Author: Gray, Thomas [1716 - 1771]
Title: GRAY'S ELEGY. The Borders Designed & Illuminated by Lady Willoughby
Description: London: Printed and Published by Day & Son, Limited, 1866. 1st edition thus (Northup 629). Date of publication from Northup. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering / device to front cover, bevelled edges. Modern eps [pale yellow, after the original]. AEG. Unpaginated, though 24 pp. Printed recto only, with blank guard sheets between each printed leaf. Illuminated borders, with vignettes, surrounding Gray's text, generally 3 stanzas per page. Folio. 14-1/8" x 11" OCLC records 11 holding institutions, of which only 3 are in the US. General binding wear / soiling. Occasional foxing, per usual. A VG copy of an uncommon edition of Gray, tastefully employing the chromolithographic printing process, of which Day was an acknowledged, and accomplished, practitioner.

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