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Gray (Thomas) The Works, 2 vol., large paper copy, engraved frontispieces, vol. 1 with 4 plates...
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Gray (Thomas) The Works, 2 vol., large paper copy, engraved frontispieces, vol. 1 with 4 plates of facsimiles, 1 engraved plate, engraved tail-piece, bookplate of Princess Charlotte Augusta to front pastedowns, light offsetting, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt borders, spines gilt in compartments with double raised bands, g.e., corners very slightly bumped, extremities lightly rubbed but overall a stunning copy, [Lowndes II p.931], 4to (390x280mm), Printed by William Bulmer and Co., Shakespeare Press, for John Porter, 1814.
*** A spectacular copy of the large paper issue of what Lowndes calls the "best edition", with a royal provenance. Princess Charlotte Augusta's copy (1796-1817), the only daughter of the Prince of Wales and Caroline of Brunswick, and the patron of the publisher of this work. Latterly in McKenna Library sale (Christie's NY, November 1998)
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