Lot 83
83
BELL, John (editor). The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1782-83. 109 volumes, 12° (121 x 78mm). Engraved frontispieces and portraits. Contemporary tree calf gilt (a few vols. worn, one cover detached). Provenance: Eldon bookplate (a previous bookplate crudely removed from each vol); and a further 28 works in 47 volumes, all in uniform tree calf gilt, printed in Glasgow at the Foulis Press. (156)
BELL, John (editor). The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1782-83. 109 volumes, 12° (121 x 78mm). Engraved frontispieces and portraits. Contemporary tree calf gilt (a few vols. worn, one cover detached). Provenance: Eldon bookplate (a previous bookplate crudely removed from each vol); and a further 28 works in 47 volumes, all in uniform tree calf gilt, printed in Glasgow at the Foulis Press. (156)

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BELL, John (editor). The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1782-83. 109 volumes, 12° (121 x 78mm). Engraved frontispieces and portraits. Contemporary tree calf gilt (a few vols. worn, one cover detached). Provenance: Eldon bookplate (a previous bookplate crudely removed from each vol); and a further 28 works in 47 volumes, all in uniform tree calf gilt, printed in Glasgow at the Foulis Press. (156)

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