Shelfmark
Iaa4.4.34 (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Iaa4.4.35 (Copy 2)
Author
Uniform title
[Works. Selections]
Title
Sir Thomas Browne's Religio medici ; and, Letter to a friend &c. ; and Christian morals / edited by W. A. Greenhill.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Macmillan and Co., 1881.
Physical description
lvi, 392 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Note
[Copy 2] Publisher's dark brown cloth binding; gilt centrepiece and border on upper cover; blind-stamped border on on lower cover; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; black endpapers.
Citation/references note
Keynes, Browne, 36
Provenance
[Copies 1 and 2] Booklabel and ink stamp of Eton College Library.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Bookplate recording donation to Eton College by David Babington-Smith.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Ms. initials: "H.B.S" [Henry Babington-Smith] from A.C.B. [Arthur Christopher Benson]. Cambridge, Febr. 1884. 'Sis licet felix ubicumque mavis.' 'Et memor nostri'."
Provenance
[Copy 1] Armorial bookplate of Henry Babington-Smith.
Provenance
[Copy 1] Ms. inscription: "HBS on leaving Cambridge 1924" [Henry George Babington Smith].
Binding
[Copy 1] Contemporary brown leather binding covered embroidered gold-thread book cover, decorated with pink and blue petals; pink 'HBS' centrepiece; marbled endpapers; bound by J.B. Hawkes, Cambridge.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Ink stamp: "Macmillan & Bowes, Cambridge".
Copy-specific note
[Copy 1] Inserted between cover and book cover: ms. documents detailing bibliographical references to Browne's works; sales catalogue entry for 1642 edition of Religio medici; extract from the Athenæum (dated May 30, '96).
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Bookplate recording donation to Eton College, name area left blank.
Copy-specific note
[Copy 2] Publisher's advertisements on [4] p. at end.
Added entry--name
Babington-Smith, David former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Smith, Henry Babington, 1863 - 1923 former owner.
Added entry--name
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862 - 1925 inscriber.
Added entry--name
Smith, Henry George Babington, 1902 - 1982 former owner.
Added entry--name
Macmillan & Co. publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B45571