Dodsley RELIQUES ANCIENT POETRY 1765 Rare Fancy

Title: Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
Publisher: J. Dodsley
Printing Year: 1765
Number of Volumes: Complete three-volume set, first edition

Notes: Bound in handsome antique leather boards with fine tooled gilt binding, full page edge gilt and marbled boards, this rare first edition text consists of "old heroid ballads, songs and other pieces of our earlier poets, together with some few of later date." The work is beautifully typeset in typical 18th century typefaces, and features a beautiful engraved device on the title page. The volumes show very mild external age/wear and are solidly bound with clear, very lightly age toned pages. The set includes owner's ex-libris bookplates. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $6.50