Shelfmark
Ep.4.03(01)
Author
Title
The pursuits of literature. : A satirical poem in four dialogues. With notes.
Edition
The fifth edition, revised and corrected.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for T. Becket, Pall Mall., 1798.
Physical description
[4], 2, [2], xxxi, [1], 381, [3] p. ; 8vo.
Note
Includes half-title and final advertisement leaf.
Note
Anonymous. By Thomas James Mathias.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T131292
Provenance
Front board stamp of William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale (1757-1844). Stamp 4 in British Armorial Bindings database.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944).
Provenance
Booklabel of John Sparrow (1906-1992).
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College Library.
Binding
19th century mid brown calf; gold tooled scroll roll frame; gold tooled decoration on spine; gold tooled 'LOWTHER' square stamp on front board; faded red and brown marbled edges.
Copy-specific note
Pencil shelfmark predating Hugh Lowther bookplate: Saloon Bookcase. shelf 3.
Copy-specific note
Enclosure: ms. list by John Sparrow: Some of Macaulay's marginalia in T.J. Mathias, The pursuits of literature, 13th ed., 1805 - read and annotated by Macaulay on 28 Jan. 1837 (- 5 Feb. 1937), transcribed at Hallington 30 Dec. 1959.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: A translation of the passages from Greek, Latin, Italian and French writers, quoted in the prefaces and notes to The pursuits of literature. (The first edition, 1798. ESTC T131061).
Added entry--name
Becket, Thomas, fl. 1760 - 1815 publisher.
Added entry--name
Lonsdale, William Lowther, 1757 - 1844 Earl of, former owner.
Added entry--name
Lonsdale, Hugh Cecil Lowther, 1857 - 1944 Earl of, former owner.
Added entry--name
Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B37604