Shelfmark
Ie10.1.01
Author
Title
Elegy written in a country churchyard / by T. Gray ; illustrated by the Etching Club.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : published for the Etching Club, by J. Cundall, 12, Old Bond Street, MDCCCXLVII. [1847]
Physical description
[3], XVIII leaves of plates : ill. ; 44 cm.
Note
Engraved throughout' printed on mounted India paper; interleaved with protective paper guards.
Note
Printed throughout in black and bistre.
Note
Proof copy.
Note
List of illustrations (pl. [3]) has printer's statement of Gad & Kenningale.
Note
Title reproduces Gray's signature "T. Gray" in facsimile.
Note
Illustrators: T. Creswick, C. Stonhouse, R. Redgrave, H. J. Townsend, C. W. Cope, Fredk. Tayler, John Bell and John C. Horsley.
Provenance
20th century bookplate of Eton College Library.
Provenance
Printed booklabel: From the collection of Charles Butler of Warren Wood Hatfield.
Provenance
Unidentified, engraved monogrammed bookplate of HLB within an oak wreath, surmounted by heraldic crest.
Provenance
Loosely inserted descriptive caption noting that the book was purchased [by ECL] in 1988, "catalogue 165".
Binding
19th century black goatskin with elaborate gold-tooled border and corner decorations with foliate and floral motifs; spine divided in six comparments by raised bands with gold-tooled spine title in second compartment and gold-tooled borders in other compartments; gilt text block edges; marbled endpapers with gold-tooled turn-ins.
Subject
Gray, Thomas, 1716 - 1771 Elegry written in a country churchyard.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Genre/Form
Illustrated books.
Added entry--name
Cundall, Joseph, 1818 - 1895 publisher.
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Bell, John, 1811 - 1895 illustrator.
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Cope, Charles West, 1811 - 1890 illustrator.
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Creswick, Thomas, 1811 - 1869 illustrator.
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Horsley, John Callcott, 1817 - 1903 illustrator.
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Redgrave, Richard, 1804 - 1888 illustrator.
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Stonhouse, Charles illustrator.
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Tayler, Frederick, 1802 - 1889 illustrator.
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Butler, Charles, 1821 - 1910 former owner.
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Gad & Kenningale printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53126