Author: Gray, Thomas (1716-1771) and R. [Richard]Bentley (1708-1782 - artist)
Title: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray
Description: London: R. Dodsley,1753. (Folio) 37.5 x 26 cm (14¼ x 10½"), quarter period roan and marbled paper boards, gilt rules. Second Edition. Author:Thomas Gray (British, London 1716–1771 Cambridge) Designer: Richard Bentley (British, Cambridge, baptized 1708–1782 London) Engraver: T. S. Müller (British, active 1753) Engraver: Charles Grignion, I (British, London baptised 1721–1810 London) Publisher: Robert Dodsley (British, 1703–1764) Second edition, with “Designs, &c.” on the half-title and the inverted "p" in place of "d" on page 26. A pioneering work of collaboration between poet and artist and recognized as a landmark work of its kind. The instigator behind it was Horace Walpole, who was friends with Bentley, Gray and the publisher Dodsley. The text reprints four poems by Gray and two, “A Long Story” and "Hymn to Adversity," appear here for the first time. Bookplate of American book collector Charles Walker Andrews on the front paste-down. Hazen, Horace Walpole, 42; Rothschild 1061; Northup 178; NCBEL II, 579. Lowndes III, p. 931. Univ. Cat. I. p. 720; Graesse III. p. 141 (1773); T-B. III p. 356. .

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