Shelfmark
Sa2.5.20(05)
Author
Title
A poem on the recovery of the Hon. Mrs. Eliz. Courtenay from her late dangerous illness: humbly inscrib'd to Kellond Courtenay, of Painsford, Esq; and his lady. Written in the year 1743.
Varying form of title
Poem on the recovery of the Honble. Mrs. Eliz. Courtenay
Edition
The second edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Oxford] : [at the Clarendon Press], MDCCXLVII [1747].
Physical description
16p ; 20cm. (8vo.)
Note
Anonymous. By Benjamin Kennicott.
Note
With a cut of the Sheldonian Theatre on the titlepage.
Note
Bound with nine other items.
Note
Previously: GUT.B.2.1.
Note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Note
Slip from Pickering & Chatto, London, with "Eton. Very rare" in pencil.
Note
Letter on Pickering & Chatto headed paper inside back cover, dated May 21st 1900, stating this is a rare Eton tract, bound with other quaint material.
Citation/references note
Foxon, K14; ESTC T124986
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1575, no. 34).
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
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
Stamp of Manley Sims, Eton Collection.
Provenance
Letter inside back cover stating this was the Duke of Cambridge's copy.
Binding
19th? century half brown calf; blue and brown marbled paper covered boards; spine title: "Art of poetry Gymnasiad wanderer &c".
Subject
English poetry 18th century.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Identifier
B25993