POEMS BY WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.
Of the Inner Temple.
With the Life of the Author by the Rev. T. Greatheed.
In two volumes.
Printed by W. Wilson for J. Bumpus et al, London, 1821
A very attractive edition.
Small 8vo (3.75 inches x 6.25 inches approx). Bound in full red morocco with gilt borders and all edges gilt.
pp. x, 242, pp. iv, 280, with frontispiece to vol 1. Includes at the end of Volume II, "The Treatment of Hares", an essay by the poet, transcribed from The Gentlemen's Magazine
Good condition: Minor spotting both volumes, occasional finger-marks or similar. A few Pencil notes to prelims, Cracked at fep, volume II. The covers are bumped & scuffed at the corners and spine tips, but both bindings remain firm and square.
Each book is provided with a hidden fore-edge painting. This "disappearing" painting is visible only when the block is fanned to the right and would otherwise escape notice.
Each painting depicts an angling scene - "fly-fishing" and "trolling for pike". No artist name or monograph visible. The images have retained their colour fairly well and are in Very Good condition.
