Shelfmark
Ib3.4.10
Additional shelfmark
Ib3.4.11
Additional shelfmark
Ib3.4.12
Additional shelfmark
Ib3.4.13
Author
Title
Primitiæ et reliquiæ.
Varying form of title
Primitiae et reliquiae
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini: : Typis Gulielmi Nicol., MDCCCXL. [1840]
Physical description
[6], 58, 19 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Note
Apparently issued several times with various additions.
Note
Dedication to Henry Brougham on p. [3] (first sequence) signed: "Wellesley February 25th. 1840."
Note
Colophon: "Londini: typis Gulielmi Nicol, Pal Mall".
Provenance
[Ib3.4.10] Armorial bookplate of Jervoise Smith.
Provenance
[Ib3.4.10] Eton College Library book label with ms. inscription: "From T.F.C. December 20 1941".
Provenance
[Ib3.4.10] A note dated July 1920 pasted on front free endpaper verso.
Provenance
[Ib3.4.10] Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "To the Reverend Doctor Hawtrey Head Master of Eton School a testimony of sincere and affectionate respect, gratitude, and friendship, from his much obliged and attached servant Wellesley Kingston House 19th September 1840".
Provenance
[Ib3.4.10] Extracts from bookseller's catalogue pasted on rear endpaper: "The Athenaeum. A ten days' sale has disposed of the late Rev. Dr. Hawtrey's Library. The following may be cited: - Wellesley's Primitiæ et reliquiæ, privately printed, 3l. 3s., - July 19, '62".
Provenance
[Ib3.4.11] Ms. dedication inscription on front flyleaf: "To the Honourable William T. L. Wellesley a testimony of sincere regard & attachment from his affectionate uncle Wellesley Kingston House April sixth 1840".
Provenance
[Ib3.4.12] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib3.4.12] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Ib3.4.12] Ms. dedication inscription on front flyleaf: "To the right honourable John Hookham Frere with Lord Wellesley's compliments[.] Wellesley Kingston House April 8th 1840".
Provenance
[Ib3.4.13] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib3.4.13] Ms. dedication inscription on front flyleaf: "To Sir Richard Jenkins [...] with Lord Wellesley's compliments[.] Wellesley".
Binding
[Ib3.4.10] 19th century brown morocco binding; gold tooled double fillets around the perimeter; golt tooled arms with a motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" on both boards; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; gilt edges.
Binding
[Ib3.4.11] 19th century green morocco binding; gold tooled fleurons in each corner on both boards; gold tooling around the edges inside boards; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib3.4.12] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib3.4.13] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.10] Binder's stamp on front free endpaper verso: "Bound by Hering 9 Newman St."
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.11] A portrait of ?Richard Wellesley mounted on front flyleaf verso.
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.11] Curatorial ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso: "By Richard Colley, marquiss Wellesley Presentation copy".
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.10] Includes extra [18] unnumbered pages of poetry bound after p. 58 and [11] unnumbered pages of addenda at back.
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.13] Includes extra [11] unnumbered pages of poetry at back.
Copy-specific note
[Ib3.4.13] A loose folded sheet of printed verse entitled "To the honourable and very reverend the Dean of Windsor this memento of his two illustrious uncled is respectfully dedicated" inserted between front endpapers.
Subject
Latin poetry 19th century.
Subject
English poetry 19th century.
Added entry--name
Nicol, William, 1777 - 1857 printer.
Added entry--name
Hawtrey, Edward Craven, 1789 - 1862 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Frere, John Hookham, 1769 - 1846 former owner.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng gre lat
Identifier
B35317