GRIFFITH, Acton Frederick. Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica. London: for the proprietors of the collection, 1815.
Large 4to (263 x 168 mm). Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, numerous in-text illustrations. (Scant spotting.) Contemporary tan russia, outer wide strapwork border gilt, inner blind volute border surrounding single fillet, fleuron tools in corners, spine in 5 compartments with 4 triple bands gilt-lettered within blind borders in 2, the rest with central saltire, fleurons, dots and roundels gilt, board edges gilt, turn-ins gilt, edges gilt BY HERING WITH HIS TICKET (skillfully rebacked preserving original spine, endpapers renewed, some very minor wear). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF 50 LARGE-PAPER COPIES. Longman purchased the library of English poetical historian Thomas Park (1759-1834) from Thomas Hill (1760-1840). "Longman's speculation was not a profitable one. A few of the more expensive books were bought by Sykes and Heber...the larger portion of the books...were subsequently brought together again in the Britwell Library" (De Ricci, pp.91-92).
Provenance: Cornelius Paine (1785-1869) English book collector (cipher bookplate and armorial bookplate).
