Shelfmark
Id5.3.05 - Id5.3.08
Author
Title
The poetical works of John Dryden.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : William Pickering, 1852.
Physical description
4 v. : port. ; 17 cm.
Note
"The Aldine edition of the British poets".
Note
Portrait of Dryden facing title page is engraved by H. Robinson.
Provenance
Ms. signature on front flyleaf on all volumes: "A. Abdy".
Binding
19th-century polished brown ?calfskin over paste/millboards. Covers decorated with double gilt fillets to form a border, and a blind-stamped roll also to form a border; blind rolls on board edges and turn-ins. Spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt fillets and tools, gilttitling over red or brown morocco label. Textblock trimmed and marbled. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
Imperfect set: lacks v.5.
Subject
Dryden, John, 1631 - 1700 Poetical works of John Dryden.
Added entry--name
Pickering, William, 1796 - 1854 publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52727