Accession number
PML 77617-19
Creator
Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
Published
Chichester : Printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson, 1803-04.
Credit line
Purchase, Streeter Bequest; 1982.
Notes
In this copy, the table of contents of v. 3 (Sig. * consisting of 4 unnumbered pages) has been misbound and is located after p. [xxxii].
Consists of Hayley's "memoirs" of Cowper, interwoven with "an extensive selection of his private letters and several of his posthumous Poems"--Introd.
Illustrated with six engravings, all by William Blake, including ports. of Cowper after Romney (front., v. 1) and Laurence (front., v. 2), and a vignette drawn by Blake (v. 2, p. 415 below text), showing 'The weather house' and Cowper's tame hares.
First edition.
Consists of Hayley's "memoirs" of Cowper, interwoven with "an extensive selection of his private letters and several of his posthumous Poems"--Introd.
Illustrated with six engravings, all by William Blake, including ports. of Cowper after Romney (front., v. 1) and Laurence (front., v. 2), and a vignette drawn by Blake (v. 2, p. 415 below text), showing 'The weather house' and Cowper's tame hares.
First edition.
Description
3 v. ([2], xii, [8], 413, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates [12], 422 p., [1] leaf of plates; [8], xxxi, [1], 416 p., [2] leaves plates) ; illus., ports. : 29 cm
Provenance
Juliana Yorke (signature on fly leaf)
Binding
Three-quarter green calf, gilt, marbled edges.
Classification
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Department