Gray's poetical works, English and Latin, illustrated: / with introductory stanzas by the Rev. John Moultrie, ... ; an original life of Gray, by the Rev. John Mitford, ... ; and a lecture on the writings of Gray, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle, ... 3253712

Gray's poetical works, English and Latin, illustrated: / with introductory stanzas by the Rev. John Moultrie, ... ; an original life of Gray, by the Rev. John Mitford, ... ; and a lecture on the writings of Gray, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle, ...

Thomas Gray (1716-1771)

Date

1853

Materials

Place of origin

Eton

Collection

Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire

NT 3253712

Summary

Bibliographic description

Fourth edition. vi, [2], xciv, 142 p., [15] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 8vo. Edition statement scratched out from title page. Pencil checkmark against the entry for one of the engravings of Stoke Church in the list of illustrations. Pencil letter "G" on front pastedown. Bookseller's pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Poetical works & life / including the Elegy / steel & other engravings / scarce in original binding. / refurbished tin box / 1853 plates printed 1851". Provenance: Manuscript inscription on second front free endpaper: "T.D. Poole / May. 4. 1853. / - "Te potius quam tua dona sequar." Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Fairhaven / from Mother / Christmas 1930" [i.e.: to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from his mother, Cara Leland Rogers, Lady Fairhaven (1867-1939)]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ on inside of protective box [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full brown morocco; blind fillets and roll to form an outer border on boards; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: Eton College chapel; gilt stamped centrepiece on lower board: Gray's monument; recessed cords; spine gilt, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Gray's poetical works & life' and 'Eton illustrated edition.'; gilt textblock edges. In brown morocco protective box; gilt lettered on spine: 'Gray's poems'; gilt stamped on inside: 'Asprey, London, England.'

Makers and roles

Thomas Gray (1716-1771), author John Moultrie (1799-1874), author John Mitford (1781-1859), author George William Frederick Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802-1864), author

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