The life and works of William Cowper, Esq. . comprising his poems, correspondence, and translations. With a life of the author, by the editor, Robert Southey, Esq. LL.D. Poet Laureate, etc.
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Category
Books
Date
1835 - 1837
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 3019330
Summary
Bibliographic description
13v.,plates . ill..,ports.. . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting vols. VII and XV. With manuscript notes by GO Trevelyan and pencil marginal lines.. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial armorial bookplate, a re-working of an earlier William Bell Scott pictorial Trevelyan bookplate (Franks 29799) of Sir Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879), lettered: Charles & Mary Trevelyan [i.e. Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958), & Mary Katharine, (m.1904).] Arms: Trevelyan impaling Bell. Not in Franks.. Binding: Vols. I-10 Rrebound in half morocco; marbled boards; 'Cowper's worksSouthey' and vol. no. gilt lettered direct onto spine. Vols. 11-14 half leather; marbled boards (different design to earlier vols); gilt lettered: 'Cowper's Works Southey The Iliad' I and II; 'Cowper's works Southey Odyssey' I and II.
Makers and roles
William Cowper (1731-1800) William Harvey (1796-1866) Robert Southey (1774-1843)