Shelfmark
Ge.2.07
Title
Gratulatio Academiæ Cantabrigiensis de reditu serenissimi regis Georgii II. post pacem & libertatem Europæ feliciter restitutam anno M.DCC.XLVIII..
Varying form of title
Gratulatio Academiae Cantabrigiensis de reditu serenissimi regis Georgii II
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cantabrigiæ, : Typis academicis excudit J. Bentham., M.DCC.XLVIII. [1748]
Physical description
[144] p. ; 38 cm. (fol.)
Language
Contains poems primarily in Latin and English, but also in Greek, Hebrew and Arabic.
Note
Engraved title-page vignette, signed: S. Gribelin sculpt.
Note
Signatures: pi² A-2M².
Note
Leaf 2M2 is blank.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T104103
Provenance
Book label of Nicholas Mann on front endpaper, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
Mid-18th century calfskin; boards have double-gold-fillet border frames and gold-tooled central frame with ornaments at outer corners; six raised bands; spine compartments bordered by double-gold-fillets; board edges tooled in gold; text block edges gilt.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Db.2.03, Ge.2.13.
Subject
Latin poetry Early works to 1800.
Subject
English poetry 18th century.
Added entry--name
Gribelin, Simon, 1661 or 1662 - 1733 engraver.
Added entry--name
Bentham, Joseph, ? - -1778 printer.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Language code
lat eng gre heb ara
Identifier
B48423