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COLLINS, William (1721-1759). The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins. With Memoirs of the Author; and Observations on His Genius and Writings, by J. Langhorne. London: T. Beckett and P.A. Dehondt, 1765.
8o (158 x 95 mm). D5 with "List of Books by J. Langhorne," D6 blank present. (Signature neatly erased from margin of titlepage.) Contemporary calf, covers speckled with a stencil in an interlace border pattern, gilt spine, with gilt-lettered red morocoo label, edges speckled blue-green (top and base of spine slightly chipped, board corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Initials "W.W.T." at base of titlepage -- nineteenth-century signature "Hankey" on upper corner of title -- unidentified monogram bookplate -- H. Harvey Frost (bookplate) -- purchased from Ximenes, New York, 6 May 1970. Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 38.
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Collins's poetical works, embellished with a biographical note and extensive commentary by his friend Langhorne. An attractive copy, in an unusual contemporary binding. Foxon, p.132.
8o (158 x 95 mm). D5 with "List of Books by J. Langhorne," D6 blank present. (Signature neatly erased from margin of titlepage.) Contemporary calf, covers speckled with a stencil in an interlace border pattern, gilt spine, with gilt-lettered red morocoo label, edges speckled blue-green (top and base of spine slightly chipped, board corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: Initials "W.W.T." at base of titlepage -- nineteenth-century signature "Hankey" on upper corner of title -- unidentified monogram bookplate -- H. Harvey Frost (bookplate) -- purchased from Ximenes, New York, 6 May 1970. Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 38.
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Collins's poetical works, embellished with a biographical note and extensive commentary by his friend Langhorne. An attractive copy, in an unusual contemporary binding. Foxon, p.132.