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Ib2.4.14 (copy 1)
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Ib2.4.15 (copy 2)
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Ib2.4.16 - Ib2.4.17 (copy 3)
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Ib2.4.18 - Ib2.4.19 (copy 4)
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Ib2.4.20 - Ib2.4.21 (copy 5)
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Ib2.4.22 - Ib2.4.23 (copy 6)
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Ibb1.2.27 - Ibb1.2.28 (copy 7)
Title
Musæ Etonenses: seu Carminum delectus nunc primum in lucem editus.
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Carminum delectus nunc primum in lucem editus
Varying form of title
Musae Etonenses
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : Excudit G. Stafford, 1795.
Physical description
3 v. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Note
Large paper issue: height: 23 cm.; gutter margin: 3.3 cm.
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Woodcut t.p. ornaments.
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Errata on recto of final leaf of v.1 and v.3.
Note
Vol. 3 contains Greek verse.
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Vol. 1 includes a list of subscribers.
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Edited by the Hon. William Herbert, Dean of Manchester.
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Pagination: v. 1: ix, [4], xii-xiv, [2], 336, [4] p. ; v. 2: [10], 276 p. ; v. 3: [4], 64, [4] p.
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Vol. 1 includes a list of subscribers and a leaf of "Additional subscribers".
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Vol. 3 contains Greek verse.
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Large paper issue: height: 23 cm.; gutter margin: 3.3 cm.
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Errata on recto of final leaf of v.1, final leaf of prelims in v. 2, and final leaf of v.3.
Note
Woodcut t.p. ornaments.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T101985
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Label recording donation of Joseph Frederick Burrell in 1983.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "C.O. Goodford D.D. d.d. Neville Grenville".
Provenance
[Copy 3] Extensive ms. notes on front flyleaves of vol. 1, signed "Wellesley" or "W". Probably by the Marquess of Wellesley (Richard Wellesley, 1760-1842, brother of the Duke of Wellington).
Provenance
[Copy 3] Three extra leaves, containing a poem "The weeping willow of Babylon" in Latin and English, signed in ms. "W", bound at the end of vol. 1.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Also bound at the end of volume 1 is a piece of paper with ms. inscription: "The Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor Ireland Lord Justice etc. Dublin Castle Wellesley", a red round stamp "Free 12No12 1839" and traces of a wax seal. Probably this served as an envelope for the Latin version of "The weeping willow of Babylon", as old fold lines correspond to those seen on the sheet containing "Salix Babylonica".
Provenance
[Copy 3] Ms. marginal note in pencil on p. 334 of vol. 1 opposite "Vos valete et plaudite. A.D. 1779", probably in Richard Wellesey's hand: "W. 1778 at 18. farewell exercise. I left Eton in December 1778. This copy is full of errors &c."
Provenance
[Copy 3] A note from Charles Limerick to Mr. Dean on a folded piece of paper with a watermark reading "Imperial Treasury de la Rue" and with a crown and DLR device, dated July 25 1877, where Charles Limerick offers a copy of "Musæ Etonenses" to Eton College.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Eton College bookplate.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso of vols. 2-3: "Eton College Library".
Provenance
[Copy 5] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso of vol. 1: "Eton College Library, from Will[ia]m Herbert. Jan[ua]ry 1796".
Provenance
[Copy 6] Donation label reading: "Presented by D.J. Graham-Campbell Esq. to the Harcourt Collection 13.7.64".
Provenance
[Copy 6] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso: "Ex Libris W.B. Ware Eton Coll[eg]e Berkshire".
Provenance
[Copy 7] Engraved armorial bookplate of Edmund Pollexfen Bastard.
Binding
[Copy 1] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Copy 2] 19th century auburn calf binding; gold tooled double fillets and ornament around the perimeter; gold tooled outer edges of the boards; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gilt edges; marbled endpapers; bookbinder's label on front endpaper readind "Price Wells, bookbinder".
Binding
[Copy 3] Late 18th - early 19th century red morocco; gold tooled fillet around the perimeter; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Binding
[Copy 4] Late 18th - early 19th century dark blue morocco; gold tooled fillet around the perimeter; blind tooled ornament around the perimeter; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gilt edges.
Binding
[Copy 5] Late 18th century dark blue morocco; gold tooled double fillet around the perimeter; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gold tooled line on the outer edges of the boards; marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Binding
[Copy 6] Late 18th century mottled calf binding; gold tooled ornament around the perimeter; gold tooled spine; marbled endpapers; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gold tooling on the outer edges of the boards; three single cord sewing supports.
Binding
[Copy 7] Late 18th/early 19th century diced russia by Ingalton of Eton, with his binder's ticket in v. 1; gold roll-tooled borders and turn-ins; smooth gold-tooled spine; marbled edges; marbled endpapers; green silk markers.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1], [Copy 2] Three volumes bound in one.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Ms. inscription in pencil on front free endpaper verso: "Large paper copy".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 3], [Copy 4], [Copy 5], [Copy 6], [Copy 7] Three volumes bound in two.
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[Copy 4] Label pasted on front endpaper reading: "Henry Sotheran & Co., Booksellers and Bookbinders, 37, Piccadilly, W.".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 4] Ms. inscription in pencil on front free endpaper: "MEL Curator's Library 196.2"
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[Copy 6] Ms. inscription in pencil on front flyleaf verso: "Vols. 1.2.3 Three vols. Large paper issue. not given by Lowndes".
Subject
Subject
English poetry 18th century.
Added entry--name
Stafford, George, active 1787 - 1796 printer.
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Herbert, William, 1778 - 1847 editor.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Burrell, Joseph Frederick, 1909 - 1983 former owner.
Added entry--name
Campbell, J. D. (James Donald), 1884 - ? former owner.
Added entry--name
Bastard, Edmund Pollexfen former owner.
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Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, 1760 - 1842 Marquess former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Ingalton Bookseller & Stationer bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat grc
Identifier
B34716