Shelfmark
Ie10.1.02(06) (copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Ie10.1.02(07) (copy 2)
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Ie10.1.02(08) (copy 3)
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Ie10.1.02(09) (copy 4)
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Ie10.1.02(10) (copy 5)
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Ie10.1.02(11) (copy 6)
Author
Title
An elegy written in a country churchyard / by Thomas Gray.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Cambridge : Pembroke College], 1897.
Physical description
[2] leaves : facsims. ; 35 cm.
Note
Title and imprint information from printed wrappers.
Note
"Reproduced in facsimile from the original manuscript in the possession of Pembroke College.".
Note
Bifolium printed on inner pages only.
Note
Sewn in printed wrappers with arms of Pembroke College and date "July 7, 1897" on front cover; list of masters and fellows of the college on back cover.
Provenance
Copy 4: Loosely inserted ALS from Leonard Whibley to Mr [Henry] Broadbent dated 12 March 1928 concerning a copy of the facsimile that he posted "this morning" and noting that "when the plate was made, the photographer covered some of Gray's marginal notes - including his note on the date of writing & publication. These you will see in Mathias' copy." Whibley further notes that he made a copy of Gray's "Play exercise at Eton ... a poem of about 70 lines, reminiscent of Lucretius, and not of any special merit".
Binding
Copies 1-3: In original wrappers.
Binding
Copies 4-6: Without wrappers and inscribed in ink on first blank recto "Stonehewer MS. Pembroke College, Cambridge."
Binding
Copy 4: Additionally inscribed in pencil: "Pembroke facsimile of Gray's Elegy".
Subject
Subject
Gray, Thomas, 1716 - 1771 Elegy written in a country churchyard
Subject
Added entry--name
Whibley, Leonard, 1862 or 1863 - 1941 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Broadbent, Henry former owner.
Added entry--name
Pembroke College (University of Cambridge) publisher.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53133