Shelfmark
Bdd.7.20
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.40(01)
Additional shelfmark
Ib1.5.41(04)
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Ib1.5.03
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Ibb8.5.07
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Ibb8.5.08
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Ibb8.5.09
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Ibb8.5.254
Author
Title
Elogium famæ inserviens Jacci Etonensis, sive gigantis; or, the praises of Jack of Eton, commonly called Jack the Giant: collected into Latin and English metre, after the manner of Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, John Burton, and others. To which is added A dissertation on the Burtonic style. By a Master of Arts.
Varying form of title
Elogium famae inserviens Jacci Etonensis
Varying form of title
Praises of Jack of Eton, commonly called Jack the Giant
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxford : Printed for S. Parker; and sold by W. Owen, near Temple Bar, London, MDCCL. [1750]
Physical description
viii, 96 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
A Master of Arts = William King (ESTC).
Note
Jack the Giant = John Burton (ESTC).
Note
Parallel English and Latin verse.
Note
Price at foot of title page: "Price 1s.".
Note
Signatures: A-N⁴.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T32623
Citation/references note
Foxon, K67
Provenance
[Bdd.7.20] Ms. annotations.
Provenance
[Ib1.5.40(01)] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
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[Ib1.5.40(01)] and [Ibb8.5.07] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
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[Ib1.5.41(04)] Ms. inscription on front endpaper: "Bought at ... Pall Mall A.D. 1838 From ... books ... of the collection of the ... Thomas Grenville".
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[Ib1.5.56] Bucks County Library ink stamp on title page verso.
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[Ib1.5.56] Ms. inscription at bottom of title page: "L583: 81".
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[Ib1.5.56] Berkshire County Library bookplate pasted on Buckinghamshire County Library bookplate.
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[Ib1.5.56] Red ink stamp of Berkshire County Library.
Provenance
[Ibb8.5.09] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Ibb8.5.tbs] Loosely inserted TLS to the Librarian from A. R. Leslie-Melville, dated May 19, 1933 donating the item to ECL.
Binding
[Bdd.7.20] 18th century marbled wrappers.
Binding
[Ib1.5.40(01)] 19th century teal calf half binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Binding
[Ib1.5.41(04)] 18th century calf binding; gold tooled Thomas Grenville's coat of arms on front and rear covers; gold tooled outer edges of the boards; rebacked; binder's stamp on rear endpaper: "R.L. Day binder".
Binding
[Ib1.5.56] 20th century green cloth case-binding.
Binding
[Ibb8.5.07] Text block sewn, no boards.
Binding
[Ibb8.5.08] Stitched text-block without boards.
Binding
[Ibb8.5.09] Quires loose, no boards, traces of stitch holes.
Binding
[Ibb8.5.254] Stitched text-block without boards.
Copy-specific note
[Bdd.7.20] Bn.3.28.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.40(01)] Bound with: "A letter to a young gentleman", A poetical abridgement, both in Latin and English, of the Reverend Mr. Tutor Bentham's Letter to a young gentleman of Oxford" and "A certain proposal of a certain little tutor, for making certain reformations in a certain method of education, most certainly practis'd in a certain university".
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.40(01)] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso: "by dr. William King".
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.41(04)] Bound with: "Epistolæ altera peregrinantis, altera rusticantis", "Epistola critica Græce conscripta ad Joh. Gul. Thompson Dialogi Platonis, qui Parmenides inscribitur, editorem", "Sacerdos paroecialis rusticus" and "A poetical abridgement, both in Latin and English, of the Reverend Mr. Tutor Bentham's Letter to a young gentleman of Oxford".
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.41(04)] Contents of the volume in ms. on the front flyleaf.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.56] A leaf with biographical information of William King tipped in at rear.
Copy-specific note
[Ib1.5.56] ECL copy imperfect - final leaf wanting.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.5.07] and [Ibb8.5.08] Stored in a box with other pamphlets.
Copy-specific note
[Ibb8.5.254] Text-block surrounded by donation envelope with Librarian's address crossed through and replaced by bibliographical information about the book.
Subject
Added entry--name
Owen, W. bookseller.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
Added entry--name
Parker, Sackville, 1707 - 1796 printer.
Added entry--name
Grenville, Thomas, 1755 - 1846 former owner.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B9914