Author: William Collins
Title: The Poetical Works of William Collins with the Life of the Author and Critical Observations
Description: London, W. Suttaby; C. Corrall, 1805. Leather. Charming pocket sized edition of the poetical works of William Collins in full tree calf binding. Lovely little book of the poetry of William Collins, an uncommon 1805 edition featuring a biographical sketch of the author and critical notes. Illustrated with a beautiful engraved frontispiece.William Collins was an English poet in the mid-eighteenth century. His poetry marks the progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation towards Romanticism and its ideals. Rebound in full tree calf binding with titles in gilt to morocco spine label, gilt to spine. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, light rubbing to extremities of boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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