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Contemp. half brown calf, red leather label; sl. rubbed. John Adamson, 1787-1855, from Newcastle, assisted his merchant brother in Lisbon until French invasion threatened in 1807. His knowledge of Portuguese enabled him to publish literary translations, and as a lawyer, as well as taking part in Newcastle public life and acting as Secretary to the Literary and Philosophical Society he amassed a considerable Portuguese Library of which a catalogue was published in 1836. The Library was destroyed by fire in 1849 and poems in this volume refer to this calamity. This volume contains several of Adamson's handsome privately printed pamphlets. Contents: (ADAMSON, Edward Hussey) Obituary notice of the late John Adamson, Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed by Thomas & James Pigg, 1856; ADAMSON, John. Lusitania Illustrata: notices of the history, antiquities, literature, &c. of Portugal. Literary Dept. Pt II. Minstrelsy. Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by M.A. Richardson, 1846. Errata slip, printed in red & black; (WHARTON, Richard) Cheviot: a poetical fragment. By R.W. (Edited by John Adamson.) Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by S. Hodgson, 1817; (ADAMSON, John) Sonnets from the Portuguese of Luis de Camoens, &c. n.p. With presentation inscription from Adamson to his sister, Newcastle March 10th 1810; ADAMSON, John. Sonnets. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1845. Printed in red, black and blue, with coloured initials; The Newfoundlander's Petition. n.p., n.d. A single sheet poem "England, to thee, their native isle"; Church or Chapel. n.p, n.d. A single sheet poem, signed F.; Realms of Light. n.p., n.d. A single sheet poem signed F.; Look to Heaven! A single sheet poem, signed T.F.; (ADAMSON, John) Sonnet to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, on having the portrait of Mrs. Arkwright engraved. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: imprinted by George Bourchier Richardson, 1849. Signed J.A.; BIGSBY, Robert. To John Adamson, Esq. on reading the sonnet upon the loss of his books. A single sheet poem from Repton Derbyshire, May 1st, 1849; ADAMSON, John. On the destruction of my books by fire. Sonnet. A single sheet poem, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 27th April, 1849. Memoir of Constantine Adamson, late President of the College of Pharmacy of the City of New-York. Also an obituary notice of the late John Adamson. New-York: Robert Coddington, 1856. Stained at one corner. John Adamson's obituary is a reprint of the first item. Most of these items are scarce or in some cases unrecorded.
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