Bookseller's Ticket

ondon; Colburn, 1820. 2 volume set, 8.5 inches tall. A splendid binding very typical of the period with gilt raised bands and dense blind tooling to the panels and boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the bookseller's ticket of Hoitt of Portman Square and armorial bookplate. With 18 full page engraved portraits.

London: John Sharpe, 1817. Full calf, 6 1/4 inches tall. A delightful Regency full calf binding with gilt and ink raised bands, so typical of the period, extra gilt panels and contrasting label. The diced boards are framed within triple gilt fillets and a wide gilt roll. With the Bookseller's Ticket of Bowdery & Kerby of 190 Oxford Street. With an engraved title page and 3 further full page engravings, all of which have some foxing, the rest of the text being clean. A fine copy of this charming tale.

London: Jones & Co., 1822. Full calf, 3 1/2 inches tall. A delightful miniature Georgian full calf with gilt raised bands, red labels and gilt tooled panels. The blocked basket weave boards are framed within blind and gilt rolls. With the armorial bookplate of Robert Williams of Bride Head, a recently dispersed Dorset Country House. There is the Bookseller & Stationer (and Bookbinder's) ticket of J. Nisbet of Oxford Street. Portrait. Both binding and text block are in fine and clean condition. A lovely copy of one of the 18th century's most popular poems.

Paris: Hardouin, 1784. 2 volume set, 5 inches tall. A very simple yet good looking full calf with gilt bands, twin olive labels and tiny floral centre tools. All edges gilt. With the bookseller's ticket 'Vendu par DETREZ Libraire, place Sorbonne, No 4 a Paris'. The first volume consists of 'Poésies érotiques' and 'Voyage', the second volume of 'La journée champêtre', 'Le promontroire de Leucade', Les fleurs', and 'Mélange'. With exquisite engraved plates.

London: Sharpe, 1819. Full calf, 6.5 inches tall. A pretty little full calf binding with gilt raised bands, label and fine Grecian lyre centre tools. The straight grain on the boards is framed within a series of gilt and blind panels. With the ticket of 'Gardiner Bookseller & Stationer, Dublin'. Embellished with engravings from the designs by Richard Westall. Foxing facing the tissues.