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The Correspondence of Thomas Gaisford De...

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Auction archive: Lot number 922

The Correspondence of Thomas Gaisford De...

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€0
Price realised:
€20,000
ca. US$23,452
Beschreibung:

The Correspondence of Thomas Gaisford Dean of Christ Church, Oxford (approx. 384 items) Gaisford (Dean Thomas) An extensive collection of letters and other material associated with the V. Rev. Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855), Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church. Gaisford was born at the family home, Iford Manor near Bradford in Wiltshire, and was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He became successively student and tutor at Christ Church; was appointed Regius Professor of Greek in 1811; and was Dean of Christ Church from 1831 until his death. He was a noted classical scholar and published numerous works of Greek literature. As curator of the Bodleian Library and principal delegate of the University Press, he was instrumental in securing the co-operation of some distinguished European scholars who were anxious to have their works published in Oxford. Some of the larger files are letters from these scholars and concern the progress of their work and negotiations for its publication. There is also correspondence with other members of the university, particularly relating to Gaisford’s own college. Christ Church, founded by Cardinal Wolsey and refounded after his fall by Henry VIII, is the largest of the constituent colleges of the university, and one of the most prestigious; it is also unique in that it is part of Oxford’s cathedral establishment, and the dean and chapter are its governing body. The collection includes correspondence from a number of individuals associated with Christ Church: Cyril Jackson, a previous dean; Charles Lloyd, Professor of Divinity and briefly Bishop of Oxford; and Robert Peel a precocious student who had been tutored by Lloyd and proved a useful patron. To these must be added William Van Mildert, Professor of Divinity and Bishop successively of Llandaff and Durham, under whom Gaisford had served as a cleric and to whom he was related by marriage (their wives were respectively aunt and niece). While most of these letters are concerned with academic and administrative issues, some also deal with personal matters. The letters of Charles Lloyd in particular are outspoken in their comments about colleagues and contemporary affairs. Gaisford married in 1815 Helen Margaret Douglas; they had five sons and two daughters. The two elder sons, Thomas and John William, were destined for army careers and there is a file of letters from the Military Secretary, Lord FitzRoy Somerset, dealing with their father’s efforts to secure commissions for them. After his wife’s death (1830), Gaisford married (1832) Jane Catharine Jenkyns, sister of the Master of Balliol College. There is a much smaller collection of letters to Gaisford’s eldest son, Thomas Gaisford of Offington, Sussex (1816-1898), a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. Thomas married in 1859 as his second (of three) wives Lady Emily St Lawrence (d 1868), eldest daughter of the 3rd Earl of Howth. Their eldest surviving son, Julian Charles Gaisford-St Lawrence (1862-1932), succeeded in 1909 his uncle the 4th and last Earl of Howth and came to reside at Howth Castle in Co. Dublin. The following is a Resume of the Archive: LARGER FILES K.W. Dindorf Karl Wilhelm Dindorf (1802-1883) was an assiduous and prolific scholar of Leipzig with a lifelong interest in classical Greek literature and an impressive record of publishing modern annotated editions of the ancient texts. His correspondence with Gaisford reflects the latter’s important role as principal delegate of the Oxford University Press in presenting Dindorf’s works to the delegates and negotiating their publication. Letters from Dindorf to Gaisford, 1833-1851, numbered 1 to 45 (nos 1-33 in Latin, the rest in English); with another 15 for 1851-52, ten being in their original envelopes. In all, 60 letters. (The first letter is simply addressed from Leipzig to “Thomae Gaisfordiae, viro illustri, Oxoniam” – but it reached its destination!) With associated papers, including some d

Auction archive: Lot number 922
Auction:
Datum:
23 Sep 2021
Auction house:
Fonsie Mealys Auctioneers
The Old Cinema, Chatsworth Street.
R95 XV05 Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Ireland
info@fonsiemealy.ie
+353 (0)56 4441229
+353 (0)56 4441627
Beschreibung:

The Correspondence of Thomas Gaisford Dean of Christ Church, Oxford (approx. 384 items) Gaisford (Dean Thomas) An extensive collection of letters and other material associated with the V. Rev. Thomas Gaisford (1779-1855), Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church. Gaisford was born at the family home, Iford Manor near Bradford in Wiltshire, and was educated at Winchester and Oxford. He became successively student and tutor at Christ Church; was appointed Regius Professor of Greek in 1811; and was Dean of Christ Church from 1831 until his death. He was a noted classical scholar and published numerous works of Greek literature. As curator of the Bodleian Library and principal delegate of the University Press, he was instrumental in securing the co-operation of some distinguished European scholars who were anxious to have their works published in Oxford. Some of the larger files are letters from these scholars and concern the progress of their work and negotiations for its publication. There is also correspondence with other members of the university, particularly relating to Gaisford’s own college. Christ Church, founded by Cardinal Wolsey and refounded after his fall by Henry VIII, is the largest of the constituent colleges of the university, and one of the most prestigious; it is also unique in that it is part of Oxford’s cathedral establishment, and the dean and chapter are its governing body. The collection includes correspondence from a number of individuals associated with Christ Church: Cyril Jackson, a previous dean; Charles Lloyd, Professor of Divinity and briefly Bishop of Oxford; and Robert Peel a precocious student who had been tutored by Lloyd and proved a useful patron. To these must be added William Van Mildert, Professor of Divinity and Bishop successively of Llandaff and Durham, under whom Gaisford had served as a cleric and to whom he was related by marriage (their wives were respectively aunt and niece). While most of these letters are concerned with academic and administrative issues, some also deal with personal matters. The letters of Charles Lloyd in particular are outspoken in their comments about colleagues and contemporary affairs. Gaisford married in 1815 Helen Margaret Douglas; they had five sons and two daughters. The two elder sons, Thomas and John William, were destined for army careers and there is a file of letters from the Military Secretary, Lord FitzRoy Somerset, dealing with their father’s efforts to secure commissions for them. After his wife’s death (1830), Gaisford married (1832) Jane Catharine Jenkyns, sister of the Master of Balliol College. There is a much smaller collection of letters to Gaisford’s eldest son, Thomas Gaisford of Offington, Sussex (1816-1898), a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. Thomas married in 1859 as his second (of three) wives Lady Emily St Lawrence (d 1868), eldest daughter of the 3rd Earl of Howth. Their eldest surviving son, Julian Charles Gaisford-St Lawrence (1862-1932), succeeded in 1909 his uncle the 4th and last Earl of Howth and came to reside at Howth Castle in Co. Dublin. The following is a Resume of the Archive: LARGER FILES K.W. Dindorf Karl Wilhelm Dindorf (1802-1883) was an assiduous and prolific scholar of Leipzig with a lifelong interest in classical Greek literature and an impressive record of publishing modern annotated editions of the ancient texts. His correspondence with Gaisford reflects the latter’s important role as principal delegate of the Oxford University Press in presenting Dindorf’s works to the delegates and negotiating their publication. Letters from Dindorf to Gaisford, 1833-1851, numbered 1 to 45 (nos 1-33 in Latin, the rest in English); with another 15 for 1851-52, ten being in their original envelopes. In all, 60 letters. (The first letter is simply addressed from Leipzig to “Thomae Gaisfordiae, viro illustri, Oxoniam” – but it reached its destination!) With associated papers, including some d

Auction archive: Lot number 922
Auction:
Datum:
23 Sep 2021
Auction house:
Fonsie Mealys Auctioneers
The Old Cinema, Chatsworth Street.
R95 XV05 Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Ireland
info@fonsiemealy.ie
+353 (0)56 4441229
+353 (0)56 4441627
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