Spence,J.

Anecdotes, observations and characters of books and men. Collected from the conversation of Mr. Pope, and other eminent persons of his time. Now first published from the original papers with notes and a life of the author by S.W. Singer. 3 vols. London, Carpenter u. Edinburgh, Constable 1820. fol. With 295 gest. plates. (mostly portraits). Green morocco bindings of the time with gilt, rich gilt edges, standing and inner edges, as well as head-gilt engravings, inner end-doubles in red morocco with green leather inlays and rich gilt. (backstrip and chap. ribbon renewed, slightly rubbed and bestowed). Lowndes V, 2475. - One of 50 ex. (without num.) of the large-sized and wide-margined edition "printed for the purpose of illustration" (Lowndes) containing more plates than the normal edition. - Partly stained and browned, vol. 1 without front endpaper - 3 volumes. With 295 engraved plates. Contemporary green morocco volumes (spines renewed, slighly rubbed and bumped). Partly somewhat stained and browned, volume 1 without front endpaper.