Vignette on the title-page by Powis after Constable, and thirty-two other illustrations after Constable, Stothard, Cattermole, Charles and Thomas Landseer, Westall, Callcott, Mulready, Copley and Thales Fielding, and others.
GRAY, Thomas.—Odes by Mr. Gray. ΦΩΝΑΝΤΑ ΣΨΝΕΤΟΙΣΙ . . . Pindar, Olymp. II. [vignette of Strawberry Hill] Printed at Strawberry-Hill, For R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. M DCC LVII. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt fillets, gilt top, uncut edges.
First edition, and the first work issued by the Strawberry Hill Press.
Half-title, A1, title, A2, and B-E3 in twos.
GRAY, Thomas.—Poems by Mr. Gray. London: Printed for J. Dodsley, . . . MDCCLXVIII. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt back, side corners, gilt top, uncut edges, by Joly.
First collected edition.
GRAY, Thomas.—The Poems of Mr. Gray. With Notes by Gilbert Wakefield . . . London: printed for G. Kearsley . . . 1786. 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt top, uncut edges, by Bedford.
Two portraits and twelve other plates inserted, one in two states.
GRAY, Thomas.—Poems by Mr. Gray. Parma printed by Bodoni M DCCXC III. Royal 8vo, boards, uncut edges.
One of two hundred copies printed.