Shelfmark
Iaa2.5.26
Title
The union: or select Scots and English poems.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Edinburgh [i.e. Oxford] : printed for Archibald Monro & David Murray [i.e. William Jackson], M.DCC.LIII [1753].
Physical description
[8], 144 p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
For place and publisher see: D. Nichol Smith, 'Three Scottish ghosts', Transactions of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society, vol. 2, pt. 4, 1942-5, pp. 429-32
Note
The imprint is false; printed in Oxford by William Jackson.
Note
In this edition the first page of contents, sixth line from bottom ends: Centle- [sic].
Note
Compiled and edited by Thomas Warton.
Note
Contains: "An elegy written in a country church-yard, by Mr Grey [i.e. Thomas Gray]."
Citation/references note
ESTC, T8389
Provenance
Eton College Library booklabel.
Provenance
Ms. inscription unread (covered by booklabel).
Provenance
Booklabel: "Purchased from the John Waynflete Carter memorial fund".
Binding
18th century brown leather binding; gilt double fillet perimeter frame; five raised bands; gilt decoration and lettering on spine; marbled endpapers; green ribbon bookmark.
Copy-specific note
Previously Bdd.7.36
Copy-specific note
Ms. markings covered by booklabel.
Subject
English poetry.
Added entry--name
Warton, Thomas, 1728 - 1790 editor.
Added entry--name
Jackson, William, 1724 - 1795 printer.
Added entry--name
Gray, Thomas, 1716 - 1771 Elegy written in a country churchyard.
Added entry--name
Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 associated name.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Identifier
B45082