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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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