THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN
London: William Pickering, 1832-1833. Hardcover. Dryden (1631-1700) was an English poet, dramatist, and literary critic who so dominated the literary scene of his day that it came to be known as the Age of Dryden. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets series, No. 21-25. 12mo: [16, ads], [8], cli, [1], 172, [4, ads] pp. + vi, 316 pp. + viii, 320 pp. + [4, ads], vi, 309, [1, blank] pp. + vi, 317, [1, blank] pp. Volume V features a portrait frontispiece with tissue guard, a steel engraving with mezzotint by H. Robinson. In the publisher's dark blue cloth bindings (the first volume is sand-grain cloth, the others are flat-weave cloth), with a printed paper spine label. The spine labels are browned and a bit scuffed, with some moderate toning to the spine cloth; otherwise very good. Provenance: from the Publishers' Bookbindings collection of Ellen K. Morris and Edward S. Levin. Very good. Item #80085
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