Campbell, Thomas - SPECIMENS Of The BRITISH POETS; With Biographical and Critical Notices and An Essay on English Poetry. A New Edition

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1869. 2nd edition, Revised & With Additional Notes. Period polished tan half-calf binding with elaborate gilt decorated spine; marbled paper boards, eps & edges. xxxii, 749 pp (including Index). Text double-column. Frontis + 5 inserted steel-plate engravings. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6". Square & tight. Minor rubbing to binding extremites. Usual bit of foxing to preliminary & terminal leaves. A VG+ copy.