Author: BISHOP, SAMUEL [MEMOIRS BY THOMAS CLARE)
Title: The Poetical Works of the Rev. Samuel Bishop, A.M. To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of the Life of the Author
Description: London, Strahan for Cadell and Davies &c. 1796, First Edition. Hard Cover . Thick quarto, full contemporary calf with plain and decorated gilt rules, dark red morocco label, marbled endpapers. Two volumes in one; [33] xii-xlv [3] pp.3-335 [6] vi-xvii [3] pp.3-387 [errata] edges speckled blue. Half titles and engraved portrait present, subscription list preceding contents leaves in first volume. Binding quite worn, front board detached, heavy foxing at blanks, lessening though prelims. portrait leaf stained. Some light, intermittent foxing, a few spots of staining, not very significant, text leaves largely well-preserved. Surface abrasion at rear free endpaper. Scarce in commerce, and well worthy of a good rebind. Heavy: please ask for shipping rate if outside Spain.

Keywords: Poetry Poets England English Eighteenth Century Editions Collections Antiquarian Poetry


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