The Poetical Works of Sir William Jones With the Life of the Author [Fore-edge painting]

Jones, William; [Taylor & Hessey, binder]

Published by London J. Nichols & Son; R. Baldwin et al. 1810, 1810

About this Item

298; 251, [1] pp. Separate title pages. Two volumes bound in one. 12mo. Hardcover, bound in contemporary red straight grain morocco decorated in gilt. Spine with three raised bands, decorated and lettered in gilt, partial decorative gilt roll to edges with binder's stamp in gilt to fore-edge. Gilt inner dentelles. Corners bumped, minor edgewear, spine somewhat worn with minor worming to foot, somewhat rubbed and soiled. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece by R. Dagley. Taylor and Hessey binding; All edges trimmed and gilt; contemporary fore-edge painting. Brown endpapers, pastedowns with marginal impressed decorations; minor wear to edges. Some dampstaining chiefly affecting front of text block, somewhat foxed, moderate wear to gilt on edges. Internally generally clean and tight. Housed in a red cloth clamshell case with printed paper spine label, lined in red velvet and marbled paper, minor edgewear. Case and the book in very good condition. Contemporary fore-edge painting with finely-detailed and well-preserved, though somewhat dulled, depicting a waterfront scene likely from British occupied India. From the estate of Randall J. Moskovitz, MD, Memphis, Tennessee. (Bookplate lain in).

Seller Inventory # 143837

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poetical Works of Sir William Jones With the Life of the Author [Fore-edge painting]
• Publisher: London J. Nichols & Son; R. Baldwin et al. 1810
• Publication Date: 1810
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fore-edge Painting
  • Poetry