The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith: :. with a notice of his life and genius, /. by E.F. Blanchard, Esq. and many illustrations, by John Absolon, Birket Foster, James Godwin, and Harrison Weir.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)
Category
Books
Date
c 1860
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3245287
Summary
Bibliographic description
Complete edition.. 190, [2] p., plates :. ill. ;. 18 cm. Provenance: nineteenth-century manuscript inscription on front free endpaper: Rosamond C. Talbot from her affect[tiona]te sister Ela August 1860 [i.e. Rosamond Constance Talbot (d.1906) & Ela Theresa Talbot (d.1893)]. Blind stamp on front free endpaper: Simms [of] Bath Bookseller and stationer. Binding: nineteenth-century green morocco, embossed with centrepiece and frame; spine with four raised bands and blind tools to each compartment; 'Goldsmith's poetical works' and 'illustrated' gilt lettered direct on spine'; gilt and gauffred edges; marbled endpapers.
Makers and roles
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) Blanchard, Edward Forster, d.1870 John Absolon (Lambeth 1815 - London 1895) Myles Birket Foster (North Shields 1825 – Weybridge 1899) Godwin, James, d.1876, ill Weir, Harrison, 1824-1906, ill