Search Results: Designs By Mr R Bentley, For Six Poems By Mr T G… by Thomas Gray

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: J. Dodsley, 1775. Hardback, slim folio, original boards crudely held to text block with frayed thread, leacking spine. Engraved vignettle to title. 5 engraved plates only (of 6), and a few engraved illustrations. Sewing broken and contents loose. Cloth strip crudely adhered to spine of text block with cloth partially adhered to gutter margin of half-title and final leaf. Dust-soiling, a few marks and some fraying to untrimmed margins. Private ownership. (a13). Hard Cover. Fair.

1789. London, J. Dodsley, 1789. Folio. Contemp. full calf. Double-line borders on covers. Neathly rebacked to style. Spine richly gilt and with gilt lettering. Corners bumped. Light wear along edges. Inner gilt borders. Engraved portrait of Gray (by Müller). Engraved title-vignette. (4),(1-)35,(2) leaves a. pp. 39-55., 6 large engraved initials, 6 engraved plates (Müller) and 13 large engraved head-and tailpieces. Very light offsetting from plates. A few insignificant marginal brownspots. Printed on heavy paper.

London: R Dodsley, 1753. Leather. Very Good. 15" by 10.5". R Bentley. A scarce and handsome volume of illustrations to the work of Thomas Gray, in attractive leather binding. Curiously noted as 'designs', rather than poems, the title was written such in order to emphasise to readers that the poems were previously published by Gray, and not new works. Nonetheless, the handsome illustrations, of which there are six engraved plates as well as numerous vignettes and embellishments, make for a interesting and attractive collaborative volume. In quarter-calf binding with gilt detailing and paper-covered boards. Externally smart, there is some wear to the backstrip and extremities. Internally, the pages are firmly bound but are somewhat age-toned throughout. Very Good

London: R. Dodsley,1753. (Folio) 37.5 x 26 cm (14¼ x 10½"), quarter period roan and marbled paper boards, gilt rules. Second Edition. Author:Thomas Gray (British, London 1716–1771 Cambridge)Designer: Richard Bentley (British, Cambridge, baptized 1708–1782 London)Engraver: T. S. Müller (British, active 1753)Engraver: Charles Grignion, I (British, London baptised 1721–1810 London)Publisher: Robert Dodsley (British, 1703–1764)Second edition, with “Designs, &c.” on the half-title and the inverted "p" in place of "d" on page 26. A pioneering work of collaboration between poet and artist and recognized as a landmark work of its kind. The instigator behind it was Horace Walpole, who was friends with Bentley, Gray and the publisher Dodsley. The text reprints four poems by Gray and two, “A Long Story” and "Hymn to Adversity," appear here for the first time. Bookplate of American book collector Charles Walker Andrews on the front paste-down. Hazen, Horace Walpole, 42; Rothschild… Read More

Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first state. Folio. Full calf with marlbed endpapers, top edges gilt. Leaves printed on one side only only. Rubbing to board edges, with some stains visible to boards. Spine darkened. Leather splitting at bottom of front joint, with a small chip at tail of spine. Very good overall.