Singer, Samuel Weller 1783-1858

Overview

Works:	287 works in 686 publications in 1 language and 5,381 library holdings
Genres:	Anecdotes Humor History Biography Interviews Quotations Sources Records and correspondence Handbooks and manuals Manuscripts
Roles:	Editor, Author, Translator, edc, Dedicatee, Arranger, Honoree, Illustrator
Classifications:	PR2339.S3, 828.50822

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Most widely held works about Samuel Weller Singer

An essay on Mr. Singer's "Wormwood" : embracing a restoration of the author's reply, mutilated in "Notes and Queries," No. 72 ; with a note on the Monk of Bury, and a reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet CXI, "supplementary to all the commentators" by Henry Kent S Causton( Book )
Catalogue of a selected portion of choice & interesting copies of rare & valuable works, collected by the late S.W. Singer ...( Book )
Catalogue of a selected portion of choice & interesting copies of rare & valuable works collected by the late S.W. Singer, Esq., well known in the literary world as the author of many works and an editor of Shakespeare, &c. : comprising beautiful specimens of the libraries of Maioli, Grolier, Cardinal de Bourbon, Marguerite de Valois, Thuanus, Longepierre, Count Hoym, Sir Robert Dudley Earl of Leycester, Sir K. Digby, and of the principal collectors of the sixteenth & seventeenth centuries by S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm)( Book )
Catalogue of the first portion of the extensive and valuable library formed by the late S.W. Singer, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Monday, 20th of February, 1860, and six following days (Sunday excepted) by S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm)( Book )
Catalogue of the second portion of the extensive and valuable library formed by the late S.W. Singer, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Wednesday, 11th of April, 1860, and five following days (Sunday excepted) by S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm)( Book )

A catalogue of the library of a well-known collector : containing many rare and curious articles, particularly in early French and Italian literature by Samuel Weller Singer( Book )
Letter: 1858 Dec. 28, 21 St James's Place [London], to David Laing by Samuel Christie-Miller( Book )
S.W. Singer, Esqr.( Visual )
A catalogue of a very choice, valuable, and interesting collection of rare, curious, and useful books, chiefly in early English literature ... : to which is added an appendix, containing a selection of rare and curious books in early English literature, from the libraries of the late Rev. John Mitford, and S.W. Singer, Esq. ... and an assemblage of some most beautifully illuminated missals, horae, &c. on vellum ... now on sale at the prices affixed, by Joseph Lilly, 15, Bedford Street ..., Covent Garden, London by England) Joseph Lilly (Firm : London( Book )
Letters and other material of S.W. Singer by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Autograph letters signed and other material of Samuel Weller Singer by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Catalogue of the third portion of the extensive and valuable library formed by the late S.W. Singer, Esq. ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Wednesday, 16th of May, 1860, and six following days (Sunday excepted0 by S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson (Firm)( Book )
Autograph letter from Samuel Weller Singer to an unidentified recipient by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Autograph letter signed from S.W. Singer, Mickleham, to Charles Whittingham, Esq by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Autograph letter signed from S.W. Weller, Mickleham, to F. Daldy, Esq by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Autograph letter signed from S.W. Singer, Box Hill, to unidentified recipient by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Autograph letter signed from S.W. Singer, South Lambeth, to Rev. John Mitford by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Autograph letter from Mr. [Samuel Weller?] Singer to an unidentified recipient by Samuel Weller Singer( )
Catalogue of the concluding portion of the extensive and valuable library of S.W. Singer, which will be sold by auction by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson by S. Leigh Sotheby (Firm)( Book )

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Most widely held works by Samuel Weller Singer

Anecdotes, observations and characters of books and men collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope and other eminent persons of his time by Joseph Spence( Book )

41 editions published between 1820 and 1964 in English and held by 780 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Joseph Spence (1699-1768) was ordained after graduating from Oxford, and having made the acquaintance of Alexander Pope, was helped by him to the professorship of poetry at Oxford, which he held for ten years from 1728. At the same time (and while holding the living of Birchanger in Essex) he began the first of several extended European journeys, accompanying nobility on the Grand Tour. He had published various literary works before his death in 1768, but left a number of manuscripts to be published at the discretion of his executors. They decided to take no action, but these anecdotes of Alexander Pope and his contemporaries came into the possession of a bookseller called Carpenter, who had them edited, and published them, prefaced with a life of Spence, in 1820. This is a fascinating compilation of anecdotes, aphorisms and biographical details about the most famous poet of his age

Table talk of John Selden by John Selden( Book )

40 editions published between 1856 and 2015 in English and held by 431 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The lawyer, politician and antiquarian John Selden (1584-1654) made his name as an expert on the ancient laws of England, though he was equally at home with classical and Judaic studies: Grotius described him as 'the glory of the English nation', and his advice was sought on all manner of legal and moral problems from tithes to cross-dressing. This collection of his remarks on many topics was compiled by his amanuensis Richard Milward and first published in 1689. Reissued here is a version annotated and with a biographical preface by the literary scholar Samuel Weller Singer (1783-1858) and published in 1847. The topics of Selden's discourse are arranged alphabetically, from 'abbies' to 'zelots', via Christmas, juggling, marriage, and witches. As Singer says of the book, 'it is impossible to open it without finding some important fact or discussion, something practically useful and applicable to the business of life'

The mirrour of vertue in worldly greatness; or, The life of Sir Thomas More, knight by William Roper( Book )

18 editions published between 1817 and 1926 in English and held by 161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Manuscript on paper, in a secretary hand, of Roper's biography of Thomas More

The text of Shakespeare vindicated from the interpolations and corruptions advocated by John Payne Collier, esq., in his notes and emendations by Samuel Weller Singer( Book )

9 editions published between 1853 and 1981 in English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The dramatic works of William Shakspeare : illustrated : embracing a life of the poet, and notes, original and selected by William Shakespeare( Book )

20 editions published between 1836 and 2000 in English and held by 128 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish( Book )

17 editions published between 1825 and 1827 in English and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The table-talk of John Selden, esq by John Selden( Book )

8 editions published between 1847 and 1989 in English and held by 119 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cupid and Psyche : a legend by Shackerley Marmion( Book )

4 editions published in 1820 in English and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Satires by Joseph Hall( Book )

6 editions published in 1824 in English and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The correspondence of Henry Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, and his brother Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester; with the diary of Lord Clarendon from 1687 to 1690, containing minute particulars of the events attending the revolution and the diary of Lord Rochester during his embassy to Poland in 1676 by Henry Hyde Clarendon( Book )

7 editions published between 1826 and 2012 in English and held by 103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Researches into the history of playing cards; with illustrations of the origin of printing and engraving on wood by Samuel Weller Singer( Book )

13 editions published between 1816 and 2016 in English and held by 90 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This highly illustrated 1816 work, originially published in a run of only 250 copies, was praised for its quality by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. In it, Singer argues that the increasing sophistication sought by the buyers of playing cards led to increasing improvements in the art of wood engraving, and that the study of these humble and rarely surviving artefacts can give insights into the achievements of the greatest Renaissance carvers.--Provided by publisher

The dramatic works and poems of William Shakspeare : with notes, original and selected, and introductory remarks to each play by William Shakespeare( Book )

21 editions published between 1837 and 1995 in English and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The club, or, A grey cap for a green head. Containing maxims, advice & cautions, being a dialogue between a father & son by James Puckle( Book )

9 editions published between 1833 and 1978 in English and held by 85 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakspeare's jest book by SHAKESPEARE'S JEST BOOK( Book )

7 editions published between 1814 and 1971 in English and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wayland Smith. : a dissertation on a tradition of the middle ages. by G.-B Depping( Book )

3 editions published in 1847 in English and held by 70 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pharonnida : an heroic poem in five books by William Chamberlayne( Book )

2 editions published in 1820 in English and held by 70 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The dramatic works of William Shakspeare by William Shakespeare( Book )

3 editions published in 1826 in English and held by 51 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thealma and Clearchus : a pastoral romance by John Chalkhill( Book )

7 editions published in 1820 in English and held by 46 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life of Cardinal Wolsey by George Cavendish( Book )

4 editions published in 1825 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An essay on Mr. Singer's "Wormwood" : embracing a restoration of the author's reply, mutilated in "Notes and Queries," No. 72 ; with a note on the Monk of Bury, and a reading of Shakespeare's Sonnet CXI, "supplementary to all the commentators" by Henry Kent S Causton( Book )

1 edition published in 1851 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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