Shelfmark
Ib3.1.37
Author
Title
School-days of eminent men. : I. Sketches of the progress of education in England, from the reign of King Alfred to that of Queen Victoria. II. Early lives of celebrated British authors, philosophers, and poets, inventors and discoverers, divines, heroes, statesmen and legislators. / by John Timbs, F. S. A. With illustrations.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Kent and co. (late Bogue), Fleet street., MDCCCLVIII. [1858]
Physical description
x, 310 p. : front., ill., plates ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
Ink stamp on title page: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Provenance
Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; gold tooled spine.
Copy-specific note
Ms. inscription in pencil on title page: "lots about Eton with wood cut of School".
Subject
Subject
Education England History.
Subject
Great Britain Biography.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
W. Kent and Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35845