La Gerusalemme Liberata
London : C. Corrall for G. Pickering 31 Lincoln’s Inn Fields 1822. 80x40mm, 2 vols in one, eng. port, engraved title, printed title, 405, [3] pps with the rare leaf of ads at the end, contemporary vellum, roll-tool borders of a daisy chain in gilt, spine in 4 panels with red morocco label, inscription on f.f.e-p “Agnes Moore from her affect. cousin E.C.H.[?] a good copy.
One of the series usually known as Pickering’s Diamond Classics, although as indicated by the advert leaf in this copy, the publisher referred to them as “Miniature Classics”.
Bondy p.86 et seq. Spielmann 473 Porter 217
Stock No: HMF1681
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