Cowper, Illustrated By a Series of Views. Bound WITH Royal Tribes of Wales.. COWPER William 1731-1800, STORER James, GREIG John. and YORKE Philip 1743-1804 Publisher: Vernor and Hood. Publish Year: 1803 Publish Place: London: Poultry. and Wrexham Illustrator: STORER James. ALLEN J. GASTINEAU Henry Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 004733 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £100 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st & 1st eds, 13 & 12 pls. In full contemporary tree calf, ornate gilt edge tooling, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Spine, gilt tooling, gilt title to red calg label, edges bumped & worn. Internally, frontis, [3], 4-51 pp, [1]13 pls (12 tp, dated 1803), leaves watermarked 1794, text by E.W. Brayley; pls by Storer & Greig. WITH Tribes of Wales, Yorke, Wrexham, 1799, half title, engraved tp, [2], [3], (iv-vii), [1], [2], [1], 2-192 pp, [2] errata, [1], advert, 13 pls (12 portraits tp, dated 1798), leaves watermarked 1796. Marbled endpapers, hinges strenghtened, upper joint has a crack & a little leather loss at base, some light offsetting, spotting, text block edges sprinkled red & yellow, printed by J Swan, Angle Street, Newgate Street & John Painter, Wrexham. 26.3*45419.5 cms, 1.2 kgs. (ESTC T145827. Avery 989). Yorke had intended to produce a follow up to the Royal Tribes with work on the 15 Common Tribes but died before it was completed. See ODNB.
