1808 · London
by (BINDINGS - EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH). COWPER, WILLIAM
London: J. Johnson, 1808. New Edition. 220 x 135 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 3/8"). Two volumes..
VERY PRETTY CONTEMPORARY SCARLET STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, covers with gilt-ruled frame decorated with multiple overlapping gilt door handle tools and floral cornerpieces, central panel with gilt-ruled lozenge enclosed by gilt rules and blind floral rolls, raised bands, compartments gilt, wide turn-ins ruled in gilt and with repeating flower motif in blind and small gilt circles in the centers, green inlaid cornerpieces with gilt tooling, blue watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. With eight plates after Henry Fuseli, including frontispiece to each volume. Verso (truncated)
VERY PRETTY CONTEMPORARY SCARLET STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, covers with gilt-ruled frame decorated with multiple overlapping gilt door handle tools and floral cornerpieces, central panel with gilt-ruled lozenge enclosed by gilt rules and blind floral rolls, raised bands, compartments gilt, wide turn-ins ruled in gilt and with repeating flower motif in blind and small gilt circles in the centers, green inlaid cornerpieces with gilt tooling, blue watered silk endpapers, all edges gilt. With eight plates after Henry Fuseli, including frontispiece to each volume. Verso (truncated)