Item 427Les Saisons: Poëme Traduit de l'Anglois de Thompson

James Thomson

French translation of Thomson's Seasons. One of the engravings was printed over text (page 183), but appears it should have been printed on the verso of that leaf, which remains blank.

Paris: Pissot & Nylon, 1779. Engraved title page and 8 full-page engravings. [xvi], 332, [4] pp. Translated from the English into French by Marie Jeanne Chatillon Bontems. Octavo. Early half mottled calf, spine decorated in gilt, patterned endpapers. Engraved title page and 8 full-page engravings. [xvi], 332, [4] pp. Translated from the English into French by Marie Jeanne Chatillon Bontems. Octavo.

Item 301The Seasons

James Thomson

Attractive period binding on this illustrated collection of poetry by James Thompson, featuring two plates after Henry Fuseli.

London: Printed by T. Bensley... for F.J. Du Roveray; and sold by W. Miller, E. Lloyd, R. Dutton, and B. Crosby and Co., 1802. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece. xxiv, 262, [2] pp. Octavo. A New Edition. Full straight-grain red morocco, decorated in gilt, floriated gilt inners, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece. xxiv, 262, [2] pp. Octavo.