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The works of Thomas Gray : with memoirs of his life and writings by William Mason
- Title
- The works of Thomas Gray : with memoirs of 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 ...
- Author
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Publication
- London : Printed by William Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press, for John Porter in Pall-Mall, bookseller to Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte, 1814.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Pforz+ (Gray, T. Works. 1814) | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Description
- 2 volumes : illustrations; 32 cm
- Note
- Signatures: v.1: []², b¹, B-3Z⁴, 4A-4C⁴, 4D¹, 4E⁴, 4F²; v.2: []², b⁴, B-Z⁴, Aa-Pp⁴, *Pp⁴ [repeated page numbers 289-296 asterisked], Qq-3Z⁴, 4A-4L⁴, 4M² [w/m: 1811; 1812]
- Illustrations: Engraved frontispiece (volume 1) portrait of Gray by R. Pollard after B. Wilson; facsimile of the manuscript of "Elegy written in a Country Church Yard," engraved by S.I. Neele; engraving, "The Tomb of Gray; engraved vignette medallions of Gray and Mason; engraved frontispiece (volume 2) in memory of Gray, by R. Pollard.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Pforz+ (Gray, T. Works. 1814)
- LCCN
- 26022194
- OCLC
- 1657840
- Author
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771.
- Title
- The works of Thomas Gray : with memoirs of 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 ...
- Publisher
- London : Printed by William Bulmer and Co., Shakspeare Press, for John Porter in Pall-Mall, bookseller to Her Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte, 1814.
- Local Note
- Pforzheimer copy: Formerly owned by the English poet Robert Southey, with his ownership signature ("Robert Southey. Keswick 22 Feb.y 1836") at the foot of the title page of volume 1 (MISC 4610). -- With the bookplates of the American businessman John Gribbel (volume 1 only), the American surgeon and book collector Dr. Otto O. Fisher (volumes 1-2), and Arthur Henry Davenport (armorial, volumes 1-2). -- Drab boards rebacked with green cloth, original green moiré cloth with printed paper labels preserved in part and mounted; untrimmed; in red cloth folder within red morocco and cloth slipcase with gilt titling on back. -- Acquired through the auspices of the Pforzheimer Foundation on March 16, 1971, through Ximenes; Swann sale, no. 843, lot 182.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
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- Added Author
- Mason, William, 1725-1797.Mathias, Thomas James, 1754?-1835.Porter, John, active 1809-1827, publisher.Bulmer, William, 1757-1830, printer.Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788, artist.Pollard, Robert, 1755-1838, engraver.Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824, engraver.Gribbel, John, 1858-1936, former owner.Fisher, Otto Orren, 1881-1961, former owner.Davenport, Arthur Henry, former owner.Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, former owner.Southey, Robert, 1774-1843, inscriber.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz+ (Gray, T. Works. 1814)