Simon Beattie
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Antiquarian bookseller, literary translator, choral composer. Things to listen to here: https://t.co/8hoghiIsb0
Chesham, UK
Joined May 2011
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A sumptuous American gift-book edition of Byron’s works from 1855, aimed at ‘socially conscious’ women book buyers.
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Following on from Bastille Day yesterday, a copy of the first edition of an account of the Terror by Jean-Baptiste Cléry (1759–1809), Louis XVI’s valet de chambre, published in London in 1798.
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A rather sinister image from Ferdinand von Řezníček's 'Unter vier Augen' (1908), but his skilled use of chromolithography in those blocks of colour is wonderful.
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'A major political statement' by German artist Alfred Rethel, inspired by Holbein's Dance of Death series and published in the wake of the 1848 Revolutions.
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Raising funds for a permanent memorial to Charles Dibdin, 'arguably the first singer–songwriter', in 1829.
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Delighted to have been chosen for the latest Meet the Fellows interview.
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A New Orleans playbill from 1857. And they're not backward about saying how nice their theatre is either.
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An attractive print by Paul Angier (c.1723–1757): ‘his working life was short and his prints are not common’ (Oxford DNB). The event it records are the celebrations in London on 27 April 1749 at which Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks was first performed. #Handel
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I'm always interested in the reception of one culture in another. Here a fascinating little book by Dora Amsden from about 1905 highlighting the American interest in collecting Japanese prints.
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A very Happy Fourth of July to all my American followers. This passed across my desk recently, which seemed timely: a song written in praise of Nelson, c.1801, to the music of the Anacreontic Song, better known to us today as the tune of the Star-Spangled Banner.
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Nice copy of the catalogue for the sale of Brunet's library in 1868. IYKYK
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Marbled cloth, something of a mid-19th-century fad, here on a copy of 'A Manual of Artistic Anatomy' (1852) by the leading Scottish anatomist, Robert Knox (1791–1862).
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Broadside sonnet written to commemorate the performance of the young Italian bass Giuseppe de Begnis (1793–1849) in Ferrara in 1814. He had only made his debut, at Modena, the year before.
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And if anyone's interested in hearing the choral setting mentioned in the article, it's here:
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