Shelfmark
Ib2.2.19
Additional shelfmark
Ib2.2.40(02)
Additional shelfmark
Ib2.2.41
Author
Title
Ralph Royster Doyster, a comedy.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : [James Compton], reprinted in the year 1818.
Physical description
[4], 88 p. ; 24 cm. (8vo)
Note
By Nicholas Udall.
Note
Colophon: James Compton, Printer, Middle street, Cloth Fair, London.
With note
[Ib2.2.40(02)] Bound with: "Ralph Royster Doyster, a comedy (1821)".
Provenance
[Ib2.2.19] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib2.2.19] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Ib2.2.40(02)] Ms. inscription on brown wrappers: "The gift of the Rev[eren]d Tho[ma]s Briggs to Eton College Library Dec[embe]r 1818".
Provenance
[Ib2.2.41] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib2.2.41] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Provenance
[Ib2.2.41] Eton College Library ink stamp on front flyleaf verso.
Provenance
[Ib2.2.41] Bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper verso: "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
Binding
[Ib2.2.19] and [Ib2.2.41] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib2.2.40(02)] 20th century case binding; original brown wrappers preserved; text block untrimmed; binder's stamp on front endleave reading: "Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. Binders".
Copy-specific note
[Ib2.2.19] Extract from a bookseller's catalogue reading: "Ralph Royster Dayster, a Comedy reprinted from the unique copy in the Eton College Library (by the Rev. Mr. Briggs, of Little Gransden, near Caxton, Cambridgeshire, see autograph note of Thos. Rodd) calf gilt" pasted on title page.
Added entry--name
Compton, J. (James), ? - 1852 printer.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B34908