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[Elegy written in a country churchyard. English]
An elegy written in a country church yard..
The fourth edition, corrected.
London: : Printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall ; and sold by M. Cooper in Pater-noster-Row., 1751..
11, [1] p. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Anonymous. By Thomas Gray.
In this fourth edition; the misspelling of "unnecessary" in the 'Advertisement' on p. [3] is misspelled "unnessary".
Price from imprint: price Six-Pence.
ESTC, T71258
Ms. inscription: "O. Manning", possibly in Thomas Gray's hand suggesting this a presentation copy.
Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett.
Pictorial bookplate of John Drinkwater, and his inscription: "John Drinkwater 1920".
Eton College Library bookplate, with ms. inscription: "1992".
19th/20th century blue morocco half binding, with blue cloth covered boards; blind-tooled double fillet border along binding edge; gilt lettering on spine.
Second leaf has blank corner excised.
Elegiac poetry, English Early works to 1800.
Dodsley, Robert, 1703 - 1764 publisher.
Cooper, Mary, ? - d. 1761 bookseller.
Manning, Owen, 1721 - 1801 former owner.
Brett, Oliver former owner.
Drinkwater, John, 1882 - 1937 former owner.
England London.
B45080