B19894
Shelfmark
Lbb.4.35
Additional copy shelfmark
Lbb.4.36
Additional copy shelfmark
Ib5.1.04
Additional copy shelfmark
Ib5.1.05
Additional copy shelfmark
CS.Eto.1899
Author
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Title
Fasti Etonenses :, a biographical history of Eton /, selected from the lives of celebrated Etonians by Arthur Christopher Benson of Eton College.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Eton :, London :, R. Ingalton Drake ;, Simpkin, Marshall & Co.,, 1899.
Physical description
xvi, 536 p. :, ill., plates, ports. ;, 23 cm.
Note
With a half-title.
Provenance
[Lbb.4.35] Armorial bookplate of Sir Christopher Lever recording donation, ms. inscription: "Presented to Eton College by [Sir Christopher Lever] January 1998".
Provenance
[Lbb.4.35] Label on front paste-down: "Sir Christopher Lever, Newell House, Winkfield, Berks, SL4 4SE".
Provenance
[Lbb.4.35] Ms. inscription: "Simonds [Frederick Adolphus Simonds] - Audleys Wood. Basingstoke.".
Provenance
[Lbb.4.35] Loose ms. letter to [?]Master from Arthur Christopher Benson dated July 12 1912.
Provenance
[Lbb.4.35] Loose brushbuck hide bookmark with ms inscription: "To John from Rona with many thanks".
Provenance
[Lbb.4.36] Ms. inscription: "To J. F. G. Gilliat from A C Benson, Eton, March, 1900. With all best wishes".
Provenance
[Ib5.1.04] Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
[Ib5.1.04] Eton College Library ink stamp on title page verso.
Provenance
[Ib5.1.05] Armorial bookplate of Francis Malthy Bland.
Provenance
[CS.Eto.1899] Ms. inscription on front free endpaper verso: "L R A Gatehouse Eton July 1904".
Binding
[Lbb.4.35] and [Ib5.1.05] Publisher's blue cloth binding with Eton College arms stamped in gold on front board.
Binding
[Lbb.4.36] Red leather binding with gilt coat of arms and decoration on front board and gilt decoration on spine and back boards; gilt lettering on black leather title label on spine; edges gilt.
Binding
[Ib5.1.04] 19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge; publisher's blue cloth front cover pasted on rear flyleaf.
Binding
[CS.Eto.1899] 19th century auburn calf binding; blind tooled perimeter frame; gold tooled centrepiece with lettering "E HviR C"; marbled endpapers; marbled edges.
Copy-specific note
[Lbb.4.35] and [Lbb.4.36] Ms. bookseller's code in pencil.
Copy-specific note
[Ib5.1.05] Ms. inscription in pencil on front free endpaper: "MEL Curatorial Library 196-4".
Subject
eton college
Subject
eton college
Subject
eton college
Added entry--name
Ingalton Drake, R, printer.
Added entry--name
Lever, Christopher, former owner.
Added entry--name
Simonds, Frederick Adolphus, former owner.
Added entry--name
Gilliat, J. F. G, former owner.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon, former owner.
Added entry--name
Bland, Francis Malthy, former owner.
Added entry--name
Simpkin, Marshall and Co, publisher.
Added entry--place
England, Eton.
Additional copy
Lbb.4.36
Additional copy
Ib5.1.04
Additional copy
Ib5.1.05
Additional copy
CS.Eto.1899
B19894
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