Miscellany.- Album of letters and documents

Miscellany.- Album of letters, documents and engravings,documents, including: "Wines to be sent for to France For His Royall Highness.s [?George II as Prince of Wales] service for the Year 1718... 24 Tunn Claret..." 1718, 2 wine bills from Germany, 1 to Spencer Compton, first earl of Wilmington (speaker of the House of Commons, c.1674-1743); letters, including: George Chamberleyne (9), Ferd Mantz, Dandoque (3), Lamartine, ; engravings, including: "A true blew Priest a Lincey Woolsey Brother... For any thing intirely but an Ass" [first and last lines of engraved caption under image], [late seventeenth/early eighteenth century], Richard Cobden, Henry van der Borcht, Henry Berckmans, Petrus Boel, Brugel, Adolphus Solm Count of Meurs, Sir John Vanbrugh etc., together c. 170 items (mostly engraved portraits), folds, some browning, tipped-in or mounted in a 19th century morocco album, gilt, ribbed, lacks upper cover, v.s., v.d.,

***"Mr Rose [George Rose, politician and publicist, 1744-1818)] says, the day he received my letter he showed it to Mr Pitt [William Pitt, prime minister, 1759-1806], who thought the request extremely reasonable; he then sent it to Mr H[enry] Addington [first earl of Sidmouth, prime minister, 1757-1844] to be communicated to his brother; and now incloses Mr H.A's answer that the minister has no difficulty about recommending the continuance of Mr G.C's pension, which henceforth will be payable to himself." - George Chamberleyne, Queen Street, 29th December 1801..