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Poetical Works in 3 volumes, complete. The Aldine edition.

Poetical Works in 3 volumes, complete. The Aldine edition.

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Poetical Works in 3 volumes, complete. The Aldine edition.

by COWPER, WILLIAM:

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William Pickering, London, 1843. Engraved portrait. 8vo (6 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches), pages: xcvi:264; 307; & 386. Contemporary full hard grain dark blue morocco, spines with raised bands and gilt lettered direct, all edges gilt. The bindings by Hayday. Very good, well & strongly bound.Each volume with the armorial bookplate of Arthur Greg and a Christmas gift inscription on on front free endpapers "Maggie Greg from R.H.Greg Xmas 1863".The Manchester liberal politician and manufacturer Robert Hyde Greg [1795-1875) was sent on a grand tour of Europe before joining his family’s prosperous textile business. His dissertation on Troy [ published for the author in Manchester in 1823 & very rare) is dedicated to Prince Louis William of Hesse Hombourg, whom the author accompanied on his travels in Greece and Asia Minor.

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Bookseller
Bristow and Garland GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
21990
Title
Poetical Works in 3 volumes, complete. The Aldine edition.
Author
COWPER, WILLIAM:
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
William Pickering, London, 1843.
Bookseller catalogs
Poetry;
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May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Raised Band(s)
Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...

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