingly fond of this article, which is 
 usually purchased to decorate the library, in order, as Milton em- 
 phatically expresses it : 
 
 " To cast a dim religious light." 
 
 As the above line appertains to things sacred, I cannot refrain 
 from recording the Methodistical mania, which never was more 
 powerfully evinced by the most bigotted catholics, than became 
 manifest a short time back at the sale of Huntington's effects at 
 Hermes Hill, Pentonville, where, among other precious relics of 
 this saint among the ranters, producing extraordinary sum.s, an 
 old arm chair must particularly stand recorded, which, although 
 not intrinsically worth fifty shillings, was knocked down to a 
 devotee for SIXTY POUNDS, while Saundtrs, the auctioneer, was 
 commissioned to go as far as one hundred, had the competitorship 
 continued. This chair cacofthes brings to mind the perforated seat 
 whereon the Popes are compelled to sit prior to their being in-
 
 BOOK ir. CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 175 
 
 Nicnackatarian Mania. 
 
 Whereto the bold pursuit let's add, 
 Of him that after wives was mad, 
 
 vested with the triple crown, for the purpose of submitting to a 
 strict examination, which was deemed most essential after the hoax 
 passed upon the Conclave by the female commonly called Pope 
 Joan. In addition to this chair mania, I have recently been in- 
 formed that the spectacles of Huntingdon, and every other article, 
 produced similar exorbitant sums, while it is asserted that a wag- 
 gon of the prophet's was purchased by a farmer, who was one of 
 his most zealous followers, for no less a sum than ONE THOUSAND 
 TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. This also brings to recollection the 
 rage that was manifested for any precious relic that bad belonged 
 to Edward Edwards, the black preacher, on his leaving England in 
 *.he capacity of a missionary, to preach the gospel among his 
 iwarthy brethren. 
 
 (p) In the person of S-+- r J ph B-*~ks we have a striking 
 instance of this mania, which was carried to such an extent, that 
 in order to ascertain whether any relationship or affinity existed 
 between mflea and a lobster, one of the former insects was boiled, 
 when bis coat not turning scarlet, it was incontestibly proved, that 
 
 *< Fltas art not lobsters by th* Lord!"
 
 176 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Nirnackatarian Mania. 
 
 Who took arch Mahomet's advice; 
 For, where he treats of paradise, 
 
 Having spoken on the subject of animals and insects, I cannot 
 forget to make mention of L y Cte Cpbll, who is a 
 most determined bird-fancier, having no less than ten parrots at 
 the same time ; one of which happening to be sick, her ladyship 
 absolutely sat up for ten nights with this feathered favourite, 
 during which period she never once changed her apparel. I have 
 further to add in respect to the bird mania, that a lady, named 
 Orby Hunter, some short time back positively bequeathed two 
 hundred pounds per annum for the maintenance of a favourite 
 parrot, so long as he should continue in the land of the living. 
 Nor be forgotten Poor Tom Sugden, the mendicant, whose love 
 for pigeons was never surpassed by any fancier of that billet- 
 carrying bird. 
 
 (q) To these various predilections should be subjoined the 
 tulip mania and botanical cacoethes, for which innumerable 4ndi- 
 viduals have been and are famed, witness the late D ct r 
 
 Drwn, and the living D r Thntn, whose specimens 
 
 are now disseminated through the medium of a lottery, a specious 
 but deceptive plan, which was also resorted to by Messrs. Macklin
 
 BOOK ir. CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 177 
 
 Nicnackatarian Mania. 
 
 He makes the charms of women heav'n ; 
 So Langford took of wives just seven (r), 
 A number that might scare to death 
 The boldest Turk that ere drew breath. 
 Nor pass we by that shameless band, 
 Dispensing with a lib'ral hand, 
 Large sums, indecent books to buy, 
 And prints disgusting to the eye (s) : 
 
 and Boy dell, the latter of whom was by this means rescued from 
 that pecuniary difficulty which was brought on by the pressure of 
 the times. 
 
 (r) This fellow, who formerly officiated as a methodist preacher, 
 was literally tried at the Old Bailey a short time back, and found 
 guilty of the above flagrant enormities, for which he received 
 sentence of transportation for seven years, being just twelve 
 months banishment for every such conjugal enjoyment. 
 
 () De gwtikus non est dispuiandum. 
 
 N
 
 178 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Nicuackatarian Mania. 
 
 Witness from Duke of first degree, 
 
 E'en to old sporting Colonel T (t) : 
 
 In fine, full many none suspect, 
 On themes like these alone reflect, 
 Disgracing thus the manly name, 
 And blazon'd sons of guilt and shame. 
 
 (*) In addition to the late D Q the D Y and C 
 
 T n, L d H k , must also stand on record as famous for 
 this infatuation, which I am sorry to add is much too prevalent : 
 neither ought I to omit the mention of foreigners, who are most 
 notorious for giving publicity to these incentives to vice
 
 CHALCOGRAPH1MANIA. 179 
 
 Conclusion. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Jamque opus exigi quod nee Jovis ira, nee ignes, 
 Nee poterit ferrum, nee edax abolere vetusta. 
 
 OVID. 
 
 Here ends my work defying sword and fire, 
 Time's gnawing tooth and Jove's destructive ire. 
 
 Thus far the Muse her course hath run, 
 To league with fame, her darling son, 
 That Chakographian thrice renown'd, 
 Collector famous, judge profound ; 
 Sir Catahgus, who reveres 
 Sales t and their heroes Auctioneers; 
 Whose glib tongues go like windmills' clack, 
 When treating of renown'd Elstracke; 
 N2
 
 180 CHALCOGRAPH1MAJVIA. 
 
 Conclusion. 
 
 Passes, of which they are true lovers, 
 Faithornes and Hollars, Marshalls, Glovers; 
 And yielding Chalcographian food, 
 Laborious White and rare Gay wood ; 
 Nor does he less feel pleas'd to squint ! 
 On Place's famous mezzotinto. 
 Or Smith, a scraper wond'rous rare, 
 And Valliant too, beyond compare (u). 
 
 (tt) The undermentioned are remarkably fine specimens from 
 the gravers of the several artists, &c. named above, viz. King 
 Charles I. when Prince of Wales, standing by a chair, from 
 the burin of Elstracke Jtntes I. and his family, with Prince 
 Henry, holding a scull, by William Passe The same Monarch 
 and his Queen, Anne of Denmark, by Simon Passe and the 
 Marchioness of Buckingham, with the border, by Magdakna 
 Passe Cromwell between the pillars, Sir Willitnt and Lady 
 Paston, with Carew Reynell, by Faithorne Sir Thomas Chaloner 
 and the views of Arundel House, by Hollar The Earl of
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIMAN1A. 181 
 
 Conclusion. 
 
 Having to view alike display 'd 
 His friends the dealers in this trade, 
 And prov'd he ranks with Peers on par, 
 Divines and lawyers at the bar ; 
 Soldiers and gentlemen of worth, 
 With acres bless' d of dirty earth : 
 
 Stirling, by Marshall Sir Thomas Urquhart, by Glover Bar- 
 bara Urselin, by Gaywood Nonsuch Took, by Dedaram 
 George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland, with Sir Martin and 
 Doctor Martin Leicester, by Robert White. With regard to 
 specimens of mezzotiuto excellence, I must here enumerate Sterne, 
 Archbishop of York, by Place King James II. with the Anchor 
 and John Beggarus, a foreign bishop, by John Smith, together 
 with Valliant's portrait of his wife, and the sheet print of his 
 family, all of which are striking instances of the talent possessed 
 by these several professors of the Cnalcographian art. 
 
 N. B. It is necessary that I should offer an apology for having 
 omitted to mention the name of L d St uif rd, in the list of 
 collectors ; the pursuit of that nobleman being dedicated to the 
 accumulation of Hollar's prints, of which he has to boast a very 
 fine assortment.
 
 182 CHALCOGRAPHIMANIA. 
 
 Conclusion. 
 
 Merchants the nation's mighty props, 
 And keepers of pawnbrokers' shops: 
 Having, I say, enroll'd my story, 
 And crown'd mine hero son of glory ; 
 What else remains for me to do, 
 Than bid my Pegasus bring-to? 
 Wherefore all comments to cut short, 
 Since brevity is wisdom's^ortf, 
 The hand to curb-rein I apply, 
 Thus bidding readers, all good bye; 
 And Catalogus hail the GREAT, 
 Thus shrin'd in CHALCOGRAPHIAN STATE.
 
 INDEX 
 
 NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 Page 
 
 AB RD N, Mrs 123 
 
 Achilles. 10 
 
 Ack rm n, Mr 121 
 
 Albans Saint, the Boke of, 71 
 
 Alcibiades 165 
 
 AldH-d ge, Mr 120 
 
 , Mrs 120 
 
 Alexander 14 
 
 All n, Mr. the Br w r, 55. 
 105 
 
 , the Player 34 
 
 Almon, Hist, of the Sons of, 73 
 Amati, Maker of Violins. .171 
 
 Page 
 
 Ames, Mr 17, 25 
 
 Angelo, Michael 11 
 
 Anna, Queen of Denmark,l80 
 
 Antonio, Marc 144 
 
 Appolyn, History of King, 73 
 
 Arg 1, D k of 59 
 
 Arragon, Catherine of . . . 137 
 
 B 
 
 B nk s, S r J s ph, 
 
 B r n t 12.175 
 
 , Miss 143 
 
 B yn s, Measter 64
 
 184 
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 Page 
 B rk r, Mr. of R ss 1 
 
 St t 153 
 
 B rry, Mr 28. 167 
 
 B rrym e, E 1 of 137 
 
 B th, M rq s of .... 33 
 
 -, M rch ss of. . . 33 
 
 Battalia, Francis, the Stone 
 
 Eater 120 
 
 B cl-rc, L dyDi a, 104 
 
 B kf d, Mr 174 
 
 B <If d, present D k 
 
 of 138 
 
 , late D k of,138 
 
 B chy, S r W 11 m, 
 
 166, 167 
 
 Beggarus, a foreign Bishop,! Hi 
 Beliingham, the Assassin . .172 
 
 B lo , Mr 61 
 
 Bettelini, Mr 91 
 
 B go, Mr 122 
 
 henifii, Jacob 142 
 
 B ndl y, Mr 134 
 
 Billy, Slender 137 
 
 Page 
 
 B ng, Mr 138, 139. 174 
 
 Bl gr v , M j r. . . 65 
 Blanchardyn, History of. . 73 
 Bl n f d, M rq s of, 
 
 30, 31. 73. 143 
 
 Bdn, Mr 57. 153 
 
 Boccacio 30. 72. 75 
 
 Boileau 166 
 
 Bonaparte 14. 92 
 
 Boswell, Mr. James 57 
 
 B ch r, Mr 57 
 
 Boccus, King of Sydracke, 
 
 History of 74 
 
 Boruwlaski, Count 98 
 
 Bowes, Stoney 18 
 
 B yd 11, Aid m n . . 16. 
 177 
 
 Br rd, Mr.. . .105. 107. 133 
 
 Br nt, Mr. ..17.18,19. 32, 
 
 33.63 
 
 , Mr. jun 33 
 
 Br t n, Mr. 159 
 
 Bronaley 22
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 185 
 
 Page 
 Br wn , P t r .... 119 
 
 Br n the B ks r 126 
 
 B k gh m, Marchioness 
 
 of, and Feather Fan ... 21 
 B ck gh m, M rq s 
 
 of 19 
 
 , M rcfa ss 
 
 of 19.180 
 
 B-- ckst ne, Mr , .107 
 
 B 11, Mr 31.34 
 
 B 11, Miss 81 
 
 Bull and Farnham, the 
 
 Weavers 22 
 
 Burgundy, Duke of . , . . . 17 
 
 Burnet 11. 184. 147 
 
 B te, M rq s of 34 
 
 B xt n, Mr 107 
 
 Caliot, the Engraver. 
 Cardoso, the Dwarf , 
 
 ,..98 
 . 08 
 
 Page 
 
 C r y, Mr 122 
 
 Carew, Reynell 180 
 
 C If d, Mr 16. 44. 84. 
 
 106. 111. 114 
 
 C nip 11 176 
 
 Caxton 17.22. 70 
 
 Cesar 14 
 
 Cesar, Family of 11. 123 
 
 Ch 1m rs, Mr 67 
 
 Charles, Prince 149 
 
 Charle I. ...... 4.145. 180 
 
 Charles II. . .4. 141. 146. 167 
 Ch rl te, the P a -s .170 
 Chaloner, Sir Thomas. . . .180 
 
 Chatham, Lord 64 
 
 Chatterton, Thomas... 28. 85 
 
 Chaucer, Geoffirey 71 
 
 , whole length of. .100 
 
 Cheesemonger, Lady de- 
 scended from 106 
 
 Ch st e,sen 6. 60 
 
 , JUH 40 
 
 Churchill, the Poet 102
 
 186 
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 Page 
 
 Clarendon. .11. 52. 118. 134. 
 148 
 Clifford, George, Earl of 
 
 Cumberland 181 
 
 Co t s, Mr 154 
 
 Cocker 4 
 
 C In gi, Mr 16.92 
 
 C mbe, D ct r 52 
 
 C r m, Mr 19.113 
 
 Coram the Philanthropbist, 
 
 114, 156 
 C-sw y, Mr. R h_d. .141 
 
 Cr ch r d, Mr 60 
 
 Cremona 171 
 
 Cresus 121 
 
 Crib 137 
 
 Crispin, Saint 98 
 
 Cromwell, Oliver, between 
 
 the Pillars 180 
 
 Cr wl , Mr 148 
 
 C mb 1 d, D k of.. 94 
 ~ > George Clif- 
 ford, Earl of 181 
 
 Page 
 
 Cut-purse Moll 22 
 
 Cuyp 162 
 
 Dancer, Mr. Nathaniel ... 87 
 
 D rd s, Mr 18 
 
 D rt n, Mr 126 
 
 , Mr.jun 98 
 
 Darwin, Doctor 176 
 
 D v ds n, Mr. Al x- 
 
 d r 1S9 
 
 D v s, Mr. H r, M. P. 160 
 
 D ght n, Mr 60 
 
 Delarum, the Engraver. . . 181 
 
 Despard, Colonel 172 
 
 , Mrs 172 
 
 D nt, Mr. D g, M. P.56. 92 
 
 Dermer, Mr 169 
 
 D v sfa r, D k of, 
 
 71, 72. 137 
 D bd n, Mr 24, 25. 27
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 187 
 
 Page 
 
 D m d 1 , B r n . . 98 
 
 D dd, Mr. A ct r ... 16. 
 
 58. 65. 67. 69 
 
 D ds11, G n r 1. . . 8. 
 
 135 
 
 D ng 1, M_rq s of, 127 
 
 Don Quixote 11 
 
 D ce, Mr 97. 136 
 
 Douw, Gerard 166 
 
 Droeshout, Martin 99 
 
 D y, Mr 105 
 
 Dryd n 104 
 
 Dubois 167 
 
 Edward IV 13 
 
 Edwards, Ederd, the Mis- 
 sionary 175 
 
 Egerton, Mr. John 106 
 
 Eglantyne, History of. ... 73 
 El -2 th, Pr n ss .... 132 
 
 Page 
 El z th Grey, Queen of 
 
 Edward IV 73 
 
 Elstracke .'. 179, 180 
 
 Elwes, Mr 87 
 
 Ely, late B sh_p of, 51. 137 
 
 Esculapius 13 
 
 Ev ns, Mr 69. 72 
 
 Exeter, Earl of 143 
 
 Faithorne . . . . 4. 30. 60. 180 
 
 F Id r, Mr 106 
 
 F nnni, Mad 1 ..137 
 
 Farmer, Doctor 52 
 
 Farnham and Bull 22 
 
 Faustus, Doctor 142 
 
 F It n, Mr 99 
 
 Ferrex and Porrex 72 
 
 Fielding, Sir John 49 
 
 F f , the E 1 of . ... 63. 65 
 Finiguerra/Thomas, 23, 24, 25 
 F-tzw 11 m, E 1 .... 25
 
 188 
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 Page 
 
 Fl xm~ n,Mr 144 
 
 , Mrs 143 
 
 Flora, Fables of 104 
 
 Florus, Francis ........ 50 
 
 Fl yr, Mr 18 
 
 F nn r u, Mr 114 
 
 Fothergill, Collection of. . 85 
 Frederyke of Jermen, 
 
 History of 73 
 
 F s li, Mr., R. A 27 
 
 Gahagan 144 
 
 G rd r,Mr 28 
 
 Garrick, Mr 34, 127, 150 
 
 , Mr. the Player's 
 
 Nephew 127 
 
 Gaywood 180, 181 
 
 G- ge II 38 
 
 .HI 28.132 
 
 G&boni, Bill 187 
 
 Oflleray, Mr 145 
 
 Page 
 
 Gl c str, D k of. .118 
 Glover, the Engraver 180, 181 
 
 Godwin, Mr 100 
 
 Gorbadue 72 
 
 G rd n, D- k of .... 138 
 
 , D ch ss of. .138 
 
 G ss t, D ct r, 36. 67. 58 
 Gower, his Confessio 
 
 Amantis 75 
 
 Gowland, Mr 156 
 
 Gramraoat, Memoirs of 
 
 Count 141 
 
 Granger, Mr.. .14. 20. 22. 81. 
 
 34. 46. 52. 107. 111. 114. 
 
 127. 147 
 
 Gr v s, Mr. sen 30. 83 
 
 Gr v s, Mr. jun...l6. 46. 
 84. 115. 120 
 
 Gr n, Mr. sen 122 
 
 Grn, Mr. jtra 122 
 
 Grose, Captain 170 
 
 Guistarde and Sigesmundc, 
 
 History of 74
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 189 
 
 Gulley 
 
 Page 
 .137 
 
 H 
 
 Hamilton, Duke of 25 
 
 , Lady 157 
 
 H rd g, Mr. Edw 103 
 
 , Mr. Geo. 103. 122 
 
 H rv_y, Mr 127 
 
 Hase, Mr 132 
 
 H wk , L d 178 
 
 Hawys, Stephen 74 
 
 Heath, Mr. the Engraver. . 93 
 H v sd , Mr. 172, 173 
 
 Heber, Mr 73 
 
 Hector 10 
 
 Henry 8th 22.136 
 
 Prince, Son of 
 
 James 1 180 
 
 H rb t, Mr 101 
 
 , Mr. Nephew of, 70. 
 
 100 
 
 Pag. 
 H rb t, Mr.Circuspr m- 
 
 t-r 124 
 
 H rv y and D rt OB, 
 
 Messires 126 
 
 H 11, Mr 163 
 
 Hogarth, 28. 34. 101. 142. 
 146 
 H ll--nd, Mr. the A-c- 
 
 t r 58. 68 
 
 Hollar 4. 120. 180, 181 
 
 H 11 sw tb, Mr 144 
 
 Horace, 44. 64. 131. 146. 
 151 
 
 Hotham, Sir John 45 
 
 Humphreys, Miss 145 
 
 Huber, Mr 25 
 
 Huntingdon, Mr 174, 175 
 
 H ntl y, Mrq^s of, 138 
 
 Hunter, Mrs. Orbey 176 
 
 H st, Mr 125 
 
 I-J 
 Infanta of Spain 148
 
 190 
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 Page 
 
 Inglefield, Sir Henry .... 30 
 Ing bly, S r J n, Bart. 1 7 
 
 Ir_l_-d, S m 1, Mr 34. 
 
 101. 142 
 1 W 11 m, H n- 
 
 ry,Mr 56. 85.102 
 
 , John 34. 102 
 
 James 1 4. 22. 34. 180 
 
 II. with the Anchor 181 
 
 Jason, the valiant Knight 
 
 of 72 
 
 J ff ry, Mr 16. 116 
 
 J_nn ngs, Mr. D g . . .165 
 Jerome, Saint, the Life of, 70 
 
 Joan, Pope 175 
 
 Johnson, Doctor 57 
 
 Jonson, Ben 97 
 
 Jourdan, General 37 
 
 Junot, General 137 
 
 Juvenal . . .31 
 
 K mbl ,Mr 35.151 
 
 Page 
 Krr, L d M rk, 32. 150 
 
 Ketch, Jack 172 
 
 Kham, the, of Tartary. . . 149 
 
 K ng, Mr 52. 114 
 
 Kirby, Mr 113 
 
 Kirget, Mr 29 
 
 L ke, S r J m s, Bart. 30. 
 63. 148 
 
 Langford, Mr 177 
 
 Latona, and the Lycian 
 
 Shepheards 150 
 
 Lavater 109 
 
 L gh, Mr. A ct n r, 54. 
 58 
 
 Leonora, Poem of 104 
 
 L st r, S r J hn, Bart.166 
 , Sir Martin .... 181 
 
 , Doctor Martin 
 
 L p-d, Mr. 
 
 181 
 .106
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 191 
 
 Page 
 
 L chf d, Mr 153 
 
 Lch, Mr. Auctioneer.... 52 
 
 L .inb rt 139 
 
 L gm n, Mr 125 
 
 Lydgate, John 74 
 
 M 
 
 M ckln, Mr 176 
 
 Mahome 176 
 
 Mainwaring, Sen 148 
 
 , Jun 148 
 
 M 1 ne, Mr 34. 57 
 
 Mansfield, Sir James 32 
 
 M rib b, D k of . . .142 
 
 Marshall 180, 181 
 
 Martial, Epigrammatist . . 67 
 Mary, of Nemegen, Histo- 
 ry of 74 
 
 M tli s, Mr 156 
 
 Mezeray, the Historian. . .173 
 Miller, Joe 97 
 
 Page 
 
 Milton 11. 174 
 
 Moses and Pharaoh's Daugh- 
 ter 150 
 
 Mollineux 137 
 
 M It o, Mr 16. 89 
 
 , Mr. Jun 91 
 
 Moore, Doctor, by Faith- 
 
 orne 60 
 
 Mortimer, the Artist 142 
 
 Musgrave, Sir William, Bart. 
 
 14, 15. 47 
 
 N 
 
 Nassau, Family of 149 
 
 Nelson, Lord 144. 157 
 
 Nero 38 
 
 Newland, Abraham .... 156 
 
 N ch Is, Mr 16. 17 
 
 N c l,Mr 17 
 
 N ch Is, Mrs 13 
 
 Nixon, the Cheshire pro- 
 phet 142
 
 192 
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 Page 
 
 N rf k, D k of, 17, 18. 
 32. 63 
 
 Nornaville, Mr 72 
 
 N rr s, Mr. 171 
 
 North, Lord S4. 91 
 
 , Lady 91 
 
 , Miss.., . 91 
 
 Ot g , Mr 92 
 
 Orf d, E 1 of 28. 174 
 
 Orra , Mr 125 
 
 Oss_lt n, L d 141 
 
 Otly, Mr 27 
 
 OToole, Nonsuch 18 1 
 
 Oxford, Earl of 30 
 
 P_ U._r, Mr 
 
 Pauiphilio 170 
 
 Page 
 
 Parmegiano 136 
 
 Prr D ct -r 57 
 
 P ry, Mr 97 
 
 p__rfr__ nS) Mr 122 
 
 Passe, Simon 4. 64. 180 
 
 , Crispin 4. 64 
 
 Passe, William, Jun. 4. 64. 
 180 
 
 , Magdalena, 4. 22. 64. 
 
 150. 180 
 
 Paston, Sir William 180 
 
 Lady 180 
 
 Pennant, Mr 11. 148 
 
 Percival, Mr 172 
 
 Persius 14 
 
 Ph 11 p ,Mr 69 
 
 , Mrs 59 
 
 Philalcthes, or Webb, Esq. 67 
 Ph 11 ps, 8 rR ch d, 
 
 Knt 100 
 
 Pilkington, Mr... 27. 51. 168 
 
 P nd r, P t r 2 
 
 Pinsoo .............*.. 32
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 193 
 
 Page 
 
 Pitt, the Right Hon. Wil- 
 liam 54 
 
 Place, Mezzotinto Scraper, 
 
 181 
 
 Plato 7 
 
 P rt r, W Ish 165 
 
 Portuguese Ambassador . . 98 
 
 Proteus 121 
 
 Punch, Tom 65 
 
 Queen, the 132 
 
 Q_nsb y, D k of. .137, 
 
 178 
 
 Quixdte, Don 11 
 
 R 
 
 Raphael .....,. 11. 61. 142 
 
 R wl , Mr < . . . 157 
 
 Reed, Mr 63 
 
 R s, Mr. . ..125 
 
 Page 
 
 R g nt, the Pr e..6l. 93. 
 105. 167. 169 
 
 Rembrandt 61 
 
 R vly, the Rev 164 
 
 Reynell, Carew 180 
 
 Richard III 58. 153 
 
 R ch d n, Mr 15, 16. 
 
 44. 69. 99 
 
 Rigaud, Mr 67 
 
 R b ns, Mr 127 
 
 Roscius 153 
 
 R wl s, Mr 69 
 
 R .xbgh, D_k of . . 69, 
 70.75 
 
 Rubens 8. 142 
 
 Rumfius 170 
 
 Rummin, Nell 22 
 
 Ruysdale 162 
 
 S nd s, Mr 7L 76. 174 
 
 Sc-tt, Mr. W It r ... .126 
 Q
 
 194 
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 Page 
 
 Sc tt, Mr. W...20. 70. 104. 
 108. 127 
 
 , Mr. J. ..19. 48. 70. 
 
 76. 101. 104. 133 
 
 Selles 94 
 
 Selman, Pickpocket .... 22 
 
 Selwyn, George, Esq 137 
 
 Shakespeare.. 11. 36. 53. 75. 
 104 
 
 , St e's En- 
 graving of 96 
 
 , R_ch d- 
 
 n's Heads of 
 
 , P rry's Pic- 
 
 ture of 97 
 
 Sharpe, Mr. Engraver. ... 93 
 Sheridan, R. B. Esq. M. P. 57 
 
 Shipton, Mother 142 
 
 S mco, Mr 16. 86 
 
 Skelton, Poet Laureate. . . 22 
 
 Slender Billy 137 
 
 Sm rt,.Mr 1G5. 169 
 
 Smith, Mr. J. T 16 
 
 Page 
 Smith, Mezzotinto Seraper, 
 
 . 180, 181 
 
 S thby, Mr 54. 58 
 
 Southampton, Lord 30 
 
 Sp n r, Earl.. 31. 59. 70. 
 73. 117. 136 
 
 St ce, Mr 16. 32. 95 
 
 St ff d, M rq s of . . 158 
 
 St mf d, Lord 181 
 
 St nl y, Mr 69, 70 
 
 Sterling, Earl of 180 
 
 Sterne, Archbishop of 
 
 York 181 
 
 St w t, Mr 17, 18. 62 
 
 1 Mr. Peter .... 19 
 
 Stothard, Mr. . .144. 166, 167 
 
 Strathmore, Lady 18 
 
 Straduarius, Maker of Vio- 
 lins 171 
 
 St rr, Mr. Anthony . . .107 
 
 Strutt, Mr 22. 29 
 
 Styer, Maker of Violins, 171 
 S ct, Mr 157
 
 INDEX TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 195 
 
 Page 
 
 Sugden Tom 176 
 
 Summers, Will, the Jester, 136 
 
 S th 1 d, Mr. . . 105. 107. 
 
 123 
 
 Swedenborgh 142 
 
 Syk s, S r M st n 
 M rk .30 
 
 T nk v_le, L d 170 
 
 Tenis, Life of Catherine of, 70 
 Th ue, Mr.. . .16. 26. 85. 90 
 Thompson, Thomas, M. P. 148 
 Thoresby, Mr. Leeds His- 
 torian 14 
 
 Th nt n, D ct r . . .176 
 Thntn, C 1 n 1 . . .178 
 
 T rn y, Mr. M. P 117 
 
 T ke, Mr. H-rne 53 
 
 T rre, Mr 90 
 
 T k ns, Mr 65 
 
 T wnl y, Mr 114. 148 
 
 Page 
 
 T wn d, M rq s 57 
 
 Tr ph k, Mr. ...16, 17. 73 
 
 Tr si r 34 
 
 Tullius, on Old Age. 70 
 
 T rn r, .S r Gr g y 
 
 P ge, Bart 140 
 
 Tighe,. Mr 47. 171 
 
 T ss n, Mr 55. 108 
 
 V U 
 
 Valliant 180,181 
 
 , Mrs. and Family, 181 
 
 Van Assen 97 
 
 V nc t, Mr 102 
 
 Vergilius, the Life of .... 73 
 
 Virgil 103 
 
 Udn y, Mr 59 
 
 Urqh t, S r Th m s 
 
 181 
 
 , Mr 172 
 
 Urselin, Barbara 181
 
 196 
 
 TO NAMES MENTIONED. 
 
 w 
 
 Pag* 
 
 Walcot, Doctor 28 
 
 W Id- -n, Mr. ....... 57. 151 
 
 Walton, the Angler 139 
 
 Walter, William 74 
 
 W rw k, the E 1 of . 173 
 
 Waterloo 162 
 
 Webb, Mr 57 
 
 , the Author 74 
 
 Wellington, Marquis. .37. 158 
 West, Mr. R. A. .28. 166,107 
 
 , Mr. his Sale 71 
 
 W st n , Mr 107 
 
 Wharton, Doctor 57 
 
 Whitbread, Mr 13 
 
 White, Mezzotinto Scraper, 
 
 180 
 
 , Robert 181 
 
 WUkie, Mr. R. A.. . .166, 167 
 
 Page 
 Williams, the Murderer . .177 
 
 Wilson, Mr 33 
 
 Winkeu de Worde 73 
 
 W db n, Mr 24 
 
 , Mr. P ts r, 23, 
 24,25,26.60,165. 169 
 
 , Mr. F-we- 
 
 m k r 24 
 
 1 Mr. B ks r, 24 
 
 Wouvermans 162 
 
 Wyatt,Mr 57 
 
 Y m th,L d 137 
 
 Y k, D k of 178 
 
 , D chss 170 
 
 Zimmerman 167
 
 GENERAL INDEX 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 ADELPHI, the ie? 
 
 ALCIBI ADES, Antique Dog of 165 
 
 ALTHROPE, curious Picture at 136 
 
 ANGLER, WALTON'S we Edition never paid for 138 
 
 ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, insufficient Member of the 15 
 
 ANTWERP. Ruben's Mansion at ,... 142 
 
 ARM CHAIR, one sold for 00, , 174 
 
 ARMOUR, old Collector of 109 
 
 , Knights roasted in 178 
 
 ARTS AND ARTISTS op BRISTOL, Poetical Delineation of. . 161 
 
 , flourishing State of, in the Metropolis . . , 168 
 
 , Society for the Encouragement of, in the Adelpbi. . . . 167 
 
 ARTISTS, the MODERN, a Patronizer of 16*
 
 198 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 ARUNDEL HOUSE 180 
 
 AUCTION ROOM, View of 69 
 
 Milling Match at one 09 
 
 Mart 78 
 
 AUCTIONEERS, Act of Parliament relating to 08 
 
 , a Classical one 49 
 
 AUTHOR, the Picturesque one, outwitted 101 
 
 AUTHORS, Royal and Noble 33. 106 
 
 AUTOGRAPHS, Copies of . . ... 85 
 
 AUTUMN, heroic Apostrophe to 43 
 
 B 
 
 BAGNIGE WELLS 9 
 
 BAIL, running away from 77 
 
 BAILEY, the Old 177 
 
 BANK NOTES, their Value known to R y Ity 132 
 
 BANKERS, Account of Portraits vested at a 1 10 
 
 BARTHOLOMEW FAIR 13 
 
 BASIOLOGIA 63 
 
 BELGIC SPRITE, pertinacity of a 59 
 
 BIBLES illustrated ." 3'2 
 
 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY, GRANGER'S 14
 
 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 199 
 
 Page 
 
 BIRD FANCIER. 176 
 
 BOCCACIO, high Price given for 31 
 
 BOOKS, Obscene one's collected 177, 178 
 
 BOOKBINDING, Utility of 101 
 
 BOY, a carrotly-headed one engraved 91 
 
 BRITISH MUSEUM, the 60, 61 
 
 , Theft at the 60 
 
 BRISTOL, Arts and Artists at 160 
 
 BHEWHOUSE, Wbitbread's . . . , , 13 
 
 BUCKINGHAM House 69 
 
 BURNET Illustrated 15 
 
 BUYING and SELLING, Proofs of, in Gentlemen 133 
 
 C 
 
 CA RLETON HOUSE 165. 169 
 
 CARPET WAREHOUSE, Leicester Fields 67 
 
 CASTLE STREET, LEICESTER FIELDS, Anecdote that oc- 
 curred there 117 
 
 CATALOGUE of English Heads, Bromley .....,,,, 22 
 
 CATALOGUS, well disposed of 39 
 
 'T , accurate Description of 11 
 
 , his Person -,- 12 
 
 : , his Physiognomy iU.
 
 200 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTESTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 CATALOG us, hie Corporation. 12 
 
 , his thighs _. . ib. 
 
 - , his legs ib. 
 
 - , his feet ib. 
 
 . , his hat , > * ib. 
 
 , his wig . . . . k ib. 
 
 , his Coat 13 
 
 -, his Waistcoat ib. 
 
 -, his Inexpressibles ib. 
 
 -, his hose ib. 
 
 -, his boots 4 ib. 
 
 -, his Walking Stick ib. 
 
 -, his Martial Deportment ib. 
 
 CHALCOGRAPHY, Invention of 23 
 
 CHALCOGRAPHIAN SUPERIORITY, Struggles for the At- 
 tainment of 67 
 
 CHESHUNT., HERTFORDSHIRE 101 
 
 CHINA, Specimens of, collected. 170 
 
 CHURCH, SAINT Dunstan's 72 
 
 CIRCUS, the Royal 124 
 
 CLARENDON illustrated, Copies of 15 
 
 COACH, Landscape so called 61 
 
 COINS, Collectors of < 170 
 
 COLLECTING, meanness in 133. 149
 
 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 201 
 
 Page 
 
 COLLECTION, a fine one 102 
 
 COLLECTORS, Ignorance of, generally speaking 147 
 
 COMPANIONS, dissolute one stigmatized 137 
 
 COPY, a pretty one 37 
 
 COVENT GARDEN THEATRE 155 
 
 COURTSHIP OF TWENTY YEARS, Marriage after 58 
 
 CRAMMER, a, meaning of, explained 38 
 
 CURIOUS PERSONAGES 113 
 
 CYPRIAN, the, and Gowland's Lotion Paper 156 
 
 D 
 
 DEATH, a precise Emblem of 31 
 
 DIRT, the Collector's sacred Erugo % 117 
 
 DOG, ANTIQUE OF, sold for 1000 .57. 165 
 
 FANCIER, Account of one, and a Noble Peer 138 
 
 DRURY LANE THEATRE..^ 155 
 
 DUKE'S PLACE 137 
 
 DULWICH COLLEGE 34 
 
 Dupes, Seven Species of 106 
 
 E 
 
 ENGRAVERS, Strutt's Dictionary of 23 
 
 p
 
 202 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 EUROPEAN MUSEUM, the 99 
 
 EXCLAMATION, an heroic one , . . 10 
 
 F 
 
 FAMILY, the, of James 1 180 
 
 FASHION, the Amateur of a Letter Mania . . . . * 154 
 
 FIRE, destructive Effects of a 135 
 
 , an Apology for applying to the Pawn-shop 110 
 
 FLEET PRISON, the 18 
 
 FLORA, the Fables of 104 
 
 FLORENCE 24 
 
 FOOLS, an Erudite Chronicler of, recorded 136 
 
 FOPPERY, Theatrical 154 
 
 FOREIGN PORTRAITS, Mistakes committed in illustrating 148 
 
 FOREIGNERS, shameful predilection for 94 
 
 FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, the 114 
 
 FROGMORE.. 104 
 
 G 
 
 GAMBLING, Reprehension of 137 
 
 GARRICK, Collector of his Portraits 156 
 
 GILES'S, Saint 169
 
 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 203 
 
 Page 
 
 GLASS, stained, Collector of 173 
 
 GONE, GONE, harmony in the Sound of 44 
 
 GOWLAND'S Lotion Bills 156 
 
 GRAMMONT, Illustration of . , 141 
 
 GRANGER, Expence of collecting for 45 
 
 , illustrated Copies of 23 
 
 , Profit and Loss sustained by illustrated Copies 
 
 of 127 
 
 , illustrated Dilapidation of a 107 
 
 GRAPHIMANIANS, Account of 158 
 
 GROCER, Account of a, and Private Plate 89 
 
 H 
 
 HALTERS, Collector of 172 
 
 HAM, the Common at 20 
 
 HAMMER, the, when particularly useful 63 
 
 HERCULES, and the Hydra Print of 26 
 
 HERMES Hill 174 
 
 HERO, a Chalcographian one described 84 
 
 HISTORY OF ENGRAVER*, Lord Orford's 28 
 
 HOGARTH, Collection of J. 102. 142 
 
 HONOUR, the Acme of 90
 
 204; GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 HOUNDS, D g D nt's Antipathy to 56 
 
 HUMAN LIFE, Economy of 104 
 
 I 
 
 ILLUSTRATION, how to accomplish cheap 142 
 
 IMAGE VENDER, Account of an 90 
 
 IMPRESSIONS, comparative Value of, according to their 
 
 Excellence 23 
 
 , Proof Price annexed to 60 
 
 IMPRUDENCE, or a Visit to the Country 108 
 
 INVECTIVES, unjustifiable ones 10 
 
 INVOCATION, an Heroic Specimen of 10 
 
 IRELAND'S FABRICATIONS, who purchased by 56 
 
 ISLINGTON.. 9 
 
 K 
 
 KING'S BENCH, the 18 
 
 KNOCK-OUT, Nature of one explained 47 
 
 . Pugilistic Contest at % 09
 
 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 205 
 
 L 
 
 Page 
 LAMBETH Palace 66. 124 
 
 Marsh, Peniiy-print Vender at 66 
 
 LANTERNS, STAFFS, and RATTLES, &c. Collector of . . 173 
 
 LEEDS, Library of the Historian of 14 
 
 LEICESTER Fields 67 
 
 LEONORA, Pictorial Embellishments to 104 
 
 LYCI AN Shepherds, the, and Latona 150 
 
 LONDINA 124 
 
 LYING, the Auction Pulpit's Heir Loom 5O 
 
 M 
 
 MANIA, Origin of a 8 
 
 , Description of a 133. 142 
 
 , ARMOUR 170. 173 
 
 , AUCTION 36 
 
 , BIBLE 32, 150 
 
 , BIRD 176 
 
 , BURNETT 15. 148 
 
 , BUST 144 
 
 , CARICATURES 145 
 
 , CHAIR 174 
 
 , CLARENDON 16. 148
 
 206 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 MANIA, COIN .,tt, 170 
 
 , DOGS 165. 170 
 
 , FIDDLE 170 
 
 , FOOL 136 
 
 , for FOREIGNERS 95 
 
 , GARRICK 156 
 
 , GRAMMONT 141 
 
 , GRANGER 114. 127. 148 
 
 , GRAPHIC, New 135. 159 
 
 , Old 135. 159 
 
 , HALTER 172 
 
 , HOGARTH 142 
 
 , MASKS 144. 172 
 
 , MEDAL 170 
 
 METHODISTIC AL 174, 175 
 
 , MILITARY SADDLE 1C9 
 
 , MODERN GRAPHIC 135. 159 
 
 , NATURAL HISTORY 174 
 
 , NlCNACKATARIAN 168 
 
 , OBSCENE 177, 178 
 
 , ODD CHARACTERS 98 
 
 , PARROT.. 176 
 
 -, PENNANT 15. 148 
 
 -, PICTURE.. 159, 16O
 
 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 207 
 
 Page 
 MANIA, PILFERING 149 
 
 , PlLKINGTON 23. 159 
 
 , PLAY 152 
 
 , PROCESSION 143 
 
 , RAPHAEL. 142 
 
 , RATTLE, STAFF, and LANTERN 173 
 
 , ROPE 172 
 
 , RUBENS 142 
 
 , SADDLES 169 
 
 , SHAKESPEARE 34 
 
 , SHELL 170 
 
 , SHOP BILL 171 
 
 , SNUFF BOXES 171 
 
 , STAGE 154 
 
 , STAINED GLASS 173 
 
 , STOTHARD 144 
 
 , STRUTT 23 
 
 , TEA POT 174 
 
 , THEATRICAL 35. 151. 153. 155 
 
 , TOBACCO PAPERS 171, 172 
 
 , TOPOGRAPHICAL 16 
 
 , TBLIP 176 
 
 , TYPOGRAPHICAL 24. 101. 135 
 
 , UNIVERSAL 140. 174
 
 308 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 MANIA, UNIVERSAL, how cooled 140 
 
 , WIG * 157 
 
 , WIFE 175. 177 
 
 MARSH-GATE, THE, Errand Boy Printseller 66 
 
 MASQUERADE, a Gentleman STAGE LOVER, addressed at the, 150 
 
 MEDALS, Collection of 170 
 
 METHODISTICAL RELICS, Collection of 174, 175 
 
 MEZZOTINTO SCRAPERS, their Works described 180 
 
 MINIATURE PAINTER, Reverence of one for Titles 142 
 
 MONTHLY MIRROR, a Gentleman Scribbler for the 153 
 
 MOSES, the finding of 150 
 
 MUCK, Running a 65, 56 
 
 N 
 
 NATIVE TALENT, Neglect of 94 
 
 NATURAL HISTORY, Collection of 174 
 
 NICNACKATARIANS, Venders of Curiosities 168 
 
 O 
 
 OBSCENE Prints, Collectors of 121 
 
 Books, ditto 121 
 
 ODD CHARACTERS, a proper Decoration for the Title of 112 
 Old Bailey, the 75. 120
 
 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 209 
 
 P 
 
 Pag. 
 
 PAINTERS, Pilkington's Dictionary of 23 
 
 PAINTING, Anecdotes of 28 
 
 PALL MALL 28. 71. 104 
 
 PAPER, the Date of, known by its Taste 25 
 
 PARADISE of Dainty Devices, Copy of 74. 139 
 
 PARIS 27 
 
 PARROT, the good keeping of one 176 
 
 PATERNOSTER-ROW, Great Firm there 125 
 
 PENNANT, Collectors for 148 
 
 PIAZZA, COVENT GARDEN, the 120 
 
 PICTURE Dealer, a Reverend one 133. 165 
 
 SALE, Mistake at 51. 63 
 
 PICTURES, celebrated one by Barry in the Adelphi 167 
 
 PILKINGTON, Collectors for 23 
 
 PLATES, Old Ones newly discovered 8 
 
 POEM, Conclusion of the 179 
 
 POET, the would-be, over- matched 103 
 
 PORTRAIT, Augmentation in the Value of 84 
 
 , high Price given for 30 
 
 , Copies of Rare Ones necessary 45 
 
 PORTRAITS, ANONYMOUS, a Nominator for 96 
 
 -, SPURIOUS, Engravings of 96 
 
 PORTRAITURE, A, after Lavater 109 
 
 PRINTS, obscure ones collected 121 
 
 9
 
 210 GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 PRINTSELLER, A, too much for the Trade 112 
 
 , Primum Mobile 44 
 
 , VENDER'S PROMISSORY NOTES, how dis- 
 counted 121 
 
 , VENDER, a Clerical Specimen 133. 165 
 
 PRINTING HOUSE, Private One at Strawberry Hill 29 
 
 PRIVATE PLATES, Account of 69 
 
 PROCESSIONS, Collector of. ... * 143 
 
 PROOFS by mistake selected at the British Museum 61 
 
 PURLE Y, Diversions of ..*.. t 63 
 
 Q 
 
 QU*ARTERN LOAF, infinite Utility of a 47 
 
 QUEEN SQUARE, Parsimonious Collector of 144 
 
 R 
 
 RATCATCHER, Account of 93 
 
 RIPLEY CASTLE 17 
 
 ROME, Vatican at .'. 30 
 
 ROPES, a Collector of 172 
 
 ROYAL and NOBLE AUTHORS, new Publication of, by whom 
 
 supported 106 
 
 RUBENS, Collector of 142 
 
 , Mania for the Mansion of 142 
 
 RUSSIAN Company* President of the 134 
 
 1 TALLOW, happy Speculation in 161
 
 GENERAL INDEX OP CONTENTS. 211 
 
 s 
 
 Page 
 
 SADDLES, Military ones collected 169 
 
 SAINT DUNSTAN'S CHURCH 72 
 
 Ditto ditto Statues there ."" 73 
 
 SAINT MARTIN'S LANE, and Going 25. 68. 105 
 
 SCOTTISH MANNERS and ACQUIREMENTS, Description of, 108 
 
 SHAMROCK, or Pat and the Clean Shirt 117 
 
 SHELLS, Collection of 170 
 
 SHELL, 1000. paid for a Rare One ib. 
 
 SHOP BILLS, a Collector of 171 
 
 SQUARE, in Tom Jones, adverted to 49 
 
 STAINED GLASS, Collectors of 173 
 
 STOCKINGS, odd ones, worn by a Bookseller 116 
 
 STOTHARD, Collector of his Works 144 
 
 STRAWBERRY HILL 29 
 
 STRUTT, Illustrated 23 
 
 T 
 
 TALENT, Want of in Three Branches, of Collecting, Play- 
 ing, and Poetry 152 
 
 TAVISTOCK STREET, or D d transmogrified 68 
 
 TEA-POTS, Collector of 132 
 
 TEMPLE, THE 77 
 
 THEATRICALS, Collectors of 151
 
 SI* GENERAL INDEX OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 TOBACCO PAPERS, Collector of 172 
 
 TRIBUTE MONEY, Rubens's Picture of 8 
 
 TROYE, the Historye of 73 
 
 TROPHY, a Martial one 37 
 
 TUPLIPS, Collectors of 176 
 
 TYPOGRAPHICAL Work, an Error in 17 
 
 V W 
 
 VATICAN, the 30 
 
 WARWICK CASTLE, fine Armoury at 173 
 
 WESTMINSTER, Cosmography of 120 
 
 WIGS, Collectors of , 157 
 
 WINDSOR . 104
 
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