Memoirs of a certain island adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia / written by a celebrated author of that country ; now translated into English.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756, author.

Contributor:

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Woodfall, Henry, approximately 1686-1747, printer.

Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Utopias--Fiction--Early works to 1800.

Utopias.

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Baillie, George, 1664-1738 (bookplate) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Haddington, Earl of (former owner) (Singer-Mendenhall copy)

Physical Description:

[4], 290, 4 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

Distribution:

London.. : [S]old by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXV [1725]

Manufacture:

London : Printed ... by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXV [1725]

Fingerprint:

nds, here e.ll Inti (3) 1725 (R)

Notes:

"A celebrated author of that country" is Eliza Haywood. See ESTC.

"With a half-title. The last two leaves contain the key."--ESTC.

Signatures: [A]² B-T⁸ U1 [X]².

Title within border of double rules.

Woodcut initial, head-piece and tail-pieces.

Type ornament title ornaments and head-pieces.

"The ornaments are those used by Henry Woodfall."--ESTC.

"A second volume was published in 1726."--ESTC.

Local Notes:

Singer-Mendenhall copy imperfect: all after leaf U1 wanting.

Singer-Mendenhall copy has manuscript shelf-mark ("I. 5. 14th"), struck through, on verso of half-title leaf; manuscript shelf mark ("Ss: 8. 16") on verso of half-title leaf.

Singer-Mendenhall copy purchased for the Penn Libraries at auction from Sotheby's on 3 December 2019 (lot 54).

Singer-Mendenhall copy has engraved bookplate of George Baillie (1664-1738) affixed to front pastedown.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: "From the Library of the Earls of Haddington"--Bookseller's description.

Singer-Mendenhall copy bound in full contemporary speckled and paneled calf; gold-tooled cover edges; five raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels with Baillie’s golden fleece motif; gold-stamped brown leather spine label ("MEMOI[...] OF AN ISLAND"); all edges stippled red.

Singer-Mendenhall copy: "browning and foxing throughout, slight defect to upper board, outer spine splitting, bumped"--Bookseller's description.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Pauline R. Goldfein Memorial Book Fund.

Cited in:

ESTC T75393

OCLC:

228749601