Shelfmark
Kp.4.18(02)
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Kp.4.19(03) (Copy 2)
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Kp.4.19(04) (Copy 3)
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Kp.4.20 (Copy 4)
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Kp.4.21 (Copy 5)
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Kp.4.22 (Copy 6)
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Kp.4.23 (Copy 7)
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Kp.4.24 (Copy 8)
Author
Title
Key to Lucretilis : parts I. & II. / by William Johnson, M.A. ...
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton : E. P. Williams and Son, 1871.
Physical description
23, [1] p. ; 18 cm.
Note
Cover title; there is no title page. Page [1] with drop-head title: Key to Lucretilis.
Note
"Price two shillings".
Note
Ostensibly a crib to the exercises in the author's Lucretilis; obtainable only from the publisher.
Note
Colophon: Eton College Press: E. P. Williams & Son.
Note
Final page of advertisements for other works by William Johnson.
Note
Printed pinkish buff paper wrappers; some copies with green linen spine.
Citation/references note
Carter, J. Hand-list of the printed works of William Johnson, afterwards Cory (Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society ; 1, 1949), 16
Provenance
[Copy 1] Esher copy with bookplate. Booklabel of John Waynflete Carter.
Provenance
[Copy 2] Ink inscription at head of both front wrappers: "Jas. P. Muirhead". Booklabel of John Carter on slipcase front board with pencil note in his hand: "Jas. P. Muirhead's son, Lionel BCLM, from whose sale this came, 1940, was a pupil of WJC's (at Eton 1857/63)".
Provenance
[Copy 4] William Johnson Cory's copy with his ms. notes giving the subjects of some of the poems.
Provenance
[Copy 5] Inscribed by the author to Blanche I. Johnston on front wrapper: "fr[om] Wm Cory 1892. With notes by himself. The little book has been used at Eton about twenty years." Accompanied by typed letter from Lt Col. R. de B. Devereux (her son), to the librarian, Eton College, dated Farnbrough, 15 Nov. 1970 identifying his mother as the daughter of Cory's pupil W. H. Johnston and offering the book to the library, with a copy of Patrick Strong's reply dated the following day.
Binding
[Copy 1] 19th century brown half morocco ; gilt-ruled border ; gilt-tooled spine with five raised bands ; marbled paper boards ; gilt top edge ; marbled endpapers. Binder's stamp of Roger de Coverly.
Binding
[Copy 2] Publisher's original wrappers with linen spine; housed with Muirhead's copies of both parts of the second edition of "Lucretilis" (1873) and ECL copy 3 of the "Key" in 20th century spattered paper boards with pale green buckram spine and gilt spine title "William Johnson - Lucretilis - 1873-1871", within matching paper covered slipcase.
Binding
[Copy 3] Publisher's original wrappers with linen spine; housed with copy 2.
Binding
[Copy 4] Lacking front wrapper; housed in acid free envelope.
Binding
[Copies 5-8] Publisher's original wrappers without linen spine; housed in acid free envelopes.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Bound after a copy of Lucretilis, parts I and II. Note in Carter's hand on front endpaper: "The pencil markings in the Key are those of the disrespectful printer of the 1951 edition."
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Pencil note in John Carter's hand inside front wrapper: "Munro called Lucretilis the most Horatian verse written since Horace".
Subject
Latin poetry, Medieval and modern.
Subject
Latin poetry Metrics and rhythmics.
Added entry--name
Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, 1852 - 1930 Viscount former owner.
Added entry--name
Carter, John, 1905 - 1975 former owner.
Added entry--name
De Coverly, R., b. 1831 - ? bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Muirhead, James Patrick, 1813 - 1898 former owner.
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Muirhead, Lionel, 1845 - 1925 former owner.
Added entry--name
Cory, William Johnson, 1823 - 1892 former owner.
Added entry--name
Johnston, Blanche I. former owner.
Added entry--name
E. P. Williams and Son publisher.
Added entry--name
Eton College Press printer.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B45515