Hardcover
1805 · London
by SPENSER, Edmund
London: F.C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne [et al.], 1805. Hardcover. Good. Eight volumes. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait (Vol. 1). Bound in full diced calf, signed, "Roberts, Binder, Chester", gilt spines, marbled endpapers and edges. Owner's name in pencil on front free endaper (verso) of Vol. 1 only: "Marianne Rudkin, Woodstock Lodge ... St. John's Wood, London". The frontispiece plate and facing title page are heavily foxed, else light scattered foxing throughout, the spine backs are toned and lack the titling labels, wear to the joints and edges of the boards, overall a good sound set. (Inventory #: 451363)