Accession number
PML 195549-51
Creator
Hayley, William, 1745-1820.
Published
Chichester : Printed by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson, 1803-04.
Credit line
Bequest of Charles Ryskamp, 2010.
Notes
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.
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.
Description
3 v. ([2], [8], iv-xii, 413, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates; [8], 422 p., [1] leaf of plates; [2], xxxi, [1], 416, [4] p., [2] leaves plates) ; illus., ports. : 27 cm
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Margaret Smith Burges; from the library of Charles Ryskamp.
Binding
Contemporary speckled calf.
Classification
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