The works of Thomas Gray ... / [edited by the Rev. John Mitford].
Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Category
Books
Date
1816
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3164530
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. in 1, plates : fronts. (ports.) ; 4to. Provenance: armorial bookplate (not listed in Franks) on front pastedown: 'J. Thackeray' (crest above shield has been trimmed away before use). Pencil inscription on second front free endpaper: "R.W. Ketton-Cremer / Felbrigg 1944." [i.e. Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Note on verso of second plate in the hand of Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer re. leaves apprently bound in wrong position [though signature suggests they have been bound correctly]. Capital letter "R" written in pencil on second rear free endpaper. Binding: nineteenth-century full Russia calf; single gilt fillet to form a border; gilt and blind tooled spine; four false bands; lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Gray's Works' and 'Mitford'; single gilt fillet on board edges and on turn-ins; marbled edges; marbled endpapers; brown ribbon marker.
Makers and roles
Thomas Gray (1716-1771) John Mitford (1781-1859), editor