The Spenser EncyclopediaBiblio.com
Todd, Rev Henry John / Spenser, EdmundBiblio.com
The Works of Edmund Spenser. In Eight Volumes. With the Principal Illustrations of Various Commentators. To Which Are Added Notes Some Account of the Life of Spenser and A Glossarial and Other Indexes 1st Edition Association Copy Volumes I II III V VI VII & VIII
1805Best.-Nr. 011286London: Printed For F. C. and J. Rivington T. Payne Cadell and Davies and R. H. Evans 1805 Lacks Volume IV. Uniformly bound in full leather with decorative gilt covers front and back each with an armorial seal raised bands on gilt decorated spines inner dentelles all edges gilt ribbon markers with all covers still attached frontis-piece in Volume I is present foxed. There are two bookplates inside each volume each with a history attached to the owners. The first is E. Dennison being Eduardo Denison. There is a Latin inscription to him in Volume I "Egregio Juveni Eduardo Denison Coll: Oriel: Supt. Ord. Commensali Publica Examinatione In Litenis humaniovibus Primam Clafsem Adepts. D. D. Praepositus et Socii Osielenses. MDCCCXXII". It appears that this set was a gift for passing an exam of importance. In 1868 Argentina Eduardo Denison along with Octavia Hill created Labor Centers Worker's Clubs and Schools to help free those in poverty banishing the systems of handouts in favor of work. He also worked with UNESCO analyzing the influence of Education in the economic growth of a country. The second bookplate being armorial bears the name of W. Harry Rylands 1847-1922 a prolific author Secretary to the Society of Biblical Archaeology specializing in Oriental Archaeology and the Hittite Language. He also designed a fount of Hittite type with this just touching upon his extensive activities in the fields of literature and antiquities. Covers show edge/corner wear some upper spine weakness due to the books being improperly pulled from shelves interior shows occasional light foxing. Printed For F. C. and J. Rivington, T. Payne, Cadell and Davies, and R. H. Evans hardcover
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