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Ib4.4.39
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Kp.4.11 (Copy 2)
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Kp.4.12 (Copy 3)
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Kp.4.13 (Copy 4)
Title
Essays on a liberal education / edited by Rev. F.W. Farrar.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Macmillan and Co., 1867.
Physical description
viii, 384 p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Note
With a half-title page.
Note
William Johnson Cory's essay "On the education of the reasoning faculties" occupies pp. 313-363.
Note
Carter records a second edition of the Essays in 1968.
Note
Printer's imprint of R. Clay, Son, and Taylor, printers, Bread Street Hill, London on t.p. verso and colophon.
Note
Publisher's plum cloth case binding with blind ruled frame on sides and gilt-stamped spine; black endpapers.
Formatted contents note
No display constant generated: Contents: On the history of classical education. By C. S. Parker.--The theory of classical education. By H. Sidgwick.--Liberal education in universities. By J. Seeley.--On teaching by means of grammar. By E. E. Browen.--On Greek and Latin verse-composition as a general branch of education. By F. W. Farrar.--On teaching natural science in schools. By J. M. Wilson.--The teaching of English. By J. W. Hales.--On the education of the reasoning faculties. By W. Johnson.--On the present social results of classical education. By Lord Houghton.
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory (Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 1, 1949), 11
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Addenda and corrigenda to 'A hand-list ...' (Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 4:4, 1967), 11
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt. Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso. Ms. inscription on half-title page: "E.W Bowling Nov. 21st 1867.".
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ink inscription of John Carter with his note "from the library at Knebworth, given me by Lord Cobbold 1967", i.e. Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, Baron of Knebworth.
Provenance
[Copy 3] Ink inscription of John Carter. Ink inscription of Juliana de Rothschild [née Cohen], wife of Meyer Amschel de Rothschild] with biographical note in Carter's hand dated 1959. Oval booklabel of Mentmore Library with Carter's note that it was transferred from previous binding.
Provenance
[Copy 4] Bookplate of Eton College School Library dated 1991. Loose paper slip with stamp of the Etoniana Collection.
Binding
[Copy 1] Rebound in 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Copy 2] Publisher's original binding.
Binding
[Copy 3] 20th century maroon goatskin half binding ; maroon buckram boards ; gilt spine title ; marbled endpapers; original front endpaper retained. Binder's stamp of Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Binding
[Copy 4] 19th century maroon calf half binding ; marbled paper boards ; gilt-ruled spine with black spine label ; olive endpapers. Binder's stamp of Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Partly unopened.
Subject
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 On the education of the reasoning faculties.
Subject
Classical education.
Subject
Education.
Subject
Education, Humanistic.
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Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
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Cobbold, Cameron Fromanteel,, 1904 - ? Baron of Knebworth former owner.
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Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 former owner.
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Rothschild, Juliana de, ? - 1877 former owner.
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Macmillan & Co. publisher.
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Sangorski & Sutcliffe bookbinder.
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Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. bookbinder.
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Eton College School Library former owner.
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R. Clay, Son and Taylor printer.
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England London.
Identifier
B35992