Shelfmark
Ep.5.01
Author
Title
The sea-side, a poem, in familiar epistles from Mr. Simkin Slenderwit, summerising at Ramsgate, to his dear mother in town.
Edition
The second edition, with great improvements, and an appendix.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for T. N. Longman, and J. Bell, no. 148, Oxford-street, 1798.
Physical description
vii, [1], 92 p., plate : ill. ; 8vo.
Note
Simkin Slenderwit = Thomas James Mathias.
Note
The appendix comprises a Latin poem, 'Villæ Formianæ, apud Portam Regiam in insula Thaneti in ora maritima cantiana sub auspiciis Henrici Baronis de Holland olim extructæ, oden hanc dicatam voluit T.M.' ie. T. J. Mathias. This work was issued separately in 1795, see ESTC T50793.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
With an engraved frontispiece view of the harbour, from a drawing by Amelia Noel.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T125450
Provenance
Bookplate of F. William Cock, M.D., FSA, designed by Frank L. Emanuel, 1898.
Provenance
Booklabel of John Sparrow (1906-1992), with his signature and date (1946) on front flyleaf.
Binding
19th or early 20th century maroon cloth; gold tooled title on spine.
Copy-specific note
Enclosure: note in unidentified hand written on verso of Lord Rothschild compliment slip, addressed from Merton Hall, Cambridge. States that the BM catalogue does not give an author for this work, and suggests the recipient writes to the TSL [sic]. Dated 13.11.46.
Copy-specific note
T.J. Mathias's name is supplied on the half-title and on title of appendix.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Longman, Thomas, 1731 - 1797 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Cock, F. William former owner.
Added entry--name
Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B37961