W/H-2-50

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Shelfmark W/H-2-50
Aelfric, Grammaticus. English-Saxon homily on the birth-day of St. Gregory: ... an account of the conversion of the English ... Translated ... with notes, ... By Eliz. Elstob.
London: 1709.
Inscription on third front free endpaper: From the Learned Publisher [i.e. William Bowyer].
Inscription on third front free endpaper: Univ. Coll. Oxon 19. Oct. 1709 [...] Charlett.
Inscription on third front free endpaper: George Ballard.
Inscription on third front free endpaper: Presented to the Cathedral Library by [in a different, earlier ink:] R. Eden. Oriel Coll. Oxon. 1857.
Apparently given by the book's publisher, William Bowyer, to Dr Arthur Charlett (1655–1722), Master of University College, Oxford, (1692–1722).
The book next passed into the hands of George Ballard of Magdalen College, Oxford, (1706–1755) who had inherited papers and books from Dr Charlett.[1]
It was later in the possession of Robert Charles Eden (1836–1907) who settled in the United States in 1859.[2] His father, Rev. Hon. William Eden (1792–1859) was rector of Bishopsbourne and a Six Preacher.[3] The book was presumably given to the Chapter Library before R.C. Eden's departure to America.
References
  1. Ballard Collection, Bodleian Library and Wikipedia
  2. PackersNews.com.
  3. Derek Ingram Hill, The Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral, 1982, p. 93 and The Peerage