Shelfmark
MS 356
Title
A plan for reading modern history, in some letters to the Rev'd: Dr: B----d, 1758. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, 1758-1760.
Physical description
1 item (25 leaves) : paper ; 25 x 19 cm + 2 letters.
Note
Title taken from title page.
Note
Place of production inferred from subject matter and language. Dates of production taken from title page and from the penultimate leaf, which is dated August 28 1760.
Note
A transcription of several letters outlining a plan for studying history together with recommended titles organised by century and country. These are addressed to the Rev'd Dr B----d as 'Dear Sir'. These are followed by a separate letter in the same hand addressed to 'My Lord' offering a critical assessment of the plan, undersigned 'M.T.'. It has been assumed by previous owners of the manuscript that the original addressee was Dr Edward Barnard (1717-1781), Head Master and later Provost of Eton College.
Note
Written in ink, possibly in a professional hand. Catchwords throughout.
Note
5 blank leaves at the front, and 2 at the rear of the volume.
Note
Two letters enclosed: One from C.H.K. Marten (1872-1948), vice-provost and later Provost of Eton College, addressed from Eton in 1944 and returning the letters to 'Tim'. The second a donation letter dated 1948, addressed to Marten as Provost from R.A. Austen-Leigh.
Note
Armorial bookplate of Thomas Carter on front pastedown. Austen-Leigh, in his donation letter, suggests this is the Thomas Carter who was a Fellow of Eton College from 1829-1856.
Note
Previous manuscript number: 317.
Note
Found to contain a note by Edward Barnard arranging votes for his position as lower master at Eton in 1754; transferred to the College Archives in October 2019.
Binding
Contemporary red morocco; gold tooled border of rococo decorative roll with gold tooled sprig stamps at each corner; gold tooled rococo decorative roll on spine with single fillet and small star tool; dark red, yellow and green marbled endpapers; gilt edges.
Subject
History Early works to 1800.
Subject
History Bibliography Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Carter, Thomas, ? - 1846 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur, 1872 - 1961 former owner.
Added entry--place
England
Identifier
B49287