William Cowper; William Hayley - The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esq

Chichester, J. Johnson, 1803. Leather. A good second edition of William Hayley's important and influential biography on the Romantic poet William Cowper, complete with illustrations. The second edition of this work.In two volumes; a third volume was later published in 1804.Bookplate of George John Earl de la Warr to the front paste downs; George Sackville-West was the great-grandfather of Vita Sackville West, the prominent Bloomsbury writer who is known for her affair with Virginia Woolf. George was a courtier and Tory politican, Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate.Volume II illustrated with a frontispieceHalf-title present to each volume.Collated, complete.An extensive biography on the life and works of the English poet and hymnodist William Cowper.Cowper was the forerunner of the Romantic poetry movement of the nineteenth century. He wrote poems that focussed on everyday lives and scenes of the English countryside.Written by William Hayley, who was the friend of Cowper, and is best known for this biography.Engraved by William Blake, the noted poet and printmaker. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with some rubbing to the boards and spines. Light bumping to the extremities. A small amount of loss of paper to the extremities. Faint surface cracks to the spines. Bookplate and ink inscription to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and clean with the occasional light spot. Very Good . Ill.: William Blake. Very Good .

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