Shelfmark
Lpp.3.04 (01) - Lpp.3.04 (02)
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.49
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.50
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.51
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.52 - Ib1.5.53
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.54
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.26
Title
Musæ Etonenses: sive poematia in duos tomos distributa. Esurit, intactam paridi nifi vendat agaven.
Varying form of title
Musae Etonenses: sive poematia in duos tomos distributa. Esurit, intactam paridi nifi vendat agaven
Varying form of title
Mvsae Etonenses : tom. I. II.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : Typis Caroli Rivington, prostant venales apud J. & J. Rivington; Oxonii, J. Fletcher; Cantabrigiæ, R. Matthews; & Etonæ J. Pote, MDCCLV. [1755]
Physical description
2 v. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Note
Mispagination in vol 2: p. 144 numbered as p. 114.
Note
Vol 2 includes contents pages.
Note
Vol 1 includes list of subscribers.
Note
Vol.1: [24], 151, [1] p. ; Vol. 2: [4], 144, [6] p.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T145675
Provenance
[Lpp.3.04 (01) - Lpp.3.04 (02)] Eton College Library book label.
Provenance
[Lpp.3.04 (01) - Lpp.3.04 (02)] Ms. inscription: "Montague Rhodes James, Provost of Kings's, with kindest regards from Henry Montague Butler, Master of Trinity, and from 1859 to 1885 Head Master of Harrow School. This editon of the Musae Etonenses belonged to my dear father, very Rev. Dr. George Butler, Dean of Peterborough, and from Easter 1805 to Easter 1824, Head Master of Harrow ... Trinity Lodge, January 12, [?]1917".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.49] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.49] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.49] Ms. inscription in ink on front flyleaf by L.V. Harcourt: "The names of the authors were transcribed by me (L. V. Harcourt) from a copy of the Musae Etonenses containing the following inscription: "This book has an additional value because the names of the different authors of the several compositions have been collected from authentick information and are here inserted by Richard Paul Jodrell Bervers St. 25th April 1778" ".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.50] Eton College bookplate recording donation by W. Higgins in February 1912.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.50] Ms. inscription on title page: "Per avi optimi amorem, ?Gulielone Cooke, hoc legit B Way - Calenda Septemr: 1786".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.50] ?Stamped at bottom of title page: "B. Way".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.51] Ms. inscription on title page: "Samuel W?ton [crossed out] Prime. May 14th [crossed out] 1763".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.51] Inserted between pages 48 and 49 of vol. 2: Receipt of Bayley Bros. booksellers dated August 1905, indicating the purchase of "Musae Etonenses" by R. A. Austen Leigh; a loose piece of paper with ms. notes by Edmund Warre; two stapled pieces of paper with ms. notes in ink and pencil.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.52 - Ib1.5.53] Eton College bookplate.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.54] Armorial bookplate of "Scrope Berdmore, S.T.P. Coll. Mert. Custos. 1790"
Provenance
[Ib1.5.54] Armorial bookplate of "Ste: ?Apthorp Coll: Regal: bank: Soc."
Provenance
[Ib1.5.54] Armorial bookplate of "Henry C. Compton Esqr. Manor House Lyndhurst".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.55] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.55] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Provenance
[Ib1.5.54] Label recording donation of Joseph Frederick Burrell in 1983.
Binding
[Lpp.3.04 (01) - Lpp.3.04 (02)] 19th century brown stretched morocco ; triple filleted gilt tooling to make a boarder and decorative gilt tooling on spine ; gilt lettering on spine: "Mvsae Etonenses : tom. I. II.".
Binding
[Ib1.5.49] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib1.5.50] 18th century calf binding; gold tooled Thomas Grenville's coat of arms on front and rear covers; rebacked; gold tooled spine; sprinkled edges.
Binding
[Ib1.5.51] Late 18th century calf quarter-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; boards' corners covered in parchment; five single cord sewing supports; five raised bands; red stained edges.
Binding
[Ib1.5.52 - Ib1.5.53] Late 18th-early 19th century calf half-binding; boards covered in blue paper; gold tooled ornament fillet parallel to the spine; gold tooled spine; three single cord sewing supports; five raised bands; red sprinkled edges.
Binding
[Ib1.5.54] 18th century sprinkled calf binding; gold tooled spine; gold tooled ornemanets in boards' corners; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gold tooled outer edges of boards; yellow stained edges; three single cord sewing supports; five raised bands.
Binding
[Ib1.5.55] 19th century teal calf half binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
[Lpp.3.04 (01) - Lpp.3.04 (02)] Ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.49] Marginal ms. notes by L. V. Harcourt.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.49], [Ib1.5.50] and [Ib1.5.51] 2 vols. bound in 1.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.51] A loose leaf of paper with ms. list of subscribers arranged alphabetically by surname inserted before "Subscribers to Musae Etonenses".
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.51] A loose leaf of "Grand Hotel. Eastbourne" headed paper with ms inscription "Subscribers to Musae Etonenses (ed. 1755)" inserted before errata page.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.51] "Short guide to the memorial buildings", 4.p., Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., Ltd., Eton College, inserted between pages 128 and 129.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.51] Loose piece of "The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W." headed paper with ms. references to "Musae Etonenses"inserted between pages 80 and 81 of vol.2.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.51] Authors of poems inscribed in ms. in the table of contents.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.55] Imperfect copy: vol. 1 wanting.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.55] Bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper verso: "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
Subject
Subject
School verse, English England Eton.
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 former owner.
Added entry--name
Butler, Henry Montagu, 1833 - 1918 former owner.
Added entry--name
Fletcher, James bookseller.
Added entry--name
Butler, George, 1774 - 1853 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rivington, Charles, 1688 - 1742 bookseller, printer.
Added entry--name
Pote, Joseph, 1704 - 1787 printer.
Added entry--name
Matthews, R. bookseller.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Higgins, William Frederick former owner.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B24803