Shelfmark
Iaa3.4.29
Additional shelfmark
Ib3.2.18
Additional shelfmark
Ib3.2.19
Additional shelfmark
Ib3.2.20
Author
Title
Memoirs of eminent Etonians : with notices of the early history of Eton College / by Edward S. Creasy, M.A. ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty., 1850.
Physical description
xvi, 504 p. ; 25 cm. (8vo)
Note
With a half-title.
Provenance
[Iaa3.4.29] Armorial bookplate of Eton College School Library recording donation: "Major General Villiers Hatton" (typed).
Provenance
[Iaa3.4.29] Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
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[Iaa3.4.29] Ms. bookseller's notes and codes in pencil.
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[Iaa3.4.29] Bookplate of John Morgan.
Provenance
[Iaa3.4.29] Ms. annotations in pencil on back endpaper.
Provenance
[Ib3.2.18] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Ib3.2.18] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
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[Ib3.2.19] Eton College bookplate with ms. inscription: "d.d. F Warre Cornish V. Pr.".
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[Ib3.2.19] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "Francis W. Cornish from his sincere friend Edmund F. Bosanquet. On his leaving Eton. June. 1857.".
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[Ib3.2.20] Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "Francis Sterry".
Provenance
[Ib3.2.20] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper: "Wasey Sterry from his affect[ionat]e Mother Sep. 2. 1852".
Binding
[Iaa3.4.29] Late 19th / early 20th century green leather with gilt tooling, and gilt lettering on spine ; late 19th / early 20th century fore-edge painting of Henry VI and Eton College Chapel, with gilt edges.
Binding
[Ib3.2.18] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; publisher's cloth covers and spine covering material pasted on rear flyleaves.
Binding
[Ib3.2.19] 19th century brown calf binding; marbled edges and endpapers; gold tooled fillets around the perimeter; gold tooled spine; five raised bands.
Binding
[Ib3.2.20] 19th century pink cloth publisher's case binding; blind tooled ornaments; gold tooled title "Floreat Etona" on front board; publisher's advertisements on front and rear endpapers.
Copy-specific note
[Iaa3.4.29] Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
Subject
Subject
Universities and colleges Alumni and alumnae Great Britain.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner.
Added entry--name
Morgan, John former owner.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Warre Cornish, Francis, 1839 - 1916 former owner.
Added entry--name
Richard Bentley and Son publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B26863