Shelfmark
Hb.3.16 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ie9.5.04 (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Verses on the opening of new fives court at Eton.
Varying form of title
Caption title: Gymnasi novi pilaris Etonensiym opibvs inchoati fvndamenta posvit
Varying form of title
Caption title: Gymnasi novi pilaris Etonensium opibus inchoati fundamenta posuit
Publication, distribution, etc.
[S.l : s.n ], 1847.
Physical description
[7] p. : ill. : 34 cm.
Note
Anonymous. By John Moyer Heathcote.
Note
Title statement and publication date information from spine title from Copy 1.
Note
Caption title: "Gymnasi novi pilaris Etonensiym [sic] opibvs inchoati fvndamenta posvit Edvardvs Craven Hawtrey S. T. P., Regiae scholae Etonesis magister informator prid non Dec A.D.M. M DCCC XL VII".
Note
Watermarked paper of T. Edmonds.
Provenance
Copy 1: Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Binding
Copy 1: 19th century green leather half-binding, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers, gilt lettering on spine, two raised bands.
Binding
Copy 2: 20th-century cream paper half-binding; bound by Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Contains loose duplicate copy of verses with ms. annotations of individuals' names at the end of each verse. Authors of the verses: latin and Greek = E.H. Pickering; German = Herr Schönestedt; Italian = Signor Girolamo Picchioni; French = Mr. Tarver; Greek = [William Gifford] Cookesley, Dr. Balston.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Ms. letter from old Etonian, F. Morman [?] dated 11th February 1918, donating the copy of the verses to Eton College, includes bibliographical information about the authors of the verses.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Contains loose duplicate copy of verses with ms. annotations of individuals names alongside the verses, and biographical references; previously folded.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Contains loose ms. note advising that the authorship of verses can be found on the copy with annotations, formerly owned by Harcourt [Copy 1].
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. binder.
Language code
lat ger fre spa gre
Identifier
B29411