JONES'S TRAVELLING LIBRARY OF DIAMOND POETS AND CLASSICS de Travelling Library - Jones] -

London: Jones & Co., various dates (1820s) Travelling library of 52 volumes (of 53), of English poets and English prose (lacking Prior "The Poetical Works" vol. 1). The dates vary and the engraved titles frequently bear another date than the printed titles. Fuchsia-coloured crepe silk cloth with gilt-stamped navy-blue leather spine labels, 9.5cm x 5.75 cm, all edges gilt, frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. The volumes are preserved in the original red-brown roan case, which opened up is a fine bookcase, with glass doors, little brass levered closures, two shelves on each wing, and little ribbon tabs used to open each side. The top of the case shaped like the roof of an ancient temple, is lettered in gilt: "Jones' Diamond Poets and Classics." When closed, the case is intended to, and does, look like two quarto size leather-bound volumes. The sides are tooled in blind with triple fillets, with a leaf tool in the corners. Original book list mounted behind top left row. Rare. (See Spielmann 229). List of works can be supplied upon request.. Cloth in Book Case. Very Good. 48 mo. .