Shelfmark
Ibb6.2.73
Additional shelfmark
Ibb6.2.74
Title
The microcosm, a periodical work, by Gregory Griffin, Of the College of Eton. Inscribed to the Rev. Dr. Davies.
Edition
The fifth edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for Charles Knight, Pall-Mall East., 1825.
Physical description
viii, 295, [1] p. ; 17 cm.
Note
Gregory Griffin is the pseudonym of, inter alia, George Canning, Charles Ellis, Hookham Frere, and John and Robert Smith.
Note
Written by a group of friends while at Eton; includes essays on the conduct of life and other cultural and philosophical topics, written as letters from pseudonymous or imaginary correspondents.
Provenance
[Ibb6.2.73] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ibb6.2.73] and [Ibb6.2.74] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page.
Binding
[Ibb6.2.73] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ibb6.2.74] 19th century brown calf binding; gold tooled perimeter frame; gold tooled spine; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
ECL holdings: No. I. (Monday, November 6, 1786.)-No. XL. (Monday, July 30, 1787.).
Subject
Subject
Conduct of life Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
College student newspapers and periodicals England Eton.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Knight, C. publisher.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B42792