COLLINS, WILLIAM. The Poetical Works...and Biographical and Critical Notes by the Rev. Alexander Dyce William Pickering, Chancery Lane; D.A. Talboys, Oxford, 1827. Inscribed on half title, "No. 2. Only nine copies printed on this paper - D.A. Talboys", some leaves with narrower margins. 8vo., tan morocco gilt by C. Lewis with his blind-stamp on front free endpaper, Acheson crest in gilt on upper cover, a.e.g. (Earls of Gosford), and inscribed "Acheson 1837" on flyleaf. Charles Lewis (1786 - 1836) was one of the most prominent bookbinders of the 19th c.; who bound many books for William Beckford's library at Fonthill Abbey.
COLLINS, WILLIAM. The Poetical Works...and Biographical and Critical Notes by the Rev. Alexander Dyce William Pickering, Chancery Lane; D.A. Talboys, Oxford, 1827. Inscribed on half title, "No. 2. Only nine copies printed on this paper - D.A. Talboys", some leaves with narrower margins. 8vo., tan morocco gilt by C. Lewis with his blind-stamp on front free endpaper, Acheson crest in gilt on upper cover, a.e.g. (Earls of Gosford), and inscribed "Acheson 1837" on flyleaf. Charles Lewis (1786 - 1836) was one of the most prominent bookbinders of the 19th c.; who bound many books for William Beckford's library at Fonthill Abbey.
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