Shelfmark
MS 390
Title
Rules and catalogues of the subscription library for Eton Windsor & the neighbourhood reopened by J. Wilkinson 25 High St. Oct. 1836.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton, 1833-1839.
Physical description
6 items : paper ; 211 x 168 mm.
Language
Written in English.
Note
Cataloguer devised title.
Note
The rules refer to a copy printed in Eton by Williams & Son in 1836.
Provenance
20th-century black bookplate of Eton College Library, undated, with college crest and initials "RS" (Reynolds Stone) on front pastedown.
Binding
Sammelband. 20th-century quarter-bound light brown morocco and marbled paper, bound by R.L. Day. Cover decorated with gilt roll to separate paper from leather. Spine flat with gilt titling ("The Library"). Endpapers of undecorated paper; four flyleaves at both ends.
Copy-specific note
Loose materiel inserted in the volume: 1. one envelope addressed to Mr [Patrick] Strong, former College Archivist, reading "Does this make you say what Library? I sh'd perhaps write [?] in due course"; 2. a second envelope addressed to Henry Webber Esq. at The Library, Eton; it contains a letter from Benjamin Disraeli dated 29 October 1857, extending thanks for having been invited to the Library to give a lecture, but regretting to have to decline due to planned absence.
Copy-specific note
Bound with a Catalogue of Wilkinson's Public Library, 25 High Street, Eton Printed by E.P. Williams in 1839, Sa2.2.22(02) and A librarian's catalogue with glued printed pages onto notebook leaves with ms. annotations, Sa2.2.22(03). Loosely inserted An address to the subscribers to the Windsor and Eton Public Library, London 1833, Sa2.2.22(01).
Subject
Public libraries England.
Added entry--name
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804 - 1881 autographer.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--name
Stone, Reynolds previous owner.
Added entry--name
Williams & Son printers.
Added entry--place
England Eton.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52755