Lot 131
  • 131

Patmore, Coventry

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Patmore, Coventry
  • Poems. Moxon, 1844
  • Printed book
8vo, FIRST EDITION of the author's fîrst book, final advertisement leaf, without errata, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THOMAS WATTS ("To Thomas Watts Esq | From the Author"), nineteenth-century half calf, marbled boards, wear to edges of binding

Provenance

Harry Buxton Forman, bookplate;  Joseph L. Lilienthal, bookplate; James Gilvarry, sale of his library at Christie's, 2nd July 1986, lot 202

Literature

Hayward 263

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

Watts was Keeper of Printed Books at the British Museum, and Patmore worked for him as his assistant.