[BELL'S POETS.]
Bell's Edition. The Poets of Great Britain. Complete
from Chaucer to Churchill.
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY BELL'S POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Edinburgh: at the Apollo Press, 1782.
99 vols., 12 mo (5 x 3 inches). Magnificent full tree
calf with triple red, green and blue labels. Lavish
Greek urns to panels, gilt roll framing boards and gilt
outer edges. Engraved frontispieces and title pages. No
damage to any head caps or joints. Sadly lacking vol. I
of Shenstone (vol. 92).
A very fine eighteenth century collection in a pristine
condition. Authors including Chaucer, Donne, Dryden,
Swift, Congreve, Pope, et al.
£5000.00
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