The Works.

MOORE (Thomas).

Published by [printed by A. Belin] published by Galignani, at the French, English, Italian, German and Spanish Library, No.18, Rue Vivienne, Paris, 1819

About this Item

Comprehending All His Melodies, Ballads, etc. Never before Published without the Accompanying Music. Embellished with a Portrait, and a Sketch of the Author's Life. Engraved frontispiece portrait by James Heath after Plimer. First Galignani Edition. Six volumes. 12mo. [178 x 108 x 100 mm]. xiv, 292 pp; [2]ff, 233, [3] pp; [2]ff, 326, [4] pp; [2]ff, 283, [7] pp; [2]ff, 272, [2] pp; [2]ff, 349, [9] pp. Bound in contemporary half calf, marbled paper sides, smooth spines divided into six panels by gilt double fillets, lettered in the second panel on a dark goatskin label, numbered in the fifth, the others with a quatrefoil tool, plain endleaves, red sprinkled edges. (Joints slightly rubbed and cracked, small chips to three labels). Some spotting and a little light staining, but an attractive copy. With the bookplate of John Frederick Pinney (1773-1845) of Somerton Erle, Somerset. He was the son of the Bristol merchant and Nevis plantation owner John Pinney (1740-1818) and was awarded compensation for his estates. He left his wife Frances an annuity of £2000 p.a. (falling to £1400 p.a. if she married again) and the use of his Berkeley Square mansion house for life, after which it passed to his son William. He had settled £10,000 on his daughter Frances on her marriage, and left her a further £4000; he said he had settled £4000 to his daughter Anna Maria, from a settlement of £23,000 of which the rest went to William, and then left her a further £11,000. He was High Sheriff of Somerset in 1823. Seller Inventory # ebc6771

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Works.

Publisher: [printed by A. Belin] published by Galignani, at the French, English, Italian, German and Spanish Library, No.18, Rue Vivienne, Paris

Publication Date: 1819

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: First Galignani Edition.