Shelfmark
Ib1.5.40(02)
Author
Title
A letter to a young gentleman. By a Tutor, and Fellow of a college in Oxford.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Oxford?] : [s.n.] : Printed in the year MDCCXLVIII. [1748]
Physical description
vi, [7]-31, [1] p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Includes half-title.
Note
Urges the young student to be loyal to the reigning House of Hanover, and not to become contaminated by Toryism and Jacobitism.
Note
Attributed to Edward Bentham.
With note
Bound with: "Elogium famæ inserviens Jacci Etonensis, sive gigantis [Ib1.5.40(01)] ", "A poetical abridgement, both in Latin and English, of the Reverend Mr. Tutor Bentham's Letter to a young gentleman of Oxford" and "A certain proposal of a certain little tutor, for making certain reformations in a certain method of education, most certainly practis'd in a certain university".
Citation/references note
ESTC, T148171
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
Eton College Library ink stamp on half-title page verso.
Binding
19th century teal calf half binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Subject
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34542