Cowper willliam (1 Ergebnisse)

Edition : Second Utrecht Edition., Expertly rebacked preserving contemporary brown full calf boards; triple paneled with outer double gilt fillets and inner blind roll; spine raised with seven blind bands; centre of compartments gilt ornamented; gilt lettered title on red morocco label on two; dated; edges brown., Size : Folio (517x356mm)., Illustrated engraved title, printed title with vignette, over one hundred (100) ornamental woodcut initials, mainly at openings, some of these very large; fifty-one (51) ornamental endpieces, some of these very large; few small, in-text figures in the introduction and at 'F'; otherwise, work complete with one hundred fourteen (114), mostly full-page size copper-engraved plates; of these, T10 double-page size folding, T23 and App. Tab 3 folding; moreover, appendix with engraved title. , Fading ink manuscript inscriptions on upper margin of printed title by members of the Sussex based family: , References : Choulant-Frank 252/3, Garrison 385 (for first ed), Norman 231, Russell 212, Waller 2192. , Ll: bl., illustrated title, printed title, a1-2 (with dedication(2)), b1-c2 (with introduction (4)), t2 (with to the reader), A-Nnn, Index (2), bl. [114 ill.] A very good example, text and prints are mostly clean and crisp; large folding map with old restoration. …