SCH B 01 01 02 27
Reference code
SCH B 01 01 02 27
Title
Verse hoard: Eton Prose Exercises MS 1748-58
Level
Item
Other Number
SCH W 07; MS 306
Administrative / Biographical history
Dr George Heath was Head Master of Eton from 1792 to 1801.
Date
1748 - [1775]
Extent & medium
1 volume
Content description
Latin prose and verses, prepared for declamations. Loose exercises bound together. The first half of the volume is arranged chronologically, with the verses dated, author named and tutor given. The second half consists of named but undated verses. Wasey Sterry has included a list of identifiable authors at the beginning.
A letter from J. Heath to Dawson Turner, 13 January 1854, discussing two volumes of verses kept by Dr Heather, is bound in.
A letter from J. Heath to Dawson Turner, 13 January 1854, discussing two volumes of verses kept by Dr Heather, is bound in.
Provenance
Bought by Wasey Sterry at a Sotheby's sale of the library of Baron Heath, believed to be a descendant of Dr Heath, Headmaster.
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