Effigies poeticæ: or The Portraits of the British Poets illustrated by notes biographical, critical, and poetical.
London.
James Carpenter and Son, 1824.
First edition.
8vo.
[4], ii, 112pp. With a half-title. Bound by Hering of London (stamp- signed on verso of FFEP) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled green straight- grain morocco, A.E.G. Spine a trifle rubbed and dulled.
The first edition, elaborately bound, of Bryan Waller Procter's (1787- 1874) letterpress for engraved portraits of one hundred and thirty-eight significant British poets, including, inter alia, Pope, Johnson, Dryden, and Shakespeare.
The binder, German-born Charles Hering (d. 1809), was called 'the artistic successor to Roger Payne, the doyen of English bookbinders'. His remarkably successful West End business was patronised by many leading collectors and catered to a wealthy clientele, including Lord Byron.
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref: 32663
The binder, German-born Charles Hering (d. 1809), was called 'the artistic successor to Roger Payne, the doyen of English bookbinders'. His remarkably successful West End business was patronised by many leading collectors and catered to a wealthy clientele, including Lord Byron.
