Caslon Macpherson James (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. [Caslon type] Bound in 3/4 leather. Later binding. Rebacked. [6], x, 184 pages. Printed in a large italic type. Light dampstain along bottom corner. Bookplate of A.H. Rahmann.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Set in Caslon double pica script type and printed with decorative ornaments on watermarked paper. Contemporary half morocco with marbled sides, spine and extremities rubbed, upper board recently rehinged at the Wyvern Bindery, contemporary ownership signature and a little spotting to front endpaper. A very good copy of this unusual book. The First Edition. This double pica script type was cut previous to 1785 when it appears in Caslon's specimen. 'Poetry of Nature', which was printed by J.P. Cooke of London, is one of the first efforts to popularise a script type in England. The Preliminary Address states 'The prime intent of the present production is to introduce for public inspection a species of Typographical excellence, as yet very little (if at all) known'.…