[Three items of Eton College printed ephemera.] Handbill, with names, of the 'Election of King's Scholars, Eton, August 1st, 1860'; and Eton College Election papers for 1859 and 1860, both with English texts for translation into Latin verse and prose

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[Eton College printed ephemera, 1859 and 1860; Charles Old Goodford (1812-1884); Rev. Edward Henry Rogers; C. Waterfield]
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[Eton College, Berkshire.] 1859 and 1860.
£120.00
SKU: 14819

All three items in fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. ONE: Handbill. 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. First page headed 'The Electors and Examiners', listing the names of six individuals, including the schools headmaster Dr Goodford, and 'The Rev. Edward Henry Rogers, M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; | C. Waterfield, Esq., M.A., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge'. Second page listing the names of twenty pupils from 'Maude' to 'Wace', under heading 'Election of King's Scholars, Eton, | August 1st, 1860'. Third page listing names of fifteen pupils from 'Bridger' to 'Williams', under heading '1st Examination. | Tuesday, July 31st, at Twelve o'clock.' At the foot of the page are a further three names under the heading 'Absent from Examination this Morning.' Last page with eight names under heading '2nd Elimination. | Tuesday, July 31st, at a Quarter-past Two o'clock.' and ten names under heading '3rd Elimination. | Tuesday, July 31st, at Seven o'clock.' At foot of page: '56 Candidates presented themselves for Examination.' TWO: Passages 'For Latin Verse' (beginning 'Alas! what a varying and changeable (thing) is our life!') and 'For Latin Prose' (beginning 'He ordered them to go away.'), under the heading 'Eton College. | Election, 1859. | (E)'. Lightly annotated in a contemporary hand in pencil and ink. THREE: 1p., 8vo. Passages 'For Latin Elegiacs' (beginning 'When Phoebus rises above Eastern waves,') and 'For Latin Prose' (beginning 'Sophocles, when a very old man, wrote tragedies.'), under the heading 'Eton College Election. | 1860. | (D)'. Not annotated. Three printed footnotes to the prose passages. No copies of any of the three traced on either COPAC or OCLC WorldCat.