Shelfmark
CS.1433.30
Author
Title
The essays of Abraham Cowley / with life by the editor ; notes, and illustrations by Dr. Hurd, and others.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1868.
Physical description
xiv, 199 p. ; 16 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Title page printed in red and black.
Note
"Chiswick Press:--printed by Whittingham and Wilkins, Tooks Court, Chancery Lane"--Colophon.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Of liberty -- Of solitude -- Of obscurity -- Of agriculture -- The garden -- Of greatness -- Of avarice -- The dangers of an honest man in much company -- The shortness of life, and uncertainty of riches -- The danger of procrastination -- Of myself -- A discourse, by way of vision, concerning the government of Oliver Cromwell -- The author's preface to Cutter of Coleman Street -- A proposition for the advancement of experimental philosophy.
Provenance
Maurice Baring's bookplate on the front pastedown reading: "Ex. Libris Maurice Baring. Here goes a ship with a cargo of books to the city of dreams".
Provenance
aArmorial bookplate of Eton School Library, with ex dono of Maurice Baring, on the first front flyleaf, dated 1925.
Provenance
Eton School Library label on front pastedown: "Not to be taken out of the Library".
Binding
19th century green cloth binding; gilt lettering and decoration on the front board and spine; blind-stamped decoration on boards and spine; gilt edges; brown endpapers; bound by Burn & Co., Kirby St., E.C. (binder's label on back pastedown).
Copy-specific note
Loosely inserted four pages of a Latin text entitled "Ad Patres, et Fratres Societatis Iesu," with ms. initials M. P.[?].
Subject
Subject
English essays 17th century.
Genre/Form
Essays.
Added entry--name
Hurd, Richard, 1720 - 1808 editor.
Added entry--name
Baring, Maurice, 1874 - 1945 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sampson Low, Son & Marston publisher.
Added entry--name
Chiswick Press printer.
Added entry--name
Whittingham & Wilkins printer.
Added entry--name
James Burn & Company binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B53990