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BELL, John (editor). The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1782-83. 109 volumes, 12° (121 x 78mm). Engraved frontispieces and portraits. Contemporary tree calf gilt (a few vols. worn, one cover detached). Provenance: Eldon bookplate (a previous bookplate crudely removed from each vol); and a further 28 works in 47 volumes, all in uniform tree calf gilt, printed in Glasgow at the Foulis Press. (156)
Lot 83

BELL, John (editor). The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1782-83. 109 volumes, 12° (121 x 78mm). Engraved frontispieces and portraits. Contemporary tree calf gilt (a few vols. worn, one cover detached). Provenance: Eldon bookplate (a previous bookplate crudely removed from each vol); and a further 28 works in 47 volumes, all in uniform tree calf gilt, printed in Glasgow at the Foulis Press. (156)

Closed18 June 2013

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BELL, John (editor). The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill. Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1782-83. 109 volumes, 12° (121 x 78mm). Engraved frontispieces and portraits. Contemporary tree calf gilt (a few vols. worn, one cover detached). Provenance: Eldon bookplate (a previous bookplate crudely removed from each vol); and a further 28 works in 47 volumes, all in uniform tree calf gilt, printed in Glasgow at the Foulis Press. (156)