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Gray Thomas

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray. [Introduction and Life by S. Jones. Embellished with Engravings from the Designs of Richard Westall]. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION

John Sharpe, 1821

92.00 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1821
Author
Gray Thomas
Publishers
John Sharpe
Keyword
literature, thomas gray, thomas gray, literature, the, poetical, works, thomas, gray
Languages
English

Description

Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved and printed titles, and 6 engraved plates, most plates moderately browned with some offsetting to facing leaves, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper verso; contemporary calf, sides with elaborate frame border in gilt, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments with leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, boards moderately age-marked and scuffed else a good, firm copy. First illustrated edition of Gray's collected poems, including the Elegy and Descent of Odin. Printed for Sharpe by Whittingham at the Chiswick Press. This copy is bound without the half-title which is sometimes present.