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Poems ... with the life of the author / by William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple ... ; in two volumes.

Accession number
PML 129170
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Published
London : Printed for C. Cooke, Paternoster Row : Reprinted for J. Bumpus, No. 6, Holborn Bars : by D. Cartwright, 91, Bartholomew Close, M.DCCC.XIX, [1819]
Credit line
Gift of Charles Ryskamp, 2002.
Notes
Reprint.
Each volume with separate title page and continuous pagination.
Frontispiece dated Sept. 20, 1820 by J. Bumpus.
"Cowper's Poems"--Spine title.
Inscribed Miss Sarah Hensworth Dec. 11 1820.
Bookseller's description pasted in, Oct. 1955, R.C. Pearson, Cambridge. Inscribed paragraph/note inserted in front of vol. 2 t.p. dated June 6, 1894 regarding John Gilpin.
With visitor's receipt laid in at back, from The Cowper Museum, Olney, Bucks. No. 2427, dated on verso, October 30th 1928.
Description
2 v. in 1 (446 p.) : ill., port. ; 15 cm (12mo)
Provenance
Ownership inscription of Miss Sarah Hensworth; Charles Ryskamp.
Binding
Diced calf, gilt.
Classification
Department