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
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3164529
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v., plates : ill., port. ; 4to. Provenance: armorial stamp of Hudson Gurney (1775-1864) on all boards; variant stamp (crest) of Hudson Gurney on spines. Pencil inscription on front free endpaper of v.1: "R.W. Ketton-Cremer / Felbrigg 1941." [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Capital letter "R" written in pencil on front free endpaper of v.1. Booksellers' codes and prices on front free endpaper of v.1. Binding: nineteenth-century full sprinkled calf; gilt armorial stamp of Hudson Gurney as centrepiece on all boards; sewn onto five raised bands; rebacked; gilt stamp (crest) of Hudson Gurney on spines; gilt fillets on spines; red spine labels (gilt lettered): 'Gray's Works of Mathias'; green spine labels with gilt lettered vol. no.; gilt fillets on board edges; blind rolled turn-ins; blue top edges; blue sprinkled fore edges and bottom edges; dark blue ribbon marker in each vol.
Makers and roles
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) The Reverend Willliam Mason (1725-1797) Thomas James Mathias (1754-1835)