Poems of Goldsmith and Thomas Parnell, D.D.

Goldsmith, Oliver and

Published by W. Bulmer and Co., 1804

About this Item

The production standards of this book: paper, typeface, engraving and printing of the illustrations are, says an "Advertisement" by William Bulmer at the outset, intended "To raise the Art of Printing in this country from the neglected state in which it had long been suffered to continue ". That job has badly needed doing again in Britain ,for at least the last fifty years. Certainly a sweet book; xxviii,68 pages plus 5 full-page plates, bound in what is probably the publisher's dark green cloth with "Goldsmith's Poems" in gilt on the spine. The plates are engraved by Thomas or John Bewick and there are classic Bewick vignettes as head- and tail-pieces. The book contains lives of the two poets as well as Goldsmith's The Traveller and The Deserted Village and Parnell's The Hermit. Contemporary ownership inscriptions and blind-stamped "The Convent Loughborough" on front free endpaper Some foxing and small dents in the binding, otherwise a little-opened, pleasing copy. Seller Inventory # 15383

Bibliographic Details

Title: Poems of Goldsmith and Thomas Parnell, D.D.

Publisher: W. Bulmer and Co.

Publication Date: 1804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good