[ENGLAND / POETRY]. The Poetical Works of [...]. Edinburgh, - Lot 25

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[ENGLAND / POETRY]. The Poetical Works of [...]. Edinburgh, - Lot 25
[ENGLAND / POETRY]. The Poetical Works of [...]. Edinburgh, At the Apollo Press, "Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great-Britain [...]", 1777-1784. Set 26 volumes large in-16, supple lemon morocco, fine gilt Greek framing the boards, smooth ornate spine, red and green morocco title-pieces, gilt edges (period binding). Contains: - CONGREVE (William) 1778, - COWLEY (Abraham) 1777 (4 vols.), - DRYDEN (John) 1784 (3?vol.), - GAY (John) 1784 (3 vols.), - GRAY (Thomas) 1782, - MILTON (John) 1779 (4 vols.), - PARNELL (Thomas) 1778 (2 vols.), - POMFRET (John) 1779, - POPE (Alexander) 1780 (4 vols.), - PRIOR (Matthew) 1784 (3 vols.). In each of these series, there is a portrait on the frontispiece of the first volume and a title-frontispiece at the head of each of the others (except in the volume of Pomfret which has no portrait). A few very small defects to the bindings and, in particular, wetness on volume IV of Cowley and volume III of Dryden. ATTACHED: six damaged volumes of the same series: - THOMSON (James) 1780 (2 vols.) & - YOUNG (Edward) 1784 (4 vols.). SET of 32 VOLUMES in LEMON LEATHER of the ERA.
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