THE WORKS IN VERSE AND PROSE OF WILLIAM SHENSTONE

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Three delightfully bound volumes, Vols I & II in the third edition and Vol III in the second edition. Full tan calf with gilt decoration to the spine and a fillet to the boards; red and green spine labels. A little fading to the spine and the beginnings of wear to the head and tail of the outer hinges but a very good set. Marbled endpapers and green silk bookmarks; no suggestion of ownership. A frontispiece precedes Vols I & II; Map of the Leasowes, Halesowen (formerly Shropshire), Vol II; engraved decorations interspersed through the text of Vols I & II; Vol III a plainer production but the three books clearly bought and bound together by their first owner. William Shenstone (1714-1763) was an English poet and a landscape gardener - a fact proclaimed in the map of Leasowes contained in Vol II. His work on the estate acquired some celebrity during his lifetime but left Shenstone severely out of pocket. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. N° de ref. del artículo 8480

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