Shelfmark
Ie10.5.21
Title
Eton College : an ode by Mr. Thomas Gray.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[s.l., 1750-1900?]
Physical description
1 v. (6 p. of sampling) : ill. ; 37 x 27 cm.
Note
Cover title.
Note
Bound volume of sampling (cross stitch) depicting Gray's poem; using green and purple thread.
Note
Title-page of sampling: "Floreat Etona! Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College. By Mr. Thomas Gray"; with cross stitch Eton coat of arms.
Note
Imprint on second page of sampling reads: "Phrygium opus ex manu. a.m. aet XIV".
Note
Date span summarised from content of magazine extract and publication of poem.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of F. Manley Sims; ink stamp: "Manley Sims Eton Collection".
Binding
Dark blue morocco half-binding with morocco covered boards; gilt fillets and decoration framing corners; title stamped in gold on spine; four raised bands with gilt decoration; light marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Copy-specific note
Extract from the Daily Telegraph tipped-in inside front cover; mentions that the item was sent to the Fund (The Daily Telegraph Soldiers and Sailors' Widows and Orphans Fund) by Mr Marshall, the printer of the Westminster Gazette.
Subject
Gray, Thomas, 1716 - 1771 Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College.
Subject
Added entry--name
Manley Sims, F. former owner.
Identifier
B44807