The Prose Works of Charles Lamb
London: Edward Moxon, 1835. Bound in Full Calf by Charles Lewis. These three volumes are George Daniel's custom bound copies of Lamb's prose works. George Daniel was a famous collector of Elizabethan books including Shakespeare folios. These volumes measure approximately 7.75" x 5", with 356, 340, and 295 numbered pages respectively.
Finely bound in full calf by Charles Lewis, the renowned London bookbinder. Leather bookplate of famous Samuel Johnson collector, R. B. Adam. All edges gilt. With marbled endsheets.
The volumes are in very good condition. Minor wear and staining to the leather bindings. Vol I has a cracked front hinge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Volume I likely signed by George Daniel - Esquire of Canonbury. Newspaper clippings affixed to front endpapers. Volume II with a signed letter from the poet Bernard Barton, who was a close friend of Charles Lamb. Each volume has a bookplate from R. B. Adam on the front pastedown, who was a famous Buffalo rare book collector.
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