1870 · Edinburgh and London
by [MOORE, Thomas]
Edinburgh and London: Gall and Inglis, 1870. [POETRY]. Edinburgh: Bernard Terrace and London, 25 Paternoster Sqr.
Cover title: Moore’s Poetical Works
Spine title: Moore. Illustrated Landscape Series of Poets
12mo (7 ¾” x 5 ½”); xxii, 490pp; blue cloth over beveled board, sunken-panel front board with gilt-decorative framing and glazed floral onlay, 4 gilt medallion decorations of buildings and authors; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; rear board decoratively blind stamped; steel engraved frontispiece and 3 additional plates; all text within color decorative landscape borders; scuffing to corners and board edges with loss, some marking of gilt edges, light soiling to rear board, front hinge paper cracked but binding holding tight; very good. Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist who translated traditional Irish songs into English. A memoir of Moore precedes his works in this volume. Bound in a beautiful decorative Victorian binding. (Inventory #: 2028)
Cover title: Moore’s Poetical Works
Spine title: Moore. Illustrated Landscape Series of Poets
12mo (7 ¾” x 5 ½”); xxii, 490pp; blue cloth over beveled board, sunken-panel front board with gilt-decorative framing and glazed floral onlay, 4 gilt medallion decorations of buildings and authors; all edges gilt; brown endpapers; rear board decoratively blind stamped; steel engraved frontispiece and 3 additional plates; all text within color decorative landscape borders; scuffing to corners and board edges with loss, some marking of gilt edges, light soiling to rear board, front hinge paper cracked but binding holding tight; very good. Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was an Irish writer, poet, and lyricist who translated traditional Irish songs into English. A memoir of Moore precedes his works in this volume. Bound in a beautiful decorative Victorian binding. (Inventory #: 2028)
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