Shelfmark
Ca.6.09
Additional shelfmark
Fk.8.02(03) (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Memoria technica: or a new method of artificial memory, applied to and exemplified in chronology, history, geogrpahy, astronomy. : Also Jewish, Grecian and Roman coins, weights and measures, &c. WIth tables proper to the respective sciences; and memorial lines adapted to each table.
Varying form of title
Pamphlets
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Charles King in Westminster-Hall, MDCCXXX [1730].
Physical description
xviii, [6], 119, [1]p ; 19cm. (8vo.)
Note
Anonymous. By Richard Grey.
Note
Titlepage in red and black.
Note
Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 750 copies printed.
Note
Braces in imprint.
Note
Signatures: A4 a-b4 B-Q4.
Note
Signatures from Maslen & Lancaster.
Note
Anonymous author = R. Grey; subsequent editions published under his name.
Citation/references note
ESTC T124078; Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1567
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 3288, no. 05).
Additional physical form available
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
Copy 2: Book-label of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
18th century gold-tooled blue morocco, with elaborate border, and central ornament.
Binding
Copy 2: 18th century brown calf; double gilt fillet to form a border; five raised bands; spine title: "Pamphlets".
Copy-specific note
Previously Cp.8.29. Ms. price: "-4-".
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Bound with five other items.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previously: Dg.6.15.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Subject
Mnemonics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Memory Early works to 1800.
Subject
Mnemonics Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subject
Memory Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--name
King, Charles, ? - d. 1735 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B13397