Shelfmark
Kp.4.17
Author
Title
Lines on a withered tree in the Viceregal grounds / by the Earl of Carlisle ; imitated in Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Varying form of title
Cover title: Flebilis arbor
Publication, distribution, etc.
Dublin : [Printed at the University press, by M. H. Gill], MDCCCLXX. [1870]
Physical description
viii, 46, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : front. ; 16 cm.
Note
Collection of versions by various authors, edited by J. B. Burke, including on p. 24 a set of Greek elegiacs signed "William Johnson, M.A."
Note
"Privately printed".
Note
Final leaf of letterpress is blank. Frontispiece protected by tissue guard.
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory (Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 1, 1949), p. 86
Provenance
According to John Carter, Cory's own copy given to ECL by Geoffrey Madan, and the only example Carter had seen of a book bearing Cory's signature both as Johnson (dated 1870) and Cory (undated). Bookplate of Frederick Pollock. Loosely inserted ALS from Sir Bernard Burke dated Dublin Castle, 24 March 1891, in envelope addressed to Julian Marshall Esq of London.
Binding
Original ?publisher's dark green cloth case binding; concentric blind frames on sides; "Flebilis arbor" stamped in gilt on front cover. Binder's label of Galwey & Co. Bookbinders, Dublin.
Copy-specific note
Inscription on front free-endpaper in Cory's hand regarding his authorship of the poem at the request of H. Montagu Butler.
Subject
St. Germans, Jemima (Cornwallis) Eliot, 1803 - 1856 Countess of,
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Added entry--name
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 Flebilis arbor.
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Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 former owner.
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Madan, Geoffrey, 1895 - 1947 former owner.
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Pollock, Frederick, 1845 - 1937 former owner.
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Burke, Bernard, 1814 - 1892 correspondent.
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Marshall, Julian correspondent.
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M. H. Gill & Son printer.
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Galwey & Co. bookbinder.
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Ireland Dublin.
Language code
eng fre ger grc ita lat por spa
Identifier
B45485