An elegy on the death of the Honourable Sir William Jones, . a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Bengal, and President of the Asiatic Society. By William Hayley, Esq. 3057429

An elegy on the death of the Honourable Sir William Jones, . a judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Bengal, and President of the Asiatic Society. By William Hayley, Esq.

William Hayley (1745-1820)

Date

1795

Materials

Place of origin

England

Collection

Chastleton House, Oxfordshire

NT 3057429

Summary

Bibliographic description

[4],38,[2]p. . 4to.. Pencil notes in margin referring to 'Notes to the Elegy'. Bound with Rowley Thomas's 'The frolics of fancy' (1776) and 6 other poetical works. Provenance: Signature on half-title of first item in volume: 'J.H. Whitmore' = John Henry Whitmore (1795/6-1853) who assumed the surname Jones on inheriting Chastleton in 1828. Binding: Eighteenth-century half calf, marbled paper sides. Leather spine-label: Bundle of scraps.

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William Hayley (1745-1820)

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