POEMS BY WILLIAM COWPER ESQ. Of the Inner Temple. Two Volume Set with Hidden Fore-Edge Paintings
by Cowper, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Sastamala, Finland
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About This Item
London: Printed by W. Wilson for J. Bumpus et al, 1821. Hardcover. Good. Bound in full red contemporary morocco with gilt borders and all edges gilt. pp. x, 242, pp. iv, 280, with frontispiece to vol 1. Minor spotting both volumes, occasional finger-marks or similar. A few Pencil notes to prelims, Cracked at fep, volume 2. Good overall condition, both bindings firm and square. The "disappearing" paintings are visible only when the block is fanned to the right and would otherwise escape notice. Each painting depicts an angling scene - "fly-fishing" and "trolling for pike". I can detect no artist name or monograph. The images have retained their colour well and are in Good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Northern Lights Rare Books (FI)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1901200478
- Title
- POEMS BY WILLIAM COWPER ESQ. Of the Inner Temple. Two Volume Set with Hidden Fore-Edge Paintings
- Author
- Cowper, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by W. Wilson for J. Bumpus et al
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1821
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fore-edge paintings, decorative bindings, victorian poetry, verse, antiquarian, poets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Photography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Northern Lights Rare Books
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Sastamala
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Glossary
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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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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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