LIMITED TO 222 COPIES PRINTED ON VELLUM-PAPER WITH THE ORIGINAL TYPES OF GIAMBATTISTA BODONI BOUND IN FULL VELLUM GILT TITLES AND MOTIF TO FRONT BOARD. BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT ELWELL TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. SMALL INSCRIPTION TO FEP. VERY GOOD IN A WORN AND DAMAGED SLIPCASE.
FIRST EDITION 12 mo pp vi 188 2 FINE PLATES. HANDSOMELY REBOUND IN QUARTER CALF OVER MARBLED BOARDS. EROTIC LOVE POEMS IN LATIN. A REMARKABLY FRESH COPY TIGHTLY BOUND. SCARCE.
VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. EMBELLISHED WITH SOME 750 ELEGANT WOODCUTS AND ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD AND COPPER OF WHICH UPWARDS OF 125 ARE NEATLY COLOURED. SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE FROM BOOKS FOR JUVENILE MINDS: 1765-1830. DESIGNED BY ERIC AYERS.
FIRST EDITION SMALL QUARTO FULL LEATHER WITH REPAIRED CORNERS TO BOARDS RAISED BANDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS WEAR TO SPINE LEATHER SPILT TO TOP OF FRONT HINGE. EX- THE HARTLAND LIBRARY GLOUCESTERSHIRE WITH LABEL AND POCKET ON FRONT PASTEDOWN. LACKS FRONTISPIECE? WITH FINE ENGRAVED VIGNETTES AND HEAD/TAIL PIECES. 219 pp. VERY GOOD. AN IMITATION OF VIRGIL’S GEORGICS.
THE VOLUMES 12 mo. FULL LEATHER. VOLUME 1: FRONTIS. OF BUTLER xiv pp INDEX THE FIRST CANTO (1-107 pp). ANNOTATIONS TO THE FIRST PART (pp 361-381) 8 PLATES (ONE TORN). VOLUME 2: PART 2 (pp 111-207) ANNOTATIONS TO THE SECOND PART (pp 383-392) WITH 5 PLATES. VOLUME 3: PUBLISHED BY THOMAS THORNE THIRD AND LAST PART (pp 212-359) ANNOTATIONS TO THE THIRD PART (pp 393-408). ALL VOLUMES VERY GOOD AND TIGHTLY BOUND.
SMALL OCTAVO HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN CONTEMPORARY SIGNATURE ON TITLE PAGE. SOME RUBBING TO THE LEATHER BUT VERY GOOD.
BOUND IN FULL RED LEATHER GILT LETTERING TO SPINE RAISED BANDS TO SPINE. ALL PAGE EDGES GILT. BOOK PLATE OF CHARLES TUPPER PERSONAL INSCRIPTION FROM THE TUPPER FAMILY. OCTAVO
TWO VOLUMES. QUARTO. RAISED BANDS. HALF CALF. SOME WEAR TO SPINE AND BOARD CORNERS. GILT LETTERING AND DECORATION TO SPINE. MARBLED ENDPAPERS AND PAGE EDGES. TIGHT BINDING. BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS TO NEARLY EVERY PAGE. HEAVY BOOKS WILL INCUR EXTRA POSTAGE CHARGES FOR OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS.
TWO VOLUMES (ITALY A POEM) AND POEMS BOTH BOUND IN FULL HANDSOME GREEN LEATHER WITH ELABORATE GILT DECORATION TO BOTH BOARDS AND SPINES. ALL EDGES GILT. NICE TIGHT BINDINGS. SCHOOL BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTEDOWN OF EACH VOLUME. FOXING THROUGHOUT. THE PRICE IS FOR BOTH VOLUMES.
