Shelfmark
Iaa2.5.24
Author
Uniform title
[Elegy written in a country churchyard. English]
Title
An elegy written in a country church yard..
Edition
The fourth edition, corrected.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall ; and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-Noster-Row., 1751..
Physical description
11, [1] p. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Note
Anonymous. By Thomas Gray.
Note
In this fourth edition; the misspelling of "unnecessary" in the 'Advertisement' on p. [3] has been corrected.
Note
Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T71259
Provenance
Ms. signature: "Maurice Baring", with additional inscription, "Diana Cooper from [Maurice Baring] 1926".
Provenance
Pictorial bookplate of Maurice Baring.
Provenance
Pictorial bookplate of Diana Cooper.
Provenance
Eton College Library bookplate, with ms. inscription: "purchased 1994".
Binding
19th/20th century red morocco binding; marbled endpapers; gilt lettering on spine.
Copy-specific note
Bookseller's ms. markings.
Subject
Elegiac poetry, English Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Elegies.
Added entry--name
Dodsley, Robert, 1703 - 1764 publisher.
Added entry--name
Cooper, Mary, ? - d. 1761 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Cooper, Diana, 1892 - 1986 former owner.
Added entry--name
Baring, Maurice, 1874 - 1945 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45079