Shelfmark
Kp.5.08 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Kp.5.09 (Copy 2)
Title
Prolusiones academicæ præmiis annuis dignatæ et in Curia Cantabrigiensi recitatæ Comitiis Maximis A.D. M.DCCC.XLIV.
Varying form of title
Prolusiones academicae praemiis annuis dignate et in Curia Cantabrigiensi recitatae Comitiis Maximis A. D. M.DCCC.XLIV.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cantabrigiæ : Typis et sumptibus Academicis excudit J. Gul. Parker, [1844]
Physical description
45, [1] p. ; 21 cm.
Language
Texts in English, Latin, or Greek.
Note
Single issue of annual containing the exercises for which were awarded the Chancellor's Medal for English verse, the Browne Medals, the Porson Prize, and (from 1841) the prize for Latin hexameters.
Note
Each item with divisional title.
Note
Second item (pp. [15]-20) has divisional title: "Poema Latinum numismate annuo dignatum ... auctore Gulielmo Johnson Coll. Regal. Schol." and caption title: "Archimedes."
Note
"Archimedes" also issued as an offprint. See J. Carter, Addenda and corrigenda, p. 318.
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory (Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 1, 1949), 3
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Addenda and corrigenda to 'A hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory' (Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; IV.4, 1967), p. 318
Provenance
[Copy 1] Booklabel of Eton College Library with ms. inscription: "Given by Mr G. Madan", dated 1931.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Booklabel of John Carter.
Binding
[Copy 1] 20th century blue paper boards.
Binding
[Copy 2] 20th century marbled paper boards.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Extract containing pp. [15]-20 (the poem "Archimedes") only. Annotation at foot of title page: "Craven Scholar 1844".
Subject
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 Archimedes.
Subject
Archimedes Poetry.
Subject
Genre/Form
Poems.
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Added entry--name
Madan, Geoffrey, 1895 - 1947 former owner.
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University of Cambridge publisher.
Added entry--name
Parker, John William, 1820 - 1860 printer.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Language code
eng grc lat
Identifier
B45238