(BINDING--CLARK & BEDFORD.) Goldsmith, Oliver. The Poetical Works. Edited by Bolton Corney. Illustrated with wood engravings by Frederick Tayler, C. W. Cope, Thomas Creswick, and others. 8vo, full burgundy morocco with a central gilt monogram, by Clarke & Bedford, spine a bit faded, turn-ins and all edges gilt; armorial bookplate of Leonard Clow. London, 1846
A letter from the original bookseller, Meyers & Co., laid in, states that this is a rare copy printed on enamelled paper (as such, the volume weighs over 2 pounds). The binder, Clarke & Bedford, was considered to be one of the finer binderies in Great Britain. Francis Bedford studied under Charles Lewis, the leading binder of the day. A pencil note on the preliminaries mentions that the volume was also once in the library of Lord Gosford.
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