Shelfmark
Lbb.4.23 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Lbb.4.24 (Copy 2)
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Lbb.4.25 (Copy 3)
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Ib5.3.63 (Copy 4)
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CS.Eto.1895.02 (Copy 5)
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CS.Eto.1895.07 (Copy 6)
Author
Title
Babylonica / by Arthur Christopher Benson (of Eton College).
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : George New, 1895.
Physical description
20p : 1 ill. ; 20cm.
Note
Paper has horizontal chain lines; watermarked.
Note
On frontispiece verso: "[75 copies printed]".
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Armorial bookplate of Buckinghamshire County Library.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Stamp on title-page verso: "Bucks County Library".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ms. inscription: "E. B. Basden 895(1000), Redbridge Walth Abbey, 17 7 1967".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Loose ms. letter to Mr [Henry John] Newbolt from Arthur Christopher Benson dated June 26, 1898.
Provenance
[Copy 4] Ms. inscription on front cover: "H.E.L. from the author".
Provenance
[Copy 4] and [Copy 5] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Binding
[Copy 1] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; original printed green paper wrappers retained.
Binding
[Copy 2], [Copy 4]. [Copy 5] and [Copy 6] Original printed green paper wrappers.
Binding
[Copy 3] Original printed green paper wrappers; improvised slipcase made of brown paper.
Subject
English literature History and criticism.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 Viscount, former owner.
Added entry--name
New, George, active 1891 - 1903 publisher.
Added entry--name
Newbolt, Henry John, 1862 - 1938 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Identifier
B19638