full calf, with raised bands, red leather labels and gilt stamped devices on spines, all edges marbled
1771 · Glasgow, Scotland
by Pope, Alexander
Glasgow, Scotland: Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1771. full calf, with raised bands, red leather labels and gilt stamped devices on spines, all edges marbled. Foulis Press. small 12mo. full calf, with raised bands, red leather labels and gilt stamped devices on spines, all edges marbled. (iv), 176, (1); (1); (iv), 158, (1); (iv), 181, (1); (iv), 163, (1) pages. First Foulis edition (Gaskall 542). A beautifully bound set in full vellum which is gently soiled. Remnants of a bookplate in each volume on the front pastedown. Part of the duodecimo English poets series published by the Foulis Brothers. Volume 1 has duplicate pages of volume 2 bound in the rear between pages 172 and 173.
(Inventory #: 135331)