Oct 12, 2023 - Sale 2648

Sale 2648 - Lot 149

Unsold
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
Gray, Thomas (1716-1771)
Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems.

London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1753.

Third of three editions dated 1753 according to Hazen, imperial quarto, with half-title labeled: Designs, &c.; no exclamation points in the rows of typographical ornaments on the third and fourth pages of the "Explanation of the Prints" section in the preliminaries; all instances of letter 'd' on page 26 are correct, and not an inverted 'p' as in the second; illustrated with frontispiece, large vignette to title page, engraved initials, twelve unique vignettes used as head and tail pieces, and five full page engravings; bound in modern half calf with marbled paper boards, 14 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.

ESTC N34030; Hazen, A Bibliography of Horace Walpole 42.