Cory, William Johnson
£1,800
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Manuscript collection of over one hundred entertaining anecdotes... "Bottled Laughter - for the owner of this copy book laid down February 1879 at Quinta Pereira", 70 pages of manuscript text with anecdotes, sources, etc. on the recto, half calf marbled boards, slim 4to
Footnote
Note: This work appears to have been prepared for his wife, many of the anecdotes are university based, and list the sources, such as Professor Sedgwick, a geology lecturer.
Cory, (1823-1892), a brilliant classicist and teacher, notably at Eton, may be regarded as a one-book writer - that is, of his poetic masterpiece Ionica (published in 1858 in a very limited edition) and acclaimed instantly, not least as the only instance of an anthology of poems declaring a teacher's love for his pupils. This manuscript of anecdotes represents his only other complete work beside Ionica.