The poetical works of William Cowper. / Collated with the best editions: by Thomas Park, Esq. F.S.A. ; in three volumes.
William Cowper (1731-1800)
Category
Books
Date
1818
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3100463
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., [2] leaves of plates ; 16mo. (13 cm). Vols. 1-36 only of the set. Not indigenous. 3 v. bound across 2. Vol. 3 bound with The poetical works of Blair, Glynn, &c. (London, 1807, i.e. 1818). Frontispiece for Blair's works bound in before v. 3 of Cowper's works. Provenance: Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Pencil notes in Norris's hand: (1) on vol. 1 front free endpaper: Sexton 8/9 50 £9.; (2) on vol. 1 front flyleaf: Cat V.9.b.1 [changed in the same hand to Cat V.4.b.1]. Previous bookseller's pencil note on vol. 1 front free endpaper: 36 Vs contemporary Morocco c/mn/ £8/8/- . Historic shelfmark: B.1.32-33. Binding: Nineteenth-century dark blue straight-grained morocco over boards on three raised cords of which one is false; covers are decorated with triple gilt fillet and arched roll tool with an inner double blind fillet and foliage tool, gilt tooling to corners of board edges, gilt floral and foliage roll on board inner, gilt edges, gilt spine tooling and gilt title: 'British Poets 29[-30]. Cowper.[-Blair. Glynn. Boyse. Porteus.]'
Makers and roles
William Cowper (1731-1800), author Thomas Park (1759-1834) , editor