Jones, Sir William]

Poems Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages. To Which Are Added Two Essays, I. On the Poetry of the Eastern Nations. II. On the Arts, commonly called Imitative.

Oxford: Clarendon-Press, 1772. First Edition. Leather. Good. Item #46021

Small 4to. [4],viii,217,[3]p. Final leaf is corrigenda. Contemporary brown calf with decorated in gilt compartments, very heavily rubbed and dulled, spine label gone with the blind stamped title visible, spine ends chipped and worn, corners bumped and worn and heavily worn hinges. The binding remains tight and square and the boards are firmly attached. Early ink name of Harris Cunningham to the top margin of contents, very faint foxing to a few pages, but overall a worn, but still a good and clean copy.

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