The Course of Time: A Poem in Ten Books By Robert Pollok, A.M. [The Fifth Edition ~ Fine Leather Binding]

Robert Pollok

Published by William Blackwood, and T. Cadell, London., Edinburgh, 1828

About this Item

William Blackwood, Edinburgh and T. Cadell, London, 1828, Fifth Edition.

Full leather binding with gilt titles and decoration to the spine and both boards, rubbed and marked, with inner silk covered end papers and paste downs, gilt decoration to the paste downs, pages tanned, tightly bound, all page edges worn gilt.

Pagination: 394pp.

Provenance: bookplate for S?Iohis de Wellysleye (Wesley) 1324 to the front.

The most ancient arms used by the Wesley family were those granted in 1321 to John de Wellysley, over a century and a half before the incorporation of the College of Arms by King Richard Ill. The heraldic description is : "Gules: on a cross, argent, five escallop shells, azure." The earliest known example of these bearings is contained on a seal in Wells Cathedral dated 1324: the shield is surmounted by a crowned cockatrice, and the margin is inscribed: '"S'IOHlS DE WELLYSLEYE 1324." This ancient coat or arms with its five blue cockle-shells on a white cross, against the background of a red shield, has been drawn in recent years for the Methodist Publishing House.

Approximately 7 inches tall (18cm).



Condition Report

Externally

Spine ? good condition ? gilt titles, rubbed, marked and worn, four broad gilt raised bands.
Joints ? good condition ? sound.
Corners ? good condition ? gently bumped and worn.
Boards ? good condition ? gilt decorated, marked and worn.
Page edges ? good condition ? all edges gilt.
Binding ? good condition ? worn, attractive.
See above and photos.

Internally

Hinges ? good condition ? sound.
Paste downs ? good condition ? gilt decorated leather turn-ins, silk covered.
End papers ? good condition ? silk covered paper, circular book plate to the front.
Title ? good condition ? gently tanned.
Pages ? good condition ? tanned and minor marks.
See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1777040312474

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Course of Time: A Poem in Ten Books By Robert Pollok, A.M. [The Fifth Edition ~ Fine Leather Binding]
• Publisher: William Blackwood, and T. Cadell, London., Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 1828
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fine Binding
  • Leather Bindings