Shelfmark
Ib1.5.39
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.43
Additional shelfmark
Ibb8.5.10(02)
Author
Uniform title
[Epistola ad Edw. Bentham. English. Abridgments.]
Title
The old lady in her tantarums: or Mother Oxford ranting at her eldest son K--ng. Being a translation of part of an epistle lately published by J. B. Fellow of Eton Coll. By a school-boy at Eton.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : Printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head near Temple-Bar, London; and sold by the booksellers of Oxford, MDCCL. [1750]
Physical description
[2], iii-iv, 5-28 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Note
Ornamental headpieces.
Note
Errata at foot of D2v.
Note
Signatures: A-C⁴ D².
Note
A schoolboy at Eton may be William King.
Note
K--ng = William King LL.D.
Note
J. B. = John Burton D.D.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T72094
Provenance
[Ib1.5.39] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.39] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.39] Two letters dated 1904 and signed "L V Harcourt" tiped in before the title page.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.43] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.43] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Binding
[Ib1.5.39] 19th century teal calf half binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib1.5.43] Late 18th-early 19th century maroon moroccpo binding; gold tooled perimeter frame; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; marbled endpapers.
Binding
[Ibb8.5.10(02)] Text block sewn, no boards.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.5.10(02)] Stored in a box with other pamphlets.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.5.10(02)] "The famous old song on the Mallard of All Soul's College in Oxford, sung constantly at the Anniversary Feast jan: 14" in ms. on rear flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.5.10(02)] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "This volume contains a [__] collection of very [__] H F".
Copy-specific note
Bound with: "Epistola ad Edw. Bentham S.T.P. coll. oriel. soc. A Johanne Burton S.T.B. coll. Eton. soc .", "Epistolæ altera peregrinantis, altera rusticantis." and "A complete vindication of the mallard of All-Souls College" and "Epistolæ altera peregrinantis, altera rusticantis".
Subject
Subject
Added entry--name
Owen, W. publisher.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Identifier
B34541