Southey (Robert).- Cottonian binding.- [Mailles (Jacques de)] The Right Joyous and Pleasant History of the Feats, Gests, and Prowesses of the Chevalier Bayard, 2 vol., first edition, translated by Sarah Coleridge, half-titles, vol.1 with ownership signature of Katharine Southey at foot of half-title and with cut signature of her father Robert Southey at foot of title, some foxing, contemporary Cottonian binding of brown patterned cloth, paper spine labels slightly rubbed and chipped, 8vo, 1825.*** Many of Southey's books are bound in this fashion, executed by his daughters or female friends using coloured cotton prints over the original worn boards. They filled a room in his house which became known as the "Cottonian Library". This copy with the added bonus of bearing Southey's and his daughter's signature. A pencil note in a later hand on front free endpaper reads "Bought at Lairbeck Cottage Keswick after the death of Katharine Southey, August 1864."