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$a eng
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$a uk
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$a Gray, Thomas
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$a Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray
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$a 1st Edition.
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$a London
$b Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-mall
$c MDCCLIII
$c [1753]
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$a [8] pages, 35 leaves, [8] pages :
$b illustrations ;
$c 40 cm.
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$a According to Hazen, there were three distinct editions dated 1753, all with identical wording on the titlepage. This is the first edition, identified by the half-title: 'Drawings, &c.'.
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$a The poems are printed and foliated on the recto only. The 'Explanation of the prints', by Horace Walpole, is printed on both the recto and verso.
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$a 'The book is properly regarded as a landmark in the history of English book-illustration' (Hazen). 'A Long Story' is printed here for the first time, and the 'Explanation of the Prints' is by Horace Walpole.
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$a [2] 36 [2] leaves (all printed on rectos only), half-title, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, 6 head- and tailpieces and 6 initial figures, all by J. S. Müller or Charles Grignion after Richard Bentley.
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$a Ode on the spring -- Ode on the death of a favourite cat -- Ode on the distant prospect of Eton -- The long story -- Hymn to adversity -- Elegy written in a country church-yard -- Epitaph -- Explanation of the Prints by Horace Walpole
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$a ESTC
$c T122525
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$a Hazen, A. Bibliography of Horace Walpole 42; Rothschild 1061-2.
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$a Illustrated books
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$a 18th-century poems
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$a Engravings
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$a Bentley, Richard
$e source artist
$e draughtsman
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$a Müller, Johann Sebastian
$e engraver
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$a Grignion, Charles
$e engraver
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$a Dodsley, Robert
$e printer
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$a Orford, Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of
$e contributor
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