The poetical works of William Collins. / Collated with the best editions: by Thomas Park, Esq. F.S.A.
William Collins (1721-1759)
Category
Books
Date
1818
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3100495.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
54 p., [1] leaf of plates ; 16mo. (13 cm). Vols. 1-36 only of the set. Not indigenous. Bound with The poetical works of Thomas Gray (London, 1808, i.e. 1818); The poetical works of William Falconer (London, 1809, i.e. 1818) and The poetical works of Thomas Day (London, 1809, i.e. 1818). With 10pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of volume. Ephemera: loosely inserted scrap of paper (used as a marker?) before Falconer's works. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Pencil notes in Norris's hand: (1) on vol. 1 front free endpaper: Sexton 8/9 50 £9.; (2) on vol. 1 front flyleaf: Cat V.9.b.1 [changed in the same hand to Cat V.4.b.1]. Previous bookseller's pencil note on vol. 1 front free endpaper: 36 Vs contemporary Morocco c/mn/ £8/8/- . $zHistoric shelfmark: B.1.24. Binding: Nineteenth-century dark blue straight-grained morocco over boards on three raised cords of which one is false; covers are decorated with triple gilt fillet and arched roll tool with an inner double blind fillet and foliage tool, gilt tooling to corners of board edges, gilt floral and foliage roll on board inner, gilt edges, gilt spine tooling and gilt title: 'British Poets 21. Collins. Gray. Falconer. Day.'
Makers and roles
William Collins (1721-1759), author Thomas Park (1759-1834) , editor