GRAY, [THOMAS] | Poems. London: J. Dodsley, 1768

GRAY, [THOMAS]

Poems. London: J. Dodsley, 1768

8vo (7 x 4 1/2 in.; 177 x 114 mm). Half-title, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut headpieces, small hole to D5, some minor toning and offsetting, A1 detached. Later half brown calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, second gilt-lettered. others with repeat flower motif in gilt, top edge gilt; overall rubbed, endpapers renewed.  

First London edition

REFERENCES

ESTC T136298; Rothschild 1071

PROVENANCE

Thomas Jefferson McKee (bookplate to front pastedown) — William Painter (booklabel to front pastedown)