Shelfmark
Bm.07.24 - Bm.07.26 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Em.8.01 - Em.8.03 (Copy 2)
Author
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; in three volumes. With decorations ...
Edition
The sixth edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall-mall., 1791..
Physical description
3 v. : ill. (engravings) ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Note
Edited by R. Dodsley, who signs the preface to Vol. I.
Note
The title-page to vol. 3 reads: "The wors, ... Vol.III. Containing letters to particular friends, from the year 1739 to 1763. A new edition."
Citation/references note
ESTC, T92453
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Ms. prices.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Late 19th or early 20th century armorial bookplate of Major General Villiers Hatton on upper pastedown; Eton College School Library bookplate on facing flyleaf, recording Hatton's donation; previous shelfmarks on verso.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Bookseller's codes on first upper flyleaf verso and second upper flyleaf recto.
Binding
[Copy 1]: 18th century gold-tooled calf.
Binding
[Copy 2]: Late 18th or early 19th century speckled mid-brown calf with imitation diced effect over millboard, sewn on three recessed supports; rebacked? On both covers, an outer border of single gilt fillets; wide squares, the board edges tooled with a gilt dotted roll, the turn-ins with a gilt arrowhead-shaped roll. Spine smooth and rounded, divided into six panels by transverse gilt fillets (thin-thick-thin); panels with a gilt foliate cartouche, the second and fourth with gilt titling ("Works of Shenstone") and vol. numbers respectively; ?false endbands of alternating red, green, and white thread. Textblock trimmed and sprinked red and green. Endpapers comprising a bifolium of grey card (pastedown and flyleaf) and plain wove paper (flyleaves).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1]: X.
Copy-specific note
Binding identical to Em.8.04; vol. numbers on spine continuous.
Subject
English poetry 18th century.
Added entry--name
Dodsley, Robert, 1703 - 1764 editor.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner, donor.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B12930