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Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray
Author: Thomas Gray (English, 1716–1771)
Engraved by: Johann Sebastian Müller (German, worked in England, 1715–after 1785)
Engraved by: Charles Grignion (English, 1717–1810)
After: Richard Bentley (English, 1708–1782)
Publisher: James Dodsley (English, 1724–1797)
Engraved by: Johann Sebastian Müller (German, worked in England, 1715–after 1785)
Engraved by: Charles Grignion (English, 1717–1810)
After: Richard Bentley (English, 1708–1782)
Publisher: James Dodsley (English, 1724–1797)
1766
Place of Publication: London, England
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 25 etching and engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 37.5 x 27.5 x 2.8 cm (14 3/4 x 10 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gaffield
Accession NumberBR1423
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
London: J. Dodsley, 1766
Catalogue Raisonné
Ray, Illustrator and Book in England, 4 (1753 ed.)
Description(London: J. Dodsley, 1766) Folio; 49 leaves, plus 6 plates; contemporary speckled brown calf (rebacked with modern blind- and gilt-stamped brown morocco)
Decorative and allegorical illustrations to Gray's poems, with vignettes and initials. Second edition (first was 1753). The first section, comprising the six poems, is printed on the rectos only; it is followed by "Odes by Mr. Gray," pp. 39-55.
Decorative and allegorical illustrations to Gray's poems, with vignettes and initials. Second edition (first was 1753). The first section, comprising the six poems, is printed on the rectos only; it is followed by "Odes by Mr. Gray," pp. 39-55.
ProvenanceIndecipherable ownership inscription on preliminary leaf; Thomas Gaffield, by whom given to MFA, 1895; transferred from Library, 1904.