William Cowper — Table Talk and Other Poems; Minor Poems

London, John Sharpe , 1825. Leather. A charming calf-bound pair of William Cowper's works, including 'Table Talk' and 'Minor Poems&apos. Two smart anthologies of William Cowper's poems.Uniformly bound in full calf, with raised bands, gilt and tooling to the spine.'Table Talk and Other Poems' includes the titular poem as well as 'The Progress of Error', 'Truth', 'Expostulation', 'Hope', 'Charity', 'Conversation', and 'Retirement&apos. Illustrated with an engraved title and six plates. 'Minor Poems' is complete in two parts bound into one, including poems such as 'Yardley Oak', 'Ode to Peace', 'Human Frailty', 'The Retired Cat', and 'Love Abused', among many more. Illustrated with an engraved title for each part and two additional plates. Collated, complete. By William Cowper, an English poet and hymnodist, and was one of the most popular poets of his time. He often wrote about nature and the countryside, and he was one of the forerunners of the Romantic poetry movement. Uniformly bound in full calf. Externally, with rubbing to the extremities and spots and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a few scattered spots, more concentrated to the first and last few pages and engraved plates. Offsetting to pages facing plates. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .