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Author
Title
Alumni Etonenses; or, a catalogue of the Provosts and Fellows of Eton College & King's College, Cambridge, from the foundation in 1443, to the year 1797; with an account of their lives and preferments, collected from original mss. and authentic biographical works. By Thomas Harwood.
Varying form of title
Registrum regale
Publication, distribution, etc.
Birmingham : Printed by T. Pearson, for Messrs. Cadell, Jun. and Davies, London; J. Deighton, Cambridge; and M. Pote, Eton, MDCCXCVII. [1797]
Physical description
viii, 363, [1] p. ; 27 cm. (4to)
Note
Previously Al.2.8.
Note
Final page = advertisement.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T146314
Provenance
[Bdd.4.02] Bookplate of Eton College.
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[Bdd.4.03] Signature: "E. Brown".
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[Ib2.4.28] Ms. inscription on flyleaf verso recording presentation by Frederick Browning to William Foster Piggott (1748-1827).
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[Ib2.4.28] Extensively extra-illustrated by Frederick Browning (1791-1859) with prints and leaves of ms. notes (some loose).
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[Ib2.4.29] Bookplate of Henry Finch.
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[Ib2.4.29] Armorial bookplate of Lord Monson, Burton Library; ms. inscription on bookplate: "I wish this book to go at my death to my son Edmund but if he does not survive me then to Burton Library. ...".
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[Ib2.4.30] Armorial bookplate of Archibald Philip Earl of Rosebery.
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[Ib2.4.30] Donation label of Earl of Rosebery.
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[Ib2.4.30] A loose piece of paper dated 1924 with ms. notes explaining the provenance of the volume: "This book belonged to the Revd. G[eorge]. J[ohn]. Dupuis, Vice Provost. He made the insertions and added the notes. He bequeathed it to his eldest son, the Revd. G[eorge]. R[ichard]. Dupuis. Provost honorary borrowed it and had not returned it at the time of his death in 1909. It was included by mistake in the auction catalogue of his library, was bought by an unknown London dealer, and could not be traced. Fortunately it came into the possession of Lord Rosebery, who presented it to the College Library in May 1924".
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[Ib2.4.30] Ms. inscription in pencil by George John Depuis on front free endpaper verso: "For my son George Richard Dupuis".
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[Ib2.4.30] Interleaved and extra-illustrated, with extensive ms. annotations and additions (some on loose leaves) by George John Dupuis.
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[Ib2.4.31] Eton College bookplate.
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[Ib2.4.32] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: "Wasey Sterry".
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[Ib2.4.33] Armorial bookplate of William Gifford Cookesley.
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[Ib2.4.33] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
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[Ib2.4.33] Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "W. G. Cookesley Aug. 31. 1854".
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[Ib2.4.34] Armorial bookplate of George Thackeray with a motto "Nobilitas sola virtus".
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[Ib2.4.34] ?Bookplate with words "Labor Content ailleurs Theoria" and a date "1870".
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[Ib2.4.35] Armorial bookplate of John Keate.
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[Ib2.4.35] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Ib2.4.35] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Binding
[Bdd.4.02] 18th/19th century tree calf.
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[Bdd.4.03] ?19th century half calf and marbled paper.
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[Ib2.4.28] 19th century gold-tooled black calf with Eton shield blind stamped on front cover; pink endleaves.
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[Ib2.4.29] Late 18th - early 19th century half red morroco and marbled paper, with gold-tooled spine and gold-tooled green morocco spine label.
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[Ib2.4.30] 19th century diced leather binding; gold tooled ornament around the perimeter; gold tooled spine.
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[Ib2.4.31] 19th century tree-calf binding; gold tooling on the outer edges of the boards.
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[Ib2.4.32] 19th century brown morocco half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper.
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[Ib2.4.33] 19th century brown calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper.
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[Ib2.4.34] 19th century brown paper quarter-binding; boards covered in blue paper; textblock untrimmed.
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[Ib2.4.35] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
[Bdd.4.03] Previously Al.2.8a. Ms. annotations.
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[Ib2.4.28] Previously ECL MS 386. Spine title: Registrum regale. Ms. price and bookseller's note's on flyleaf.
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[Ib2.4.29] Previously ECL MS 385. Interleaved and extra-illustrated, with extensive ms. annotations and additions. Includes ms. school list for 1761 and a letter from Ralph Brigg to Sir William Lowther, dated 1695.
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[Ib2.4.31] Extra-illustrated, with ms. annotations and additions.
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[Ib2.4.31] Some pages damaged: holes in pages with loss of text.
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[Ib2.4.32] Extensively annoteted, contains leaves of ms. notes and printed memorabilia (many loose).
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[Ib2.4.32] Stapled leaves containing typed "Alphabetical index to Alumni Etonenses" inserted between front endpapers.
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[Ib2.4.32] Label on spine: "Sterry copy".
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[Ib2.4.34] Some ms. annotations.
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[Ib2.4.34] Ms. inscriptions on front endpaper: "6/8/27" (in blue pencil ) and "Duplicate, sold" (in pencil).
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[Ib2.4.35] Loose folded sheet of paper with ms. notes on John Hutton (1694) inserted before the title page; in ms. at the top of the sheet: "Extract from Anthony Allen's Catalogue of the Provost and Fellows of Eton College - a very valuable manuscript in their Library".
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Added entry--name
Browning, Frederick, 1791 - 1859 former owner.
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Piggott, William Foster, 1748 - 1827 former owner.
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Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 1847 - 1929 former owner.
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Dupuis, George John, 1795 - 1884 former owner.
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Dupuis, George Richard, 1835 - 1912 former owner.
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Sterry, Wasey, 1866 - 1955 former owner.
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Cookesley, W. G. (William Gifford), 1802 - 1880 former owner.
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Manley Sims, F. former owner.
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Keate, John, 1773 - 1852 former owner.
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Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Birmingham.
Identifier
B12149