Thomas gray r bentley (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. 47pp, 45pp,42pp. prev. owner name on the front free endpaper.AEG. Gray decorated boards, embossed gilt letering, floral pattern, bevelled edges. Scores of engravings by various 19th centuiry artists. Spine has 2 1/2" streak rubbed out on the lower spine. The hinges are in excellent condition. A beautfilly produced work. Size: 7 1/2" x 10 1/2". Book.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Early edition. [4], 35, [1] leaves, [37]-55, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. 3/4 Leather with 5 raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Top Edge Gilt. Engraved plates; engraved head- and tail pieces; engraved initials. Odes by Mr. Gray has special half title (p. [37]) There is bowing to the front board, wear to the corners,toning and offsetting of the engravings on the the versos. Overall an attractive, well preserved copy. This is a reissue of the 1765 edition. . It was at Gray's insistence that the word 'Designs' preceded 'Poems' in the title, a reflection of his feeling that the text played a 'subordinate' part. Size: 9 1/2" x13". Book.…

Leather. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. A collection of poems by Thomas Gray, ornately illustrated throughout, with beautiful engravings. With 'Odes by Mr Gray' and 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole to the start of the work. With Elegy Written in a Churchyard, Odes, Hymn to Adversity, A Long Story, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College and more. This work was first published in 1753 and there were subsequent printings in 1765, 1766 and 1775 prior to this edition. The engravings to this work are all by Johann Sebastian Muller and Charles Grignion after drawings by Richard Bentley. In a full calf binding. Rebound with original backstrip and boards preserved. Externally, generally smart. Patches of rubbing to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Marks to the boards. Small amount of loss to the backstrip due to rubbing. Bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional light spots. Prior owner's notes to the margins of page 54. Small repair to the tail of the first leaf. Very Good Indeed. R Bentley (illustratore). book.…

Leather. Condizione: Very Good. 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. R Bentley (illustratore). book.…

Condizione: Good. (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 1061; Northup 178; NCBEL II, 579. Lowndes III, p. 931. Univ. Cat. I. p. 720; Graesse III. p. 141 (1773); T-B. III p. 356.…