Author: Thomas Gray
Title: Poems by Thomas Gray
Description: London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1887. Leather. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College binding by Riviere & Son. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. An Eton Colle edition bound in a full calf prize binding signed Riviere & Son, awarded to Ludovico Christopher Loyd in 1894. Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author as well as decorative initials, head and tail pieces, and three further full page plates of engravings of charming landscapes. Collated, complete. Containing Gray's original poems as well as translations into English and Latin verse of the works of Petrarca, from the Anthologia Græca, and others. In full calf Eton College prize binding, with five raised bands and gilt tooling to the spine, Eton College lion crest to the front and rear boards, gilt to the edges. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor rubbing to the spine and extremities of the boards. School Prize inscription to the Eton prize sheet bound in with the volume, dated 1894. David Douglas bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, only few odd spots to odd leaf. Illustrated with a frontispiece, decorative initials, head and tail pieces, and three further full page plates of engravings. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
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Title: Poems by Thomas Gray
Description: London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1887. Leather. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, in an elegant full calf Eton College binding by Riviere & Son. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. An Eton Colle edition bound in a full calf prize binding signed Riviere & Son, awarded to Ludovico Christopher Loyd in 1894. Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author as well as decorative initials, head and tail pieces, and three further full page plates of engravings of charming landscapes. Collated, complete. Containing Gray's original poems as well as translations into English and Latin verse of the works of Petrarca, from the Anthologia Græca, and others. In full calf Eton College prize binding, with five raised bands and gilt tooling to the spine, Eton College lion crest to the front and rear boards, gilt to the edges. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, minor rubbing to the spine and extremities of the boards. School Prize inscription to the Eton prize sheet bound in with the volume, dated 1894. David Douglas bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, only few odd spots to odd leaf. Illustrated with a frontispiece, decorative initials, head and tail pieces, and three further full page plates of engravings. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
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Price: GBP 140.00 = appr. US$ 199.92 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 821A61
- Book number: 821A61
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