Shelfmark
Ib1.5.41(02) (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Fm.7.12(06) (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Epistola critica Græce conscripta ad Joh. Gul. Thompson Dialogi Platonis, qui Parmenides inscribitur, editorem. Accedit Eulogium memoriæ sacrum Johan. Rogers S.T.P. Item Epistola ad Edw. Bentham S.T.P. Coll. Oriel. soc. A Johanne Burton S.T.B. Coll. Eton. soc.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : Prostant apud J. & J. Rivington; & J. Fletcher, Oxonii, MDCCL. [1750]
Physical description
[30] ; [2], 36 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Language
Latin, with some Greek.
Note
Signatures: pi1 A-C⁴ D² -- pi1 A-D⁴ E².
Note
A reissue of two separately published works. The first, entitled "Epistola critica ad J. Gul. Thompson græce conscripta. .. " was printed at the Sheldonian in 1750; the second, entitled: "Epistola ad Edw. Bentham S.T.P.", with separate titlepage, pagination and register, was also published separately in 1750.
With note
[Copy 1] Bound with: "Epistolæ altera peregrinantis, altera rusticantis", "Sacerdos paroecialis rusticus", "Elogium famæ inserviens Jacci Etonensis, sive Gigantis" and "A poetical abridgement, both in Latin and English, of the Reverend Mr. Tutor Bentham's Letter to a young gentleman of Oxford".
Citation/references note
ESTC, T137221
Provenance
[Copy 1] Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "Bought at ... Pall Mall A.D. 1838 From ... books ... of the collection of the ... Thomas Grenville".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Booklabel of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
[Copy 1] 18th century calf binding; gold tooled Thomas Grenville's coat of arms on front and rear covers; gold tooled outer edges of the boards; rebacked; binder's stamp on rear endpaper: "R.L. Day binder".
Binding
[Copy 2] 18th century brown calf quarter-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; five raised bands; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Contents of the volume in ms. on the front flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Bound in a volume of pamphlets; with spine title, "Miscellaneous tracts".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Previously Dd.7.21
Subject
Added entry--name
Fletcher, James, 1710 - 1795 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Burton, John, 1696 - 1771 Epistola ad Edw. Bentham.
Added entry--name
Grenville, Thomas, 1755 - 1846 former owner.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--name
John and James Rivington bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B34551