Shelfmark
Iaa2.3.44
Author
Title
Poems by Mr. Gray..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Glasgow: : Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the University,, M.DCC.LXXIII. [1773]
Physical description
[4], 55, [1] p. ; 12 cm. (12mo)
Note
The title page is signed with an asterisk.
Note
There are two other variants, having t.p.s unsigned (ESTC N473312), and signed with a dagger (ESTC T173112; Gaskell 554) respectively
Formatted contents note
Contents: Ode on the spring.--Ode on the death of a favorite cat.--Ode on a distant prospect of Eton-College.--Ode to adversity.--The progress of poesy.--The bard.--The fatal sisters.--The descent of Odin.--The triumphs of Owen.--Elegy written in a country church-yard.--The epitaph.--Ode to music.
Citation/references note
Gaskell, 555
Citation/references note
ESTC, T132037
Provenance
John Wilkes's copy, with his inscription dated 1773, and annotations in his and/or another hand; erasure on p. 50.
Provenance
Given by John Wilkes's great-nephew H. Loraine Baker to his mother-in-law Anna Williams, Oct. 1820; bequeathed by her to her son C. M. Williams.
Binding
18th century red morocco binding; gold-tooled border with anthemion and foliate motifs; floral corner and centre ornaments; gold-tooled spine; gold-tooled Greek key roll on turn-ins; marbled endpapers; gilt fore-edges.
Subject
English poetry 18th century.
Genre/Form
Poems.
Added entry--name
Foulis, Andrew, ? - d. 1775 printer.
Added entry--name
Foulis, Robert, 1707 - 1776 printer.
Added entry--name
Wilkes, John, 1727 - 1797 former owner.
Added entry--name
Foulis Press printer.
Added entry--place
Scotland Glasgow.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B54731