Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple
COWPER, William
In Two Volumes. A New Edition [With Preface by John Newton].
BRIGHT SET IN NEAR CONTEMPORARY BINDING
Published: Printed [by T. Bensley of Bolt Court] for J. Johnson in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1806
Stock code: 7096
Price: £160.00
2 vols., 12mo., on laid paper; early nineteenth century full speckled calf, very neatly rebacked in calf gilt to style, doublures tooled in gilt and blind, a most attractive, crisp, clean copy in period binding.
With the bookplate of Edward H Douty of King's College Cambridge, in both volumes. Douty is recorded as a member of the KC Boat Crew in 1882. One of four unillustrated editions published in this year. A delightful set in near contemporary binding. Russell 98.