Thomas Fountayne Collection

Collection — Box: VMF 4, Folder: 22

Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf055

Staff Only

Manuscript catalog [bound] of printed books containing the ex-libris of Thomas Fountayne. Cover title reads "Catalogue of books in all classes of literature from an old county library m[] [cont] aining the ex-libris of `Fount [ayne] Montague'" Signed on flyleaf "C.F. Sparks, Alton, Ill." Autograph list of books including author, title and date of publication; entries numbered 1 - 830. Each page bears sub-total of volumes listed, in addition to noting previous pages' cumulative total, evidencing final number of 2,654 volumes. No apparent arrangement of list. Several pages torn out in front, but list not impaired. No title page. Head of list reads Fountayne Library; 24 pp. PP. 25-29 contain pasted in clippings from dealer's catalogues; remaining pages are blank. Several clippings loose or laid in. Laid in is letter, 1921: Janury 26 from W.D. Atkinson, attorney, to Prof. J. H. Zumbalen, Washington University Law School, verifying Payne Ratner's honest completion of exams in his office, in Parsons, Kansas. Typed letter signed, 1 page Verso, list of 6 titles, with appropriate location number from the collection above. Back cover bears circulation card with Dewey classification and card stamped 1942. Front cover bears Washington University bookplate. Cataloge assumed originally to be the gift of C.F. Sparks. (See also Provenance file, Rare Book Department) 29 pages, paper cover boards. 13 x 8 1/2"

Dates

Creation: circa 1942

Creator

Fountayne, Thomas , 1713 - 1739 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open

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Extent

2.00 items

1 folders

Additional Description

Biographical Information

The families of Fountayne and Montague had their family seat at Melton Hall, Yorkshire, from at least the 17th century onward. The library described in this catalog probably belonged to Thomas Fountayne, Esq. (December 4, 1713-January 18, 1739), a graduate of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, and aspiring poet. Thomas married Ann Carrow (or Carrew) on January 7, 1737, but died childless. His younger brother, John, inherited Melton Hall and eventually married Ann Montague in 1754.