ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION] The Cabinet of Genius Containing Frontispieces and Characters adapted to the Most Popular Poems, &c. with the Poems &c. at large . London: printed for C. Taylor, 1787-[1790]. First edition. Two volumes in contemporary calf, elegantly rebacked in light tan calf with dark brown morocco labels, raised bands, spine compartments gilt. 8 x 7 inches (20.5 x 18 cm); various paginations, with 45 and 50 engravings respectively, including engraved titles (the latter count including the ten engraved landscapes), largely stipple-engraved plates executed by Taylor and Ogborne mostly after designs by Samuel Shelley and Robert Smirke Rebacked as noted, light wear, internally a clean copy. Issued in parts, the work is uncommon complete with all plates. As the publishers state "Gentlemen may bind any numbers together to make a volume, and in any order they please," as a consequence of which few copies have the full quota of plates. C
ENGLISH ILLUSTRATION] The Cabinet of Genius Containing Frontispieces and Characters adapted to the Most Popular Poems, &c. with the Poems &c. at large . London: printed for C. Taylor, 1787-[1790]. First edition. Two volumes in contemporary calf, elegantly rebacked in light tan calf with dark brown morocco labels, raised bands, spine compartments gilt. 8 x 7 inches (20.5 x 18 cm); various paginations, with 45 and 50 engravings respectively, including engraved titles (the latter count including the ten engraved landscapes), largely stipple-engraved plates executed by Taylor and Ogborne mostly after designs by Samuel Shelley and Robert Smirke Rebacked as noted, light wear, internally a clean copy. Issued in parts, the work is uncommon complete with all plates. As the publishers state "Gentlemen may bind any numbers together to make a volume, and in any order they please," as a consequence of which few copies have the full quota of plates. C
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