Longleat 
ANOTHER PART OF THE SALOON 
Among the books are several incunahula, amongst 
which I noticed Caxton’s “Historie of Troy,” the 
first book printed by William Caxton in the English 
language, probably at Bruges in 1474; Caxton’s 
Chaucer (in black letter, a very early edition), the 
De Consolatione Philosophice by Boethius, Caxton’s 
Polychronicon, four of the earliest editions of Shake¬ 
speare’s works, and Grafton’s Bible of 1541. This 
copy was presented to Sir John Thynne by royalty, 
and contains the entries of the births and deaths and 
marriages of his family. 
Amongst the portraits are those of Bishop Ken by 
Lely (this worthy is represented in full canonicals 
and wears a black skull cap); Holbein’s portrait ol 
Edward Seymour, the first Duke of Somerset, 
executed in 1552 (he wears a black gown with fur, a 
black cap and jewel and collar of the Garter and St. 
George); Van Dyck’s portrait of Lucius Cary, 
second Viscount Ealkland, killed at the battle of 
Newbury; Edward Sackville, fourth Earl of Dorset 
(1590-1652) by Cornelius Jansen; Henry Rich, 
Earl of Holland, by the same painter (he was exe¬ 
cuted in 1649), Henry VHl. by Holbein, taken when 
the King was fifty-four years of age, and Thomas, 
Lord Seymour of Sudeley by Holbein, executed in 
1549. It is astonishing how many of the originals of 
these portraits were executed, not only in oils, but 
also on the scaffold. 
The red library has a very elaborate Jacobean 
ceiling and portraits of Lord Thurloe by Sir Joshua 
Reynolds, Lady Cromer, sister to the Marquess of 
Bath, by Watts, and of Dr. Johnson. In the small 
dining-room are portraits of the Dowager Marchion¬ 
ess by Watts, of the second Marquess and of 
Erances Howard, Duchess of Richmond by Van 
Dyck. In the dining-room appear the late Mar¬ 
quess by Richmond, Sir W. Coventry by Lely, and 
Lord and Lady Weymouth, the friends of good 
Bishop Ken. There is also a portrait by Holbein 
of Sir John Thynne, the builder of Longleat; Sir 
Thomas Lawrence’s painting of the first Marquess 
of Bath, and of Thomas Thynne, the story of whose 
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