The works of Thomas Gray : with memoirs on his life and writings by William Mason To which are subjoined extracts philological poetical and critical from the author's original manuscripts selected and arranged by Thomas James Mathias In two volumes.
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Category
Books
Date
1814
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3021318
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v., plates : ill., port. ; 4to. Provenance: inscribed by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969) on second endpaper, vol. 1: "These volumes were given to me in May 1945 by Miss L.M. Upcher of Sheringham Hall. [Louisa Maria Sparke Upcher (d. 1959)]. They originally came from Feltwell, the residence of the Sparke family and afterwards of the Upchers. Their splendid binding ... suggests that they were presented by [Pembroke] College to Bishop Sparke of Ely [i.e. Bowyer Edward Sparke (1759-1836)]. | RW Ketton-Cremer. Felbrigg, May 16th 1945." Binding: nineteenth-century full brown morocco, gilt and blind tooled; gilt armorial centrepiece: Coll. Pemb. Cant.; gilt tooled and lettered spine: Gray's Works Vol. I-II. Marbled endpapers and text-block edges. Gold stamp on turn-in: Bound by Wiseman Cambridge.
Makers and roles
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) The Reverend Willliam Mason (1725-1797) Thomas James Mathias (1754-1835)