Shelfmark
Ib4.5.39
Additional shelfmark
Ib4.5.40
Additional shelfmark
Ib4.5.41
Additional shelfmark
Ibb8.4.05(04)
Author
Title
Eton reform.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861.
Physical description
2 v. (34 ; 43, [1] p.) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note
Defense of the Etonian system in reply to the criticisms of Matthew James Higgins ("Paterfamilias") and Sir J.T. Coleridge. Cf. DNB, v. 22, p. 488.
Note
Signed at end: Wm. Johnson.
Note
Errata slip in [v. 2] tipped in between pp. 42 and 43.
Note
Colophon: "London printed by Spottiswoode and Co. New-street Square".
Provenance
[Ib4.5.40] and [Ib4.5.41] Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims.
Provenance
[Ib4.5.39] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib4.5.39], [Ib4.5.40], [Ib4.5.41] and [Ibb8.4.05(04)] Eton College Library ink stamp on [v. 1] title page verso.
Provenance
[Ibb8.4.05(04)] Ms. inscription at head of title: "January 30. 1861 Richard ?Villeto".
Binding
[Ib4.5.39], [Ib4.5.40], [Ib4.5.41] and [Ibb8.2.05(03)] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
[Ib4.5.39] and [Ib4.5.40] ECL copy: two volumes bound in one.
Copy-specific note
[Ib4.5.39] Ink stamp in [v. 2] on title page below imprint: "Ingalton & Drake, Eton".
Copy-specific note
[Ib4.5.41] ECL copy: includes [v. 1] only.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.4.05(04)] Incomplete copy: only vol. 1.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.4.05(04)] Ms. inscription on title page: "by W. Johnson afterwards Cory author of "Ionica" ".
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.4.05(04)] Bound in a volume of pamphlets.
Subject
Subject
Higgins, Matthew James, 1810 - 1868 Three letters to the editor of The Cornhill magazine on public school education.
Subject
Subject
Endowed public schools (Great Britain) History 19th century.
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode & Co. printer.
Added entry--name
Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B35927