Mallet, David, 1705?-1765
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1705 - 1765
Biography
David Mallet (1705?-1765), Scottish poet and dramatist.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Book trade collection
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 33
Abstract:
Receipts and short notes concerning the book trade in London in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Booksellers include Thomas Caddell, Thomas Longman, Thomas Lowndes, George Nicol, John Nourse, Paul Vaillant, Thomas Vernor, John Whiston, and John Wilkie. There is one long letter from Andrew Millar to David Mallet about the sales of Mallet's edition of the works of Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.
Dates:
1729-1812
Letter : to [Arron Hill?], 1742 Oct 12
Part of Collection — Box 17: [Barcode: 39002137224938], Folder: GROUP 328, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
1742 Oct 12
Joseph Spence papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 4
Abstract:
The papers include correspondence, personal papers, notes and memoranda, and related papers. Much of the material concerns Spence's Anecdotes, including manuscripts of his notes on conversations with Alexander Pope, memoranda on Stephen Duck and other authors, and notes on Spence's reading. There are also extensive notes on English gardens, shorter writings by Spence, and drafts of works which appeared in his Moralities (1753, under the pseudonym of Sir Harry Beaumont). The correspondence...
Dates:
1649-1859, bulk 1739-1768