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Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray

Name: Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray
Author: Gray, Thomas

Book Description

First issue with “Drawings, &c.” to half title. 6 engraved plates by R. Bentley, head- and tail-pieces and initials by Grignion and Muller after Bentley, 4pp “Explanation of the Prints” by Horace Walpole” to end. Arguably, the finest example of 18th century book illustration, overall style is Strawberry Hill Gothic. Book is rather browned with some foxing to plates. Plate to “A Long Story” is shaved to edge. Contemporary marbled boards , rubbed, book has been re-backed in calf. Several bookplates to endpapers.

Dealer Notes

Hazen 42

Author Gray, Thomas

Date 1753

Binding Quarter leather

Publisher R. Dodsley

Illustrator R. Bentley

Condition Good

Price: £350.00

Offered by Ian Reilly Books

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