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SPENSER, Edmund (?1552-1599). The Works. London: Bye & Law for F. & J.Rivington, T.Payne, Cadell & Davies and R.Evans, 1805. 8 volumes, royal 8 (262 x 163mm). Engraved portrait. Dark green morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly, covers with single fillet around edge with shaped corenrpieces containing styllised foliage and pointill work, the upper cover with the centrally-placed armorial stamp of the Earl of Derby, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in two, the others with repeat overall decoration with small tools and pointill work, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (light scuffing to joints and extremities). Provenance: Edward Henry, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893, binding). LARGE PAPER COPY. Lowndes III, p.2477.
Samuel BUTLER (1612-1680). Hudibras. London: T.Bensley for Vernor & Hood [and others], 1799. 2 volumes, crown 8 (231 x 140mm). Engraved portrait of the author after Sir Peter Lely, plates after William Hogarth, wood-engraved decorations. (Some light offsetting of plates onto text.) Contemporary English red straight-grained morocco, cover elaborately panelled in gilt and blind with fillets, roll-tools, small tools and pointill work to inner corner-pieces, the flat spines divided into six sections, lettered in the second, numbered in the fourth, the others with repeat pattern of small tools and pointill work, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (some slight scuffing). Lowndes I, p.335.
Alexander POPE (1688-1744). [Works]. London: T.Bensley for F.J. du Roveray, sold by J.J.Arch and E.Lloyd, 1804-1806. 16 volumes in 8, medium 8 (224 x 138mm). Engraved plates after Henry Fuseli, Stothard, R.Smirke, E.F.Burney and others. Contemporary English red straight-grained morocco, finely tooled in gilt and blind, covers with decorative border, surrounding a central decorative lozenge, the flat spines in five sections, lettered in the second, red morocco labels on the fourth with volume numbers in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. This fine set comprises The Poetical Works. 1804. 6 vols. in 3. Lowndes III, p.1915; Homer. The Iliad... translated by A.Pope. 1805. 6 vols. in 3. Lowndes II, p.1100; Homer. The Odyssey... translated by A.Pope. 1806. 4 vols in 2. Lowndes II, p.1100. (18)
Samuel BUTLER (1612-1680). Hudibras. London: T.Bensley for Vernor & Hood [and others], 1799. 2 volumes, crown 8 (231 x 140mm). Engraved portrait of the author after Sir Peter Lely, plates after William Hogarth, wood-engraved decorations. (Some light offsetting of plates onto text.) Contemporary English red straight-grained morocco, cover elaborately panelled in gilt and blind with fillets, roll-tools, small tools and pointill work to inner corner-pieces, the flat spines divided into six sections, lettered in the second, numbered in the fourth, the others with repeat pattern of small tools and pointill work, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (some slight scuffing). Lowndes I, p.335.
Alexander POPE (1688-1744). [Works]. London: T.Bensley for F.J. du Roveray, sold by J.J.Arch and E.Lloyd, 1804-1806. 16 volumes in 8, medium 8 (224 x 138mm). Engraved plates after Henry Fuseli, Stothard, R.Smirke, E.F.Burney and others. Contemporary English red straight-grained morocco, finely tooled in gilt and blind, covers with decorative border, surrounding a central decorative lozenge, the flat spines in five sections, lettered in the second, red morocco labels on the fourth with volume numbers in gilt, gilt turn-ins, g.e. This fine set comprises The Poetical Works. 1804. 6 vols. in 3. Lowndes III, p.1915; Homer. The Iliad... translated by A.Pope. 1805. 6 vols. in 3. Lowndes II, p.1100; Homer. The Odyssey... translated by A.Pope. 1806. 4 vols in 2. Lowndes II, p.1100. (18)