The Seasons.....to Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, an Essay and the Plan and Character of the Poem [Fore-edge painting]
by Thomson, James and J. Aikin
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About This Item
London: for Wilkie and Robinson, 1811. Octavo. 236pp. with a fore-edge painting depicting a doe and a buck in a field. Illustrated with four full page engravings. Beautifully bound in contemporary green straight grained morocco lavishly gilt, spine fully gilt decorated, double brown morocco labels and all edges gilt, joints just a bit rubbed. A handsome copy with just a bit of light scattered foxing to plates. From the library of Joseph Pocklington with his bookplate. He was one of the most prominent of the affluent outsiders who made their home in the Lake District. Born of a successful Nottinghamshire banking family. Pocklington received a legacy at 26 which both afforded him a life of leisure and funded his 1778 purchase of one of the islands on Derwentwater. And from the library of Roger Senhouse (1899 - 1970) who was an English publisher and translator, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group of writers, intellectuals, and artists.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022193
- Title
- The Seasons.....to Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, an Essay and the Plan and Character of the Poem [Fore-edge painting]
- Author
- Thomson, James and J. Aikin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- for Wilkie and Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1811
- Keywords
- Fore-edge Painting Poetry Seasons Joseph Pocklington Roger Senhouse (1899 - 1970)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...