GRAY THOMAS Designs by Mr R Bentley for Six Poems by Mr T Gr

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GRAY, THOMAS. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray. 6 engraved plates, 13 vignettes, and 6 initials by Müller and Grignion after Richard Bentley. [2], 35, [3] leaves. Large 4to, contemporary calf, carefully rebacked with gilt device in 6 compartments, title label on red morocco in one; hinges cracked, occasional foxing and marginal soiling, heaviest along top edge of first two leaves; bookplate of Lord Gray; custom cloth chemise and 1/4 calf slipcase, scuffed. London: R. Dodsley, 1753

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first edition, second issue, with "Designs, & c." on half-title, and inverted letter p for d on last leaves when typsetter ran out of that letter. Horace Walpole wrote the Explanation of the Prints at end. Northup 178; Rothschild 1063; Hazen (Walpole) 42; Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England, page 4 ("fine rococo book, with neo-Gothic intrusions").