Shelfmark
MS 238
Author
Title
Collection of poems transcribed by H. Neech Col. Eton. Alumn. 1817.
Varying form of title
Other title: Commonplace book.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton, [1815-1817].
Physical description
105 p. ; 23 cm.
Note
The author wrote his name and the date on the front pastedown: 'H. Neech Col. Eton. Alumn. 1817'.
Note
Material: paper; dated watermark: 1815.
Note
Collection of poems compiled by an Etonian featuring well-known poets, such as Lord Byron and S.T. Coleridge, as well as poems and allusions to Eton, e.g. 'The cricket match' and a few Vales.
Citation/references note
Manuscript note in MS 932 (interleaved copy of James catalogue).
Provenance
Bookplate recording donation by Colonel F.G. Langham in December 1932 on the front pastedown. Typed letter dated 16 December 1932 and signed by Langham to the Librarian of Eton College presenting the item.
Provenance
Manuscript inscription with street adddress on the front pastedown: 'Annie Maria Lloyd her scrap book December 1st 1879... Surrey'. Possibly the eldest daughter of Edward Lloyd (1815-1890).
Binding
Early 19th-century half leather binding with marbled paper on covers; white endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Previously Bk.8.29.
Added entry--name
Langham, Frederick George, 1863 - 1946 Colonel donor.
Added entry--name
Lloyd, Edward, 1815 - 1890 associated name.
Added entry--name
Lloyd, Annie Maria, 1853 - 1918 former owner.
Added entry--name
Byron, George Gordon Byron, 1788 - 1824 second author.
Added entry--name
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772 - 1834 second author.
Added entry--place
Great Britain England Eton.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52636