Shelfmark
Ie10.5.05
Additional shelfmark
Sa1.6.13(01) (Copy 2)
Author
Title
Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray..
Varying form of title
Drawings, &c.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall., MDCCLXVI. [1766].
Physical description
[8] p., 35 leaves, [4], 39-55, [1] p. ; ill., plates ; 38 cm. (4to)
Note
With a half-title, "Drawings, &c."
Note
The six poems are printed and foliated on the recto only. 'Odes by Mr. Gray' and the 'Explanation of the prints', by Horace Walpole, are printed on both the recto and verso.
Note
The text of the poems, with engravings of Richard Bentley's drawings by Johann Sebastian Müller and Charles Grignion. With 'Explanation of the prints' [by Horace Walpole]: ff. 37, 38.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Contents: Ode on the spring. -- Ode on the death of a favourite cat. -- Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College. -- A long story. -- Hymn to adversity. -- Elegy written in a country churchyard.
Citation/references note
ESTC, N9933
Citation/references note
Hazen, 42
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Copy 1]: Eton College Library bookplate.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Inscription on title-page of volume 1 of the set: 'From the editor', with Dawson Turner's initials beneath. Card catalogue record states: 'This copy of the Mathias edition was presented by the editor to Dawson Turner'. Dawson Turner (1775-1858) added the Gray letters, the Norton Nicholls account of Thomas Gray, and the travel notes. Sold at the sale of Taylor's books, 1859, lot 219.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Inscription on flyleaf: "John Dillon 1863". Dillon added some of the manuscript introductions and many engravings to the volumes. Sold by him at auction, Sotheby's June 1869.
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Armorial bookplate of Percy Morris (1867-1927), at Eton College 1881-1884. Given to Eton College Library by Morris in 1905. Percy Morris inherited the volumes from his father John Morris (1824-1905).
Provenance
[Copy 2]: Inscription on half-title of John Mitford (1781-1859).
Binding
[Copy 1]: 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; five raised bands; gilt title on spine; marbled endpapers; marbled edges; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Copy 2]: 19th century half brown morocco; blue marbled paper covered boards; five raised bands; spine title: "Gray's works".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1]: ?Sales catalogue description pasted on end leaf.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2]: This item is the first of seven items bound in the volume, which is the fifth of a five volume set. Volumes 1 to 3 are an extra-illustrated copy of the works of Thomas Gray (London, 1814) catalogued as Sa1.6.09 to Sa1.6.13. The fourth volume is largely manuscript material relating to Thomas Gray's travels, which have been catalogued as MS 413. The manuscript material in this volume is also described in the record for MS 413.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2]: With annotations, apparently copied from the copy at Strawberry Hill, signed H.W. for Horace Walpole.
Subject
English poetry.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Bentley, R. (Richard), 1854 - 1936 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Walpole, Horace, 1717 - 1797 editor.
Added entry--name
Grignion, Charles, 1754 - 1804 engraver.
Added entry--name
Miller, John, 1715 - 1790? engraver.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Dodsley, James, 1724 - 1797 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Turner, Dawson, 1775 - 1858 former owner.
Added entry--name
Dillon, John former owner.
Added entry--name
Morris, Percy former owner.
Added entry--name
Mitford, John, 1781 - 1859 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B44840