Shelfmark
MS 201
Author
Title
Appendix: an answer to Dr. King's speech: by the Rev. Mr. John Burton, batchelor [sic] in Divinity and fellow of Eton College. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: An answer to Dr King's speech by the Rev. Mr. John Burton
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton?, England, approximately 1750.
Physical description
1 volume (14 leaves) : paper ; 24 x 20 cm.
Note
A satirical reply to William King's 'Elogium famae inserviens Jacci Etonensis, or, The praises of Jack of Eton, commonly called Jack the Giant' (1750), which was in itself a response to Burton's criticisms of King's pro-Jacobite speech at the opening of the Radcliffe Library in Oxford in 1749.
Note
Title taken from title-page, written in ink.
Note
Production date and place inferred from the biography of the author and the publication date of King's 'Elogium famae'.
Note
Parallel English and Latin texts, with the Latin text dressed as an index to Burton's Epistle to his nephew Edward Bentham (which was published in 1758).
Note
Booklabel of Dr. Samuel Parr, 1747-1825 on front pastedown.
Note
Inscription on second front flyleaf: Phillipps MSS 24726. M.R. James notes that it appears in vol. 3 of the catalogue of the Phillipps sale.
Binding
Late 20th or early 21st century quarter red morocco; brown, gold and pink marbled paper covering boards; gold tooled double fillet on edges of leather; gold tooled double fillet and black stamped fleurons on spine; signed by Richard Day on rear pastedown.
Subject
Added entry--name
Parr, Samuel, 1747 - 1825 former owner.
Added entry--name
Halliwell, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820 - 1889 (James Orchard), former owner.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--place
England
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B46667