Poems by Thomas Gray
London: Riccardi Press, 1920.
First Edition.
Beautiful collection of poems by the tender English scholar, Thomas Gray (1716 1771).
Includes 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College', 'The Progress of Poesy. A Pindaric Ode', 'Elegy Written in a Country Courtyard', 'Hymn to Ignorance. A Fragment', and 'Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude', among others.
Perhaps the most charming thing about this book is how many of the poems by this famous writer lie unfinished.
Quarto, bound in vellum boards decorated with the Eton college coat of arms in gilt, privately printed fot Eton College by C.T Jacobi, enbrowning to boards, unblemished within, a very good copy.
Price (AUD): $200.00 other currencies
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