Shelfmark
Cc.2.2.05 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ie9.5.09 (Copy 2)
Additional shelfmark
Gm.6.10 (Copy 3)
Author
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
Catulli, Tibulli, et Propertii opera.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Birminghamiæ : Typis Johannis Baskerville, MDCCLXXII. (1772)
Physical description
[2], 200, 221-372 p. ; 29 cm. (4to)
Note
Works of Tibullus and Propertius have divisional half-titles.
Note
Page numbers 201-220 are omitted in the pagination but the register is continuous.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T6260
Provenance
[Copy 1] Storer bequest label dated 1800; bequeathed to Eton by Anthony Morris Storer in 1799.
Provenance
[Copy 2] From the library at Shottesbrooke Park. Engraved armorial bookplate of George Robert Smith and inscribed as Eton leaving book from Percy Bysshe Shelley (not in Shelley's hand) on front free-endpaper: "Geo. Robt. Smith. Regiae Scholae Etonensis alumnus. E[x] dono Percy Bishe Shelly [sic]. July 30th 1810" and with note in another hand: "The poet "Shelly" [sic] who was drowned in the Gulph of Spezia in the Mediterranean Sea in 1821".
Provenance
[Copy 3] Ms. note on front flyleaf: "J. Fanshawe. Given him by Dr Keate June 4th 1811"; later ms. note in pencil below: "The Rev. J.L. Fanshawe of Parsloes Essex. His leaving book given him on leaving Eton College June 1811 by the then Headmaster of Eton Dr Keate".
Binding
[Copy 1] 18th century red, gold-tooled morocco by Roger Payne; "Payne religav." stamped in gold at foot of spine.
Binding
[Copy 2] 19th century red straight-grained morocco with gold- and blind-tooled borders; smooth gold- and blind-tooled spine; brown endpapers; gilt edges.
Binding
[Copy 3] ?18th-century calfskin over ?pasteboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to form a border; single gilt fillet on board edges; floral gilt roll on turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt titling ("Catullus"). Textblock trimmed and marbled. Endpapers of marbled and undecorated paper; three flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Subject
Latin poetry Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792 - 1822 former owner.
Added entry--name
Keate, John, 1773 - 1852 donor.
Added entry--name
Storer, Anthony Morris, 1746 - 1799 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Birmingham.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B13643