Mottled Calf

London: James Carpenter, 1807. Full calf, 6 1/2 inches tall. A beautiful Regency mottled calf in pristine condition. With extra gilt tooling on a smooth back with a label and extraordinary mottling to the boards within a fine gilt roll. With the Fothergill bookplate and the stenciled mark of the Earls of Belmore, one of the great Irish titles. Philip John Ducarel was born in Calcutta and became known as the poet of the Forrest of Dean, where he resided for the rest of his life.