The Seasons

Binding. Thomson (James) With his life by Mr. Murdoch, an essay on the plan and manner of the poem by J. Aiken and a complete glossary and index Engraved frontispiece, additional title and four plates, each in two states, one being stipple printed colour (one engraved title with text at foot just shaved) C. Whittingham for G. and J. Robinson et al.,  1802 First Edition thus    Full nineteenth-century green / brown morocco elaborately gilt, wide borders of sides with semés of dots, a long, snaking pattern of leafy stems and cornerpieces of a variety of flowers (each cornerpiece different), further flowers symmetrically places at edges, spine lettered and dated in gilt and repeating the flowers and leaves of the sides, top edge gilt, others uncut, turn-ins also with the leafy stems, green silk end-papers, for J. and E. Bumpus Ltd Lower cover holding the green colour, spine and upper cover brown, but a beautiful copy nevertheless; inscription on front free end-paper   

Price: £900