tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.comments2023-10-30T14:03:25.929-07:00Edmond Hoyle, Gent.David Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10903897122730648287noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-90660378653791983892023-10-30T14:03:25.929-07:002023-10-30T14:03:25.929-07:00You are correct, Porges. Thank you!You are correct, Porges. Thank you!David Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10903897122730648287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-55044194239402823642023-10-29T22:11:13.884-07:002023-10-29T22:11:13.884-07:00Just a small correction here, that the 1662 (2nd) ...Just a small correction here, that the 1662 (2nd) edition of Wits Interpreter does indeed include the games. They start at page 352 (and not where the index says that they do!)Porgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02727258157936734796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-64088275675528378562020-01-17T09:42:37.488-08:002020-01-17T09:42:37.488-08:00Would you please contact me ref. bookplates.
With ...Would you please contact me ref. bookplates.<br />With Thanks,<br />Thomas Wixon<br />twixon@gmail.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856515140183271897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-24061120986393405462019-07-05T17:49:56.540-07:002019-07-05T17:49:56.540-07:00I am satisfied that the spurious W. Webb, at the t...I am satisfied that the spurious W. Webb, at the time you mention, was used by Tobias Smollett for publishing many satiric and other works. See my notes at http://tobiassmollett.blogspot.com/2019/07/smollett-and-w-webb.htmlDon Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01981381449429373197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-63557770322653430232019-04-05T09:30:44.799-07:002019-04-05T09:30:44.799-07:00This blog is wonderful by the way! Thank you for i...This blog is wonderful by the way! Thank you for it, Michaelmgbvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676661721890494870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-54682648306557482492019-04-05T09:04:20.112-07:002019-04-05T09:04:20.112-07:00David, have you had any luck locating the manuscri...David, have you had any luck locating the manuscript, in Philadephia or elsewhere? I'm currently editing Goldsmith's verse and would be keen to know if any advance has been made. Michaelmgbvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676661721890494870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-40568715701855534422019-02-23T01:10:09.565-08:002019-02-23T01:10:09.565-08:00I am mildly fascinated to have come across your Ho...I am mildly fascinated to have come across your Holye musings. I live in Leeds Yorkshire & have among family papers a small etching dated 1925 of a FW Hoyle of Halifax. No relation to myself or your Hoyle I suspect but the print is by Vernon Hill, noted minor artist of the early 20th C. A friend of my grandfather J Shailer (another old English name!). I have no idea which branch of the Hoyle family FW belongs to or why our family has the print. It may simply be that Hill, Hoyle & Shailer where all friends. I believe V.Hill was also from Halifax, or Yorkshire at least, although my G'father came from Warwickshire roots.Flowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518701038258770866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-58002081735861844292018-12-21T12:08:58.204-08:002018-12-21T12:08:58.204-08:00I have all 4 tokens and neck holder. How much are ...I have all 4 tokens and neck holder. How much are they worth?<br />Marcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024778749391046676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-67548046976813670262017-06-25T16:44:46.720-07:002017-06-25T16:44:46.720-07:00Contrite Printer would seem to imply that the same...Contrite Printer would seem to imply that the same handwriting and same correction would occur in all copies, so I vote for Diligent Reader!Bob Munsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925710331203804478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-13850399973597296482016-11-05T06:36:09.499-07:002016-11-05T06:36:09.499-07:00No, just the bookplate pictured above. No, just the bookplate pictured above. David Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397990203256125942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-90438643092690279532016-11-04T23:14:33.255-07:002016-11-04T23:14:33.255-07:00I just acquired what I believe is the family seal....I just acquired what I believe is the family seal. It is an intaglio fob carved with the motto and the griffin holding the Rose. Have you come across anything similar?FlagPharmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702833779262916534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-734259950980538842016-09-11T18:36:14.096-07:002016-09-11T18:36:14.096-07:00What a beautiful slipcase! I just received my copy...What a beautiful slipcase! I just received my copy of Mark R. Godburn's Nineteenth-Century Dust-Jackets: I am hoping he has something to say about these and other slipcases in the late 18C.<br />BTW: I thought " goldenrod " was a typo for golden-red!<br />PatrickPatrick Speddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626381184719917832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-38267386420948533862015-10-22T19:50:23.320-07:002015-10-22T19:50:23.320-07:00James, did you get my email reply? Best, DavidJames, did you get my email reply? Best, DavidDavid Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397990203256125942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-86911869317121787882015-10-12T10:28:34.456-07:002015-10-12T10:28:34.456-07:00Hi David,
If you still wanted to use the TEI then...Hi David,<br /><br />If you still wanted to use the TEI then you should know that, unlike other standards, it is possible to extend it to cope with things it hasn't dealt with yet. This would mean you'd be able to add your elements to TEI files and still have them validate. You could then also use this as a proposal to the TEI Technical Council for inclusion in the Guidelines. As you've seen there is a general desire to extend things to cope with physical bibliography better, but the people in that workgroup seem to have got busy with other things and disbanded. I'd be happy to work with you on a TEI customization which extends it to cover collation formulas... maybe we could get some interest from the TEI-MS mailing list (since I note your post to TEI-L in 2014 didn't get lots of attention...but that may have just been a busy time of year).<br /><br />-James CummingsJames-Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16003591604826901937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-79432203215302377552015-04-16T06:27:25.255-07:002015-04-16T06:27:25.255-07:00I am not sure what happened to my previous effort ...I am not sure what happened to my previous effort to comment. <br /><br />I much enjoyed your essays on "Bob Short". It was a non-d-plume that was used in the Baltimore and New York papers in the first two decades of the 19th century. The first instance that I found was the publication of his Hoyle, but there is also poetry and biography (political) associated with the name. I suspect there were several "Bob Shorts"<br /><br />Ed Papenfuse<br />Maryland State Archivist, Emeritus<br />edpapenfuse@gmail.comecpcliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826375624395153082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-1806678170577505162015-02-18T10:22:05.173-08:002015-02-18T10:22:05.173-08:00It's the penny books that vanish into thin air...It's the penny books that vanish into thin air. I'm surprised no copies of the book at a shilling or two survive even though this is not the sort of book that would be found in a gentleman's library. The 9s price could be a typo--I found it only in the one 1751 source with later prices of 1s or 2s. David Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397990203256125942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-51179104039459085432015-02-18T09:38:52.566-08:002015-02-18T09:38:52.566-08:00I could see a 1s or 2s book not being significant ...I could see a 1s or 2s book not being significant to include in a preserved library collection. But a 9s? Wasn't that a huge price for a book 260 years ago?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-55060090717818847712013-12-18T14:02:10.593-08:002013-12-18T14:02:10.593-08:00Fantastic! What a lovely piece!Fantastic! What a lovely piece!rdags27https://www.blogger.com/profile/05897918136397020202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-22780801016964593722013-09-20T03:38:26.364-07:002013-09-20T03:38:26.364-07:00Hi David,
Very interesting and informative. Thank...Hi David, <br />Very interesting and informative. Thanks for the post. I got interested in bibliography when I was researching sixteenth-century books, but it was not my main concern. Now I am collecting Maugham's first editions and some of what I learnt before became very useful, but there are so many things that I don't know about. Thanks for the explanations of the cancels. My Maugham Collectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001690360958605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-38924983823130691782013-08-25T10:45:36.127-07:002013-08-25T10:45:36.127-07:00Thanks, Patrick. Let me track down the references....Thanks, Patrick. Let me track down the references. I've also heard from Joseph Felcone who's descriptive bibliography of 18c New Jersey imprints describes many 18mos in 9s. David Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397990203256125942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-45665058516156575372013-08-21T13:46:46.547-07:002013-08-21T13:46:46.547-07:00David, Brian Hubber -- a BSANZ member -- wrote an ...David, Brian Hubber -- a BSANZ member -- wrote an article about books gathered in nines. And I am sure Brian McMullin has written something on the subject too, much more recently, though I can't find the reference. These two should get you started though:<br /><br />Brian Hubber, "Eighteenmo in Nines: An Experimental Technique," BSANZ Bulletin, 7 (1983), 183-186.<br /><br />Hector Macdonald, "A Book Gathered in Nines," Bibliotheck, 7.3 (1974), 76-78.<br /><br />Let me know if you'd like to get in contact with Brian about this.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />PatrickPatrick Speddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626381184719917832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-62481367390592121012013-07-16T10:56:08.497-07:002013-07-16T10:56:08.497-07:00Excellent research and an interesting read.Excellent research and an interesting read.Games et alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869816930139898857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-4853899487014263922013-07-01T14:45:09.378-07:002013-07-01T14:45:09.378-07:00Thanks, Patrick, for you usual insightful thoughts...Thanks, Patrick, for you usual insightful thoughts. Yes, we are nearly back to perpetual copyright, aren't we?David Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397990203256125942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-19244572628098126342013-07-01T14:43:54.552-07:002013-07-01T14:43:54.552-07:00Thanks, James, for your kind thoughts!Thanks, James, for your kind thoughts!David Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13397990203256125942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559915223029540012.post-90029807714825998732013-06-25T10:05:29.947-07:002013-06-25T10:05:29.947-07:00David,
It seems eminently sensible to approach th...David,<br /><br />It seems eminently sensible to approach the (bibliographical) history of Hoyle’s intellectual property like this. You cannot separate Hoyle completely from his intellectual property (broadly considered), because its history—as you say—is longer and bigger than Hoyle. And so, this longer, bigger, history must include Hoyle and the various copyright holders, publishers etc, and it makes sense that any account be structured around Hoyle and the various copyright holders, publishers etc too. <br /><br />(Given the absurdly long-lived copyrights that exist now, this approach may need to be taken with many early 20C authors whose copyrights will/have long outlived the authors and whose intellectual property continued/continues to be controlled by the long-term owners of their intellectual property—i.e., the publishers.)<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />Patrick<br />P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10618078231977571631noreply@blogger.com