The Seasons
1842, a fair copy in full leather, illustrated
Author
James Thomson, illustrated by John Bell, C W Cope, Thomas Creswick, J C Horlsey, J P Knight, R Redgrave, Frank Stone, C Stonhouse, Frederick Taylor, H J Townsend, Thomas Webster. With a Life of the Author by Patrick Murdoch. Edited by Bolton Corney.
Publisher
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1842
Printing Details
First thus. Hardback. Full leather binding, with gilt titling and decoration to spine and boards. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. 21 × 14.5cm, xlviii + 320pp.
The Seasons is a series of four poems written by the Scottish author James Thomson. The first part, Winter, was published in 1726. Illustrated throughout.
Condition
A fair copy. The leather is heavily faded to the spine and the board's edges, and rubbed to the edges. The contents are in good condition, with some pencil underlining, and a some spotted foxing to the prelims. A good reading copy. Previous owner's bookplate to the ffep.
Price
£15.00
