12 volumes from Bell's Edition of The Poets of Great Britain. [BELL ((John)].

Each volume with an additional engraved title-page and engraved frontispiece in seven of the eight separate works (not present in Savage).

12 volumes. 12mo. [127 x 80 x 164 mm]. Contemporary binding of marbled calf, the covers with a gilt fillet border. Smooth spines divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered "Bell's Poets" in the second on a red goatskin label, with the author's name in the fourth on a black label, and numbered or tooled with a star in the sixth on a green label, the others with the star, the edges of the boards hatched in gilt, plain endleaves, light yellow edges. (Lightly rubbed with a few small chips to headcaps).

Edinburg: at the Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1779-1781

This selection includes the Poetical Works of 1. Charles Churchill. Three vols. 1779. 2. Sir Samuel Garth. Single vol. 1779. 3. George Granville, Lord Lansdowne. Single vol. 1779. 4. Dr. William King. Two vols. 1781. 5. Ambrose Philips. Single vol. 1781. 6. John Philips. Single vol. 1781. 7. Richard Savage. Two vols. 1780. 8. John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham. Single vol. 1780.

A complete run of Bell's Edition comprises 109 volumes and these are usually numbered consecutively on the spines, rather than individually or with a star as on these bindings. The engraved titles and frontispieces are slightly damp-stained but they are good copies, showing little sign of wear or tear from travels.

Stock no. ebc7976