Accession number:
PML 142074-77
Published:
York : Printed by A. Ward, and sold by J. Dodsley ..., T. Cadell ..., and J. Todd ..., 1778.
Description:
4 v. : ports. ; 20 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Vol. 1 has separate t.p.: The poems of Mr. Gray ... containing the poems, with imitations, variations & additional notes; vols. 2-4 have separate t.p.: Memoirs of the llife and writings of Mr. Gray.
Fifth edition.
Vol. 1: [2], 168, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: xv, [1], 161, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [iii]-xii, [2], 166 p.; v. 4: xiv, 239, [1] p.
The memoirs by Mason are largely composed from Gray's letters (NCBEL).
Frontispiece portrait of Gray (v. 1) by Doughty, and of Mason (v. 2) by Vaslet.
"Advertisement"--T.p. verso.
Binding:
Red morocco, gold-tooled, with dentelles, by Henry Walther (ticket).
Provenance:
Bookplate of Kirkman Daniel Hodgson; signature of Robert Payne; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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