Shelfmark
Saa2.6.10 (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
CS.1433.04 (copy 2)
Author
Title
Seven letters of John Evelyn : written between the years 1665 & 1703, now printed from the original copies, together with a facsimile.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : Printed for private circulation by Horace Hart at the University Press, 1914.
Physical description
24 p., [2] leaves of plates : facsims. ; 32 cm.
Note
"Only fifty copies... printed" on the verso of the t.p.
Note
Preface signed Frances Evelyn Rowley Heygate dated March 1914 and recording the donation of Evelyn's letter to Dr Godolphin (8 Feb 1697/8) to Eton College.
Provenance
Copy 1: Manuscript note on the front flyleaf recording donation from A.C.G. Heygate on 29 June 1914.
Provenance
Copy 1: Bookplate of Eton College on the front pastedown.
Provenance
Copy 2: Bookplate of Clarence Henry Kennett Marten on the front endpaper with the motto "Spes super sidera".
Provenance
Copy 2: Ms. dedication from Isa Heygate to C. H. K. Marten, dated July 1922.
Binding
Contemporary brown cloth binding with gold title on covers and gold titling on brown leather on spine; "Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. Binders" stamped on front pastedown; 13 blank front flyleaves at the beginning and end of volume.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Evelyn's autograph letter to Dr Godolphin dated 8 Feb 1697/8 is inserted at the beginning of the volume. It is catalogued as MS 403.
Copy-specific note
Copy 1: Previously STR shelf 152, Bk.1.13 and Bk.1.16.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Red stamp of the Marten Library on the front endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Copy 2: Previous shelfmark: BB124.
Subject
Evelyn, John, 1620 - 1706 Correspondence.
Added entry--name
Heygate, Frances Evelyn Rowley author of the preface.
Added entry--name
Hart, Horace, 1840 - 1916 publisher.
Added entry--name
Marten Library former owner.
Added entry--name
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. binder.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53069