Bell, John, editor
Bell's Edition [of] The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill
£3,024
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1782-1803. 109 volumes, mixed edition, 18mo, all but 2 (volumes 97 & 98, Hammond and Moore) with additional engraved title, 36 (of 48) engraved portraits only (Chaucer, Spencer, Donne, Waller, Milton, Butler, Denham, Cowley, Dryden, Buckingham, King, Prior, Lansdown, Swift, Congreve, Rowe, Watts, Phillips, Parnell, Garth, Hughes, Pope, Gay, Broome, Young, Pitt, Thomson, Ambrose Phillips, Dyer, Lyttelton, Shenstone, Armstrong, Gray, Akenside, Cunningham and Churchill present), contemporary uniform tree calf with gilt lyre motifs to spines, black and red morocco gilt labels, a little foxing in places, some initial soiling to one volume (109)
Provenance
Bookplates of William McCall;Select items from the estate of the late Lady Penn.