Item #33516 The POETICAL WORKS Of WILLIAM COWPER. Memoir by N. H. Nicolas. William. 1731 - 1800 Cowper, Sir N. Harris - Contributor. Keate Nicolas, Edward, Emma . Coleridge, b. 1813, 1800 - 1883.

The POETICAL WORKS Of WILLIAM COWPER. Memoir by N. H. Nicolas.

London: William Pickering, 1830 - 1831. 1st edition thus (Keynes, p 48; NCBEL II, 597). 3 volumes. Frontis portrait of Cowper in volume I. Sm 8vo. 6-1/2" x 4". Publisher's full green morocco-style sheep binding with gilt decorated spine & gilt lyre device to front boards. AEG. Gilt dentelles. Pale yellow eps. Joint leather rubbed. Tips worn. Bookplate to each volume. Library stamp to front blank [no other markings]. A VG set. Item #33516

Interesting period presentation inscription on a preliminary blank: "Emma Keate. / from her affectionate Brother / Edward Coleridge. / Eton : July. 30. 1834." Edward Coleridge, a Master at Eton, married Mary Keate, Emma's older sister, in 1826.

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