Accession number
PML 129040
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Published
London : Printed for J. Johnson ..., 1788.
Credit line
Gift of Charles Ryksamp, 2002.
Notes
Vol. 1: [4], 367, [1] p. (last page blank); v. 2: [6], 359, [1] p.
Subscription proposal for the authors' blank verse translation of the Iliad and Odyssey on p. [1] (3rd count) of v. 2.
Armorial bookplate Lyttelton H. Bayley in both vols. Inscribed C. Thurlow. Inscribed AWJ Fuller 14 Octr 1944 (v.2) and 14 October 1946 (v.1). Inserted slip from Sotheby's Mon., 14th October, 1946 description, item 252.
With William Cowper's "To Doctor Austin", 1792, transcribed by William Hayley, biographer of Cowper, on last flyleaf vol. 2, and "Sonnet" addressed to Cowper and "To Miss Thurlow 1792" on flyleaves of vol. 1.
"Sold as an association copy, not subject to return".
Subscription proposal for the authors' blank verse translation of the Iliad and Odyssey on p. [1] (3rd count) of v. 2.
Armorial bookplate Lyttelton H. Bayley in both vols. Inscribed C. Thurlow. Inscribed AWJ Fuller 14 Octr 1944 (v.2) and 14 October 1946 (v.1). Inserted slip from Sotheby's Mon., 14th October, 1946 description, item 252.
With William Cowper's "To Doctor Austin", 1792, transcribed by William Hayley, biographer of Cowper, on last flyleaf vol. 2, and "Sonnet" addressed to Cowper and "To Miss Thurlow 1792" on flyleaves of vol. 1.
"Sold as an association copy, not subject to return".
Description
2 v. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lyttelton H. Bayley; ownership inscriptions of Miss Catherine Thurlow; AWJ Fuller; Charles Ryskamp.
Binding
Full green straight-grained morocco, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.
Classification
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