Shelfmark
Kp.5.05(02)
Author
Title
Plato : a poem / by the late Sir Henry James Sumner Maine.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cambridge : privately printed, [1894]
Physical description
8 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
Texts in English, Latin, or Greek.
Note
Prefatory note on title page verso signed: J. W. Clark, Cambridge, 2 February, 1894.
Note
Written for the Chancellor's Medal for English verse, University of Cambridge, 1843. The prize was won by William Johnson Cory, by a casting vote. See John Carter, Hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory (Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 1, 1949), p. 72.
Note
Reprinted from Lady Maine's copy of the privately printed edition, [1843].
Note
Printed grey paper wrappers.
Binding
Late 19th century black leather half binding ; marbled paper boards ; gilt spine title "Plato. Johnson and Maine. 1843" ; original printed wrappers retained.
Copy-specific note
Bound with copy 1 of: Prolusiones academicæ præmiis annuis dignatæ et in Curia Cantabrigiensi recitatæ Comitiis Maximis A.D. M.DCCC.XLIII. Cantabrigiæ : Typis et sumptibus Academicis excudit J. Gul. Parker, [1843].
Subject
Subject
Subject
English poetry 19th century.
Added entry--name
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 associated name.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Identifier
B45229