[ Books ] (FORE-EDGE PAINTING.) Cowper, William. Poems. Plates. 3 volumes. 8vo, straight-grained red morocco with gilt diamond patternson covers and elaborately gilt spine panels, quite rubbed and with library numbers in white paint at feet of

[ Books ] (FORE-EDGE PAINTING.) Cowper, William. Poems. Plates. 3 volumes. 8vo, straight-grained red morocco with gilt diamond patternson covers and elaborately gilt spine panels, quite rubbed and with library numbers in white paint at feet of spines; preliminaries becoming loose, Volume 1 lacks front end-paper with painting information; ex-library, with bookplates, perforated stamps on titles and other marks. London, 1820 E400/600 Volume 1 lacks a description but depicts a manor home with horses and figures in the foreground; Volume 2 with a view of Huntingdon Bridge with two people in a row boat; Volume 3 with a view of Parliament House from the Old Palace Yard,