[William Upcott, antiquary and autograph collector, Assistant Librarian of the London Institution.] Autograph Document Signed, listing English sovereign, to show that 'not one has ascended the Throne in the blooming month of May'.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB, together with A. N. L. Munby’s entertaining ‘The Cult of the Autograph Letter in England’ (1962). 1p, 4to. No fold. In good condition, on lightly aged paper extracted from a notebook. Signed at foot: ‘William Upcott / London Institution, / Finsbury Circus. Jan. 18. 1834.' Very neatly written out in Upcott’s best hand, which is more like type (including the signature) than the document offered separately, on the same watermarked paper. Headed: ‘It is a common fact, that among the thirty four English Sovereigns who have reigned since William the Norman, tho’ each of the eleven months has witnessed the accession of one or more of these Monarchs, not one has ascended the Throne in the blooming month of May.’ There follows a list of kings and queens, arranged under each of the eleven months, with the number to each month given. In another hand in pencil: ‘George 4.’ See Image,