Second edition: 105 pages – 4 books in one, title page vignette, each book with a woodcut to denote the new book, other woodcuts in the text, foxing on the preliminary pages, marbled end papers, original full calf binding with slight scuff marks on the upper cover, decorative gilt on the upper cover and spine, titled gilt on the spine, all edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a very good copy.
William Somervile or Somerville (2 September 1675 – 19 July 1742) was an English poet. The Chase is perhaps his most famous poem which is in blank verse and due to his knowledge of sports he was able to write this poem with great enthusiasm. It passed through many editions. It was illustrated by Thomas Bewick (1796), by Thomas Stothard (1800), and by Hugh Thomson(1896), with a preface by RF Sharp. He died on 19 July 1742 and was buried at Wotton, near Henley on Arden. He was 66. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Somervile
- Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
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