Shelfmark
Iaa3.4.33
Author
Title
The shipwreck : a poem / by William Falconer, a sailor ; the text illustrated by additional notes, and corrected from the first and second editions, with a life of the author by J. S. Clarke, F.R.S. ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for William Miller, Albemarle-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co., Cleveland-Row, 1811.
Physical description
[2], liv, [2], 216 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 18 cm.
Note
Engravings by J. Fittler.
Note
Watermarked paper.
Note
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Ms. bookseller's note, code, and price in pencil with two bookseller's descriptions for this book pasted onto front endpapers.
Provenance
Bookplate of Francis Levien.
Binding
19th century red straight-grain morocco with gilt tooling, gilt lettering on spine, and purple marbled endpapers ; bound by Frye of Halifax (binder's ticket on front endpaper) ; fore edge painting of the launch of the Britannia at Deptford with gilt edges by Edwards of Halifax (information from bookseller's description) ; housed in [?]original red cloth slipcase.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner.
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Miller, William, 1769 - 1844 bookseller.
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Frye, Benjamin (of Halifax) binder.
Added entry--name
Levien, Francis former owner.
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Fittler, James, 1758 - 1835 engraver.
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W. & G. Baird Ltd. printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B26820