Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes

Cowper, William

Published by David Huntington, Publisher, New York, 1814

About this Item

Full calf leather. Approximately 4 by 3 inches. Two volumes. 268, 248 pages. With frontispiece illustrations at the front of each volume. A collection of shorter and longer poems by William Cowper, the noted 18th century English poet. With a partial bookplate indicating this was from the library of Benjamin Brown French, a New Hampshire politician who worked served in many administrations in the White House during the mid 1800s. GOOD condition. Moderate general fading to the covers. Some scuffing, heavy along the fore edges. Corners and spine tips worn, with a ½ inch chip of leather missing from the head of volume 1. Leather cracked along the hinges of both volumes, with the covers beginning to loosen. Leather mottled, brittle and flaking, rather heavy, along both spines. Interior solid, with two small bookplates present. General browning to the paper. Scattered foxing, heaviest to the endpapers. Minor scattered soiling.

Seller Inventory # 008174

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. In Two Volumes
• Publisher: David Huntington, Publisher, New York
• Publication Date: 1814
• Binding: Full Leather
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry