LOT OF 4 COOKE'S ELEGANT POCKET BRITISH POETS 1796

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Lot of Four: Cooke's Elegant Pocket Editions of British Poets These four books are part of C. Cooke’s Uniform Cheap and Elegant Pocket Library. All four are beautifully bound in gilt-tooled calf, with handsome spine labels and aqua-blue marbled end pages. Also, the page edges are marbled and each book has been Superbly Embellished with engravings. Virtually devoid of foxing and the usual ravages of time, these four volumes, with the exception of some minor condition points, are in Very Good condition. Armstrong, John. The Poetical Works of John Armstrong, M. D., containing his Art of Health; Taste, an Epistle; In Four Books; Imit. of Shakespeare; Benevolence, an Epistle; and Imit. of Spenser. Bound together with: Blackmore, Sir Richard. The Poetical Works of Sir R. Blackmore: containing Creation; a Philosophical Poem, in seven books, to which is prefixed The Life of the Author. London: C. Cooke, 1796 & 1797. 12mo, gilt tooled calf, 87 pages with 3 engraved plates + 176 pages with 4 engraved plates + 4 pages adverts. Prior owner’s name plate neatly affixed to front paste down; also prior owner’s name to front free end page. 32 lines of Blackmore’s Creation have been high-lighted in yellow. Light exterior rubbing. Good+. Mickle, William. The Poetical Works of William Mickle with the Life of the Author, containing his Pollio; Knowledge, read more

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