Shelfmark
Ep.2.02(01)
Additional shelfmark
[Additional copy]: Ep.2.02(02)
Author
Title
An essay on the evidence, external and internal, relating to the poems attributed to Thomas Rowley. : Containing a general view of the whole controversy. / By Thomas James Mathias..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for T. Becket, Pall-Mall, bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and Their Royal Highnesses the Princes., M DCC LXXXIII. [1783]
Physical description
viii, 118, [6] p. ; 8vo.
Note
Errata at foot of p. iv.
Note
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-H⁸ I⁴ K².
Citation/references note
ESTC, T33365
Provenance
[Ep.2.02(01)]: Booklabel of Wick Episcopi Library. Wick Episcopi is a village in Worcestershire, but there is no record of a parish library there in Perkin, Directory of Parochial Libraries. Another book from Wick Episcopi Library is recorded at Bristol University Library.
Provenance
[Both copies]: Booklabel of John Sparrow (1906-1992).
Provenance
[Both copies]: Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Provenance
[Ep.2.02(02)]: Presentation copy: T. Jones, The gift of the author, Thomas James Matthias. The spelling of Mathias has been corrected, so not an autograph inscription.
Provenance
[Ep.2.02(02)]: Inscription on front pastedown: J Chatto.
Binding
[Ep.2.02(01)]: 18th century blue paper covers.
Binding
[Ep.2.02(02)]: 18th century stiff boards covered with marbled paper; spine covered in light blue silk cloth; traces of paper spine label.
Copy-specific note
[Ep.2.02(01)]: Price on front pastedown: £1.
Subject
Chatterton, Thomas, 1752 - 1770 Poems supposed to have been written at Bristol in the 15th century by Thomas Rowley.
Subject
Authorship, Disputed Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Becket, Thomas, fl. 1760 - 1815 publisher.
Added entry--name
Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B37413