Shelfmark
Gn.3.04
Author
Title
Poems / by the Rev. Jeffery Ekins, D.D. late Dean of Carlisle.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields., 1810.
Physical description
xvi, 134, [2] p. ; 24 cm. (8vo)
Note
Only 60 copies printed (cf. Martin).
Note
Jeffery Ekins was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and returned to Eton as a master after leaving Cambridge, presumably in the 1750s. See Austin-Leigh, Eton College Register, p. 116.
Note
Final leaf is blank.
Formatted contents note
Contents: The loves of Medea and Jason -- Miscellaneous pieces.
Citation/references note
Martin, Privately printed books, p. 190
Citation/references note
Jackson, Annals of English verse, p. 343
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front free-endpaper of Frances Young dated 22 June 1810, possibly Frances Bentley Young (ca. 1792-1878) who later the same year married Charles Parr Burney, grandson of Dr Burney and nephew of Fanny Burney.
Provenance
Booklabel of J.O. Edwards.
Binding
Contemporary half green roan; borders of gold fillets; marbled paper boards; gold-tooled neoclassical spine with harp ornaments; gold-tooled spine title and date; marbled endpapers to match the boards.
Subject
Added entry--name
Edwards, J. O. former owner.
Added entry--name
Luke Hansard and Sons printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B33956