The Cabinet of Genius Containing Frontispieces and Characters adapted to the Most Popular Poems, &c. with the Poems &c. at large
by [ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
London: printed for C. Taylor, 1787. First Edition. Full Leather. Near Fine. Two volumes in contemporary calf, elegantly rebacked in light tan calf with dark brown morocco labels, raised bands, spine compartments gilt. 8 x 7 inches (20.5 x 18 cm); various paginations, with 45 and 50 superb engravings respectively, including engraved titles (the latter count including the ten engraved landscapes), largely stipple-engraved plates executed by Taylor and Ogborne mostly after designs by Samuel Shelley and Robert Smirke. Originally issued in parts, the work is rarely found complete with all plates. As the publishers state "Gentlemen may bind any numbers together to make a volume, and in any order they please," as a consequence of which few copies have the full quota of plates. The authors represented include Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Gay, Burns, Goldsmith and others.
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D15093
- Title
- The Cabinet of Genius Containing Frontispieces and Characters adapted to the Most Popular Poems, &c. with the Poems &c. at large
- Author
- [ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION]
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for C. Taylor
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1787
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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