Shelfmark
Icc6.3.38
Author
Title
The poetical works of William Cowper, Esq., of the Inner Temple.
Varying form of title
Spine title: Cowper's poetical works
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh; and New York, MDCCCLXXVII. [1857]
Physical description
xvi, 464 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. (steel engravings) ; 15 cm.
Note
"Life of Cowper", pp. [viii]-xvi.
Note
Six steel-engraved plates (including frontispiece) protected by tissue guards.
Note
Colophon: Edinburgh: printed by T. Nelson and Sons.
Provenance
Leaving book inscribed "Wallscourt", i.e., Erroll Augustus Blake, 4th Baron Wallscourt at Eton College, by Augustus Frederick Birch, Christmas 1857.
Binding
19th century gift binding of brown morocco grained leather; gold tooling to both boards with central ornament of a stemmed bowl containing fruit and foliage, within decorative frame; smooth gold tooled spine with spine title "Cowper's poetical works"; gilt text block edges.
Subject
Added entry--name
Blake, Errol Augustus, 1841 - 1918 4th Baron Wallscourt former owner.
Added entry--name
Birch, Augustus Frederick, 1827 - 1898 former owner.
Added entry--name
Thomas Nelson & Sons publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Identifier
B51198