Autograph Translations by Robert Proud of Pennsylvania, of 'On Gardens, From the Latin of Lord Bacons Essays &c' and the 'Laus Mortuli' of Virgil. With printings of Proud's 'Autobiography' and Charles West Thomson's 'Notices'.

ONE: Autograph translations by Proud. 14pp., 12mo. Unbound, stitched into a booklet of laid watermarked paper, with deckled edges. In very good condition, neatly and closely written on lightly-aged paper. Upwards along the inner margin of the first page Proud has written: 'Translation by R. P. Anno. 1802.' The translation of 'On Gardens, | From the Latin of Lord Bacon's Essays &c' covers the first 12pp., paginated 1-12; the 'Laus Mortuli. Translated at Hackney near London from a Lat. Epigram of Virgil, abt. the year 1752. by R. P.' covers the last two pages, and is unpaginated. It is signed at the end 'R. P. Hackneyensis'. First line: 'Your Aid, celestial Muses, bring'. A catalogue entry is loosely inserted on a slip of paper. TWO: Printed 'Notices of the Life and Character of Robert Proud, Author of "The History of Pennsylvania." By Charles West Thomson. Read before the Council, August 16, 1826.' Disbound, and paginated 391-408, preceded by a title leaf. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with the last two leaves loose. THREE: Printed 'Autobiography of Robert Proud, the Historian.' Disbound from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, January 1890. 11pp., 8vo, paginated 430-440, with the front wrap of the magazine. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with each of the six leaves loose; with heavily chipped front wrap. Pencil annotations. Also included are a receipt for Proud manuscripts purchased from Newman F. McGirr, State House Book Shop, Philadelphia, by Daniel Edwards Kennedy, 13 November 1913; together with five other two cuttings of book catalogue entries relating to Proud and two small leaves of manuscript notes.