Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis. (circa 1860). Binding: Full decorative publishers red boards, extra-engraved. Upper board with Cosway-style binding featuring coloured painting of vase with flowers inset within elaborate gilt design. Half-title in blue lettering on gilt banners over elaborate black engraved background featuring floral design, cityscapes, nature scenes, and text reading “The Landscape Series Of Poets.” 4 circular designs depicting church, castle, and portraits of Shakespeare and Robert Burns in gilt in corners of upper board. Lower board in blind with decorative panelling, floral designs, and motif of lyre in centre framed by words “The Landscape Series Of Poets.” Spine in similar elaborate gilt and black design as upper board. Bevelled edges. Brown paste-in and free endpapers. All edges gilt., Notes: A fine example of this collection of Goldsmith’s works, including poems, plays, essays, and his popular novel, “The Vicar Of Wakefield.” Text framed in elaborately illustrated borders printed in black, maroon, or green ink, depicting cityscapes and nature landscapes, different on every page. With black-and-white wood engravings, plates, and frontispiece depicting scenes from Goldsmith’s works.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728 – 1774) was a prominent Anglo-Irish writer.
, Size: 8vo. (190 x 130 mm), Category: Book Literature;. Interior is clean and crisp. Item #B6755

Price: $275.00