Shelfmark
Ib3.2.32
Title
[Addresses to the Queen from Prince consort's prizemen]
Publication, distribution, etc.
[S.l. : s.n., 1851].
Physical description
8 p. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Note
Spine title.
Provenance
Bookplate of William Vernon with a monogram VM and a motto "Vernon semper viret".
Binding
19th century blue morocco half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "These three addresses to H.M. Queen Victoria were written by the three most recent prizemen of the prizes for modern languages given by H.R.H. the Prince Consort on the occasion of the visit of H.M. the Queen and the Prince Consort to Eton College in July 1851, when the great [?] in Hyde park had been recently opened. After speeches in Upper school were over, Byng and Vernon (Cowell being ill) were called up and presented to the Queen and the Prince Consort".
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso: "The prizemen were. For French - the hon. Francis Byng (now the Rev. the Earl of Strafford) For German - Arthur Cowell - afterwards the late Sir Arthur Cowell-Stepney, M.P. For Italian - the Hon. William V. Vernon afterwards the Hon. William Warren-Vernon".
Copy-specific note
Ms. notes and corrections.
Copy-specific note
A folded piece if paper with ms. notes inserted between front flyleaves.
Added entry--name
Vernon, William Warren, 1834 - 1919 former owner.
Language code
fr ita ger
Identifier
B35736