The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, LL.B.: Late Professor of Modern Languages and History in the University of Cambridge; with Some Account of His Life and Writings.

London, England: C. Whittingham , 1800. "With Some Account of His Life and Writings. The Whole Carefully Revised; and Illustrated by Notes. To Which Are Annexed, Poems Addressed To, and in Memory of, Mr. Gray; Several of Which Were Never Before Collected." Edge and corner wear; no dj; corners are bumped and rubbed; scuffed and scratched; former owner's library label is affixed to the inner front cover; spine is split, but still intact and attached; former owner's name and a date in the upper corner of the title page; overall a nice used copy! Brown leather with gilt lettering on the spine. Decorative spine. 223 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and poetic pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "The Poems of Mr. Gray are here presented to the Public in a more elegant style of Typography than they ever before assumed; but this, it is true, were a very small advantage, if unaccompanied by others better entitled to consideration. Of Poetry which has incurred the imputation of being difficult to comprehend, it seemed not an ill-bestowed labour to revise and establish the punctuation........." ---------- from the Preface.. Second Edition. Leather Bound. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.