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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury KG (1801-1885), the 'Poor Man's Earl'. A late Victorian memorial album, n.d. [1885], [48]ff principally of pasted notices of his life and funeral, obituaries, eulogies, etc., recto &/or verson, taken from newspapers and periodicals of the day, some of which are illustrated with portraits or named-views of St Giles House, Dorset, but also printed and manuscript ephemera, including the Order of Service from Westminster Abbey, letterpress poem printed within a black mourning border, [4]pp National Memorial of Lord Shaftesbury composition, [2]pp autograph poem by Georgina Cowper-Temple, Lady Mount Temple (née Tollemache; 1822-1901), a sepia photographic print of St Giles, letterpress poem on the anniversary of his birthday, dated Castle Wemyss, 1878, 1881 Guildhall proceedings, Old Scholars of the Ragged Schools address, Religious Tract Society poster, etc., disbound, 4to
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