John Milton; Mark Akenside; James Thomson; Robert Bloomfield; George Canning — Diamond Classics

London, Wm. S. Orr & Co. 1828-1851 . Cloth. A delightful collection of four volumes from the Diamond Classic series, published by Orr & Co. between 1828 and 1851. A collection of four volumes from the Diamond Classics series, also known as Orr & Co's cabinet edition series. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. The Diamond Classics Series was a collection of miniature volumes of poetry, stories, novels and essays, uniformly bound in blue cloth. There were originally forty-six volumes in the series, published between 1828 and 1851. Dates and information acquired using Jisc, from a full set of the series held at the University of Oxford Libraries. This set is comprised of the following: 'The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside&apos. 'The Seasons' by James Thomson and 'The Farmer's Boy' by Robert Bloomfield, bound together with two separate paginations. 'Gifford's Baviad and Maeviad: Pasquin v. Faulder: Epistle to Peter Pindar' and 'The Poetical Works of the Right Honorable George Canning', bound together with two separate paginations. 'Paradise Regained; and Other Poems' by John Milton. Bound in the publisher's original blue cloth. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing and a little bumping to the extremities. Spines are a touch faded, with the odd mark to cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the occasional handling mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .