Shelfmark
Ib2.1.21
Additional shelfmark
Ib2.1.22
Author
Title
The lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson: / by Izaak Walton. To which are added, the autographs of those eminent men, now first collected; an index, and illustrative notes.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : John Major, Fleet-Street, adjoining Serjeant's-Inn., MDCCCXXV. [1825]
Physical description
xviii, [2], 503, [1] p., [11] leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
Includes index.
Note
Head- and tail-pieces, ornamental initials.
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Printer's device on title page.
Note
Each part has individual title page but pagination is continuous.
Note
Wood-engravers: G.W. Bonner, H. White [elder], W. Hughes, T. Mosses.
Note
Printer statement on title page verso: "Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, Cleveland-Row, St. James's.".
Note
Preface signed: J. M., i.e. John Major.
Formatted contents note
Contents: The life of Dr. John donne, late Dean of St. Paul's Church, London. -- The life of Sir Henry Wotton, Knight, late Provost of Eton College. -- The life of Mr. Richard Hooker. -- The life of Mr. George Herbert, Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral. -- The life of Dr. Robert Sanderson, late Bishop of Lincoln.
Provenance
[Ib2.1.21] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib2.1.21] Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Provenance
[Ib2.1.22] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Ib2.1.22] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Ib2.1.21] Ms. inscription on title page: "W ?Berlkeley ?Slaper".
Binding
[Ib2.1.21] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
[Ib2.1.21] Bookseller's stamp on free front endpaper verso: "Hatchards 187 Piccadilly".
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Nicol, William, 1777 - 1857 printer.
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Major, John, 1782 - 1849 publisher.
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Mosses, Thomas wood-engraver.
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Hughes, William Morris, 1864 - 1952 wood-engraver.
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White, Henry, ? - d. 1861 wood-engraver.
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Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796 - 1836 wood-engraver.
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Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35004