BÜRGHER, Gottfried Augustus. Leonora. Translated from the German... by W.R.Spencer. London: T.Bensley for J.Edwards and E. & S.Harding, 1796. 2° (358 x 260mm.). Parallel text in German and English. Engraved frontispiece, four plates, two head- and two tailpieces by Bartolozzi and others after Lady Diana Beauclerc (some spotting or browning). Contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e. (extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: Martha Tayler (inscription). FIRST EDITION THUS. - BELL, Robert (editor). Art and Song... London: Chiswick Press for Bell and Daldy, 1867. 2° (373 x 278mm.). Steel-engraved plates on india-paper after Turner, David Roberts, John Martin and others, all mounted as illustrations (some slight browning). Contemporary blue morocco gilt, g.e., by Zaehnsdorf. Provenance: George William Bell (large blue morocco gilt presentation label, dated 1868, on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY. - With two others in fine but somewhat worn bindings. (4)

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BÜRGHER, Gottfried Augustus. Leonora. Translated from the German... by W.R.Spencer. London: T.Bensley for J.Edwards and E. & S.Harding, 1796. 2° (358 x 260mm.). Parallel text in German and English. Engraved frontispiece, four plates, two head- and two tailpieces by Bartolozzi and others after Lady Diana Beauclerc (some spotting or browning). Contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e. (extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance: Martha Tayler (inscription). FIRST EDITION THUS. - BELL, Robert (editor). Art and Song... London: Chiswick Press for Bell and Daldy, 1867. 2° (373 x 278mm.). Steel-engraved plates on india-paper after Turner, David Roberts, John Martin and others, all mounted as illustrations (some slight browning). Contemporary blue morocco gilt, g.e., by Zaehnsdorf. Provenance: George William Bell (large blue morocco gilt presentation label, dated 1868, on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY. - With two others in fine but somewhat worn bindings. (4)

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