1803 The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, ESQ

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding

The second edition of this work.

In two volumes; a third volume was later published in 1804.

Bookplate of George John Earl de la Warr to the front paste downs; George Sackville-West was the great-grandfather of Vita Sackville West, the prominent Bloomsbury writer who is known for her affair with Virginia Woolf. George was a courtier and Tory politican, 

Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and one plate.

Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece

Half-title present to each volume.

Collated, complete.

An extensive biography on the life and works of the English poet and hymnodist William Cowper.

Cowper was the forerunner of the Romantic poetry movement of the nineteenth century. He wrote poems that focussed on everyday lives and scenes of the English countryside.

Written by William Hayley, who was the friend of Cowper, and is best known for this biography.

Engraved by William Blake, the noted poet and printmaker.