Shelfmark
En.5.31 - En.5.33
Author
Title
The works of Christopher Marlowe.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : William Pickering, Chancery Lane; Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford; T. Combe and Son, Leicester., M.DCCC.XXVI. [1826]
Physical description
3 v. ([4], xxiii, [4], 284; [6], 401, [1]; [9] p., p. 208-584) ; 20 cm.
Note
Edited by George Robinson.
Note
Includes half-title.
Note
Oak wreath title page vignette.
Note
Errata on final page of vol. III.
Note
Verso of final leaf of vol. II: Printed by Thomas White, 11 Crane Court.
Formatted contents note
Contents: v. 1. The life of Christopher Marlowe. Tamberlaine the Great; pts. I-II. The Jew of Malta -- v. 2. Edward II; Doctor Faustus; The massacre at Paris; Dido queen of Carthage -- v. 3. Lust's dominion, or, The lascivious queen; Hero and Leander; Certain of Ovid's elegies; Epigrams and elegies / John Davies and Christopher Marlowe; The first book of Lucan; Ovid's Elegies.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of William John Napier, ninth Lord Napier of Merchistoun (1786-1834). Shelfmark written in pencil on bookplate.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Villiers Hatton.
Provenance
Bookstamp and card catalogue record of Eton School Library.
Binding
Contemporary half brown calf; gold tooled single fillet at edges of leather; boards covered in nonpareil marbled paper; gold stamped decoration on spines; nonpareil marbled endpapers and edges.
Subject
Added entry--name
Pickering, William, 1796 - 1854 publisher.
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Robinson, George, 1736 - 1801 editor.
Added entry--name
Napier, William John, 1786 - 1834 Baron Napier and Ettrick, former owner.
Added entry--name
Hatton, Villiers, 1852 - 1914 former owner.
Added entry--name
Talboys and Wheeler publisher.
Added entry--name
Eton College School Library former owner.
Added entry--place
England Leicester.
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England Oxford.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B33116