[Herrick, Robert] / John Nott [Bristol] / Barron Field.

Working copy with annotations and inscription by Editor John Nott and also being an “Association Copy” between John Nott and Barron Field of: “Select Poems from the Hesperides, or Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick, Esq. with occasional remarks by J.N. [in our copy, Nott has completed his pseudonym himself and reveals the “Nott”, followed by “M.D”]. – Accompanied also with the Head, Autographe and Seal of the Poet [this Frontispiece is missing in our copy].

Bristol, Printed and Published by J.M.Gutch, no year [1810]. Octavo. IV, 253 pages, followed by an interleaved section at the end of the book, being the original, printed Review by Barron Field from “The Quarterly Review” in 1810 in which Barron Field reviews Nott’s publication of Herrick’s Hesperides, which Nott has inscribed Hardcover / Modern half-leather in style of early 19th-century bindings. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscribed: “Barron Field – from the editor, Dr. Nott of Bristol – Hotwell [Waters]”. This being the original copy which Dr.John Nott sent to Barron Field for Review. With additional annotations and explanations on page 5, where Nott elaborates on 17th century poet Alexander Brome being the inspiration for the idea of Poem VII “No Loathsomeness in Love” and then Nott wrote down part of the poem by Brome in ink: “I vow I am so far from loving none….” (9 lines). Other annotation in ink (Nott) and pencil (possibly Barron Field) throughout the Volume.

John Nott (1751–1825) was an English physician and classical scholar.
Born at Worcester on 24 December 1751, he was son of Samuel Nott, a German courtier in favour with George III. He studied surgery in Birmingham, under the instruction of Edmund Hector; in London under Sir Cæsar Hawkins, with whose family he was connected; and in Paris. About 1775 he went to the continent of Europe with an invalid gentleman, and stayed there for two years, returning to London. In 1783 he travelled to China, as surgeon in an East India vessel, and during his absence of three years learnt the Persian language; and soon after returning to England he accompanied his brother and his family on a journey abroad for their health, and did not return until 1788.
Nott was still without a degree in medicine, and, on the advice of Richard Warren, he became an extra-licentiate of the College of Physicians of London on 8 October 1789. On Warren’s recommendation he attended Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and her sister Lady Duncannon, as their physician, to the continent, and continued in that post until 1793. He then settled at Hotwells, Bristol, and remained there.
For the last eight years of his life Nott suffered from hemiplegia, and was confined to his house. He died in a boarding-house, Dowry Square, Clifton, Bristol, on 23 July 1825, and was buried in the old burial-ground at Clifton. (Wikipedia)

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Barron Field (23 October 1786 – 11 April 1846) was an English-born Australian judge and poet.
Field was the second son of Henry Field, a London surgeon and apothecary, and Esther, née Barron. Barron Field was educated as a barrister, being called to the Inner Temple on 25 June 1814. In 1811 he published an analysis for students of Blackstone’s Commentaries (with a second edition in 1817). He was a great student of poetry and frequently contributed to the press, being for a time theatrical critic for The Times. He became acquainted with Charles Lamb and his circle; Crabb Robinson called on Field in January 1812 and found Lamb and Leigh Hunt there, and he records in another place that at Lamb’s house on 23 May 1815 he met William Wordsworth, Field, and Thomas Noon Talfourd. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Association Copies · Association Copy · Catalogue Nineteen – English Literature before 1850 · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · English Literature – Rare · English Literature of the 17th century · English Literature of the 18th Century · English Literature of the 18th century – Collection · Inscribed · Signed
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31810AB

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