Thomas Gray — Poems and Letters by Thomas Gray

London, Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1874. Leather. A Riviere bound large paper copy of the poems of Thomas Gray, prize binding from Eton college. The collected poems of Thomas Gray, English poet known for his 1751 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. An Eton College edition bound in a full calf prize binding signed Riviere & Co, large paper edition. Complete with half title. Featuring a frontispiece portrait of the author as well as decorative initials, head and tail pieces, and three albumen photographic views tipped in. Collated, complete. Containing Gray's original poems as well as translations into English and Latin verse of the works of Petrarca, from the Anthologia Græca, &c, as well as his letters. In full calf binding signed Riviere with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, titles in gilt to morocco spine label. Externally smart with some shelf wear, rubbed to spine, boards, and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to odd leaf, particularly leaves of plates, otherwise pages generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .