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Aldine Edition of the British Poets.
First Bell and Daldy edition. The celebrated Aldine Edition of the British Poets was begun by William Pickering (1796–1854) in 1830, with the reputable scholars Alexander Dyce, Nicholas Harris Nicolas, and John Mitford as editors. Bell bought most of Pickering's publications, including the Aldine series of poets, which he subsequently revised and expanded.
52 volumes, octavo. Bound in late 19th-century half calf, with gilt titles, gilt decoration and raised bands on spines, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With frontispieces and vignette titles. Spines sunned, some occasional bumping and rubbing to edges. Some foxing to endpapers, otherwise very clean. A very good set.
