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Dove's English Classics.
DOVE'S ENGLISH CLASSICS IN CONTEMPORARY VELLUM
London: printed and published by J.F. Dove, [c.1820s].
80 vols., 12mo (5" tall). Full contemporary vellum,
with single and twin black labels, gilt bands and very
pretty floral tooling to panels. Black ink rule
framing boards. Marbled edges. 79 volumes of works
from Dove's English Classics series, with an
additional manuscript index volume. Most volumes with
engraved half title and frontispiece. Some volumes
slightly marked. A very pretty collection.
Dove's popular series of English Classics includes the
great poets and writers of every era, from the
Classics to early nineteenth century. Encompassing a
remarkable variety of authors and genres, titles
include Ovid's Art of Love, Pope's Iliad, Butler's
Hudibras, Cowper's Poems, Milton's Works, Beauties of
Shakespeare, Byron's Don Juan, Dryden's Virgil,
Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, Walton's Compleat
Angler, Chesterfield's Advice, Adventures of Baron
Munchausen and Walpole's Castle of Otranto.
£8500.00
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