Leather Bound Book: The Poems of Mr. Gray by William Mason and Thomas Gray

DETAILS An antique leather book of Gray's collected poems. PROVENANCE Property of a gentleman (Montreal, Quebec, Canada). TITLE The Poems of Mr. Gray: To Which Are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life and Writings PUBLISHER H. Hughes (London, England) BINDING Contemporary full brown leather hardcover ILLUSTRATED Engraved frontispiece LANGUAGE English EDITION Second Edition | Originally published: 1775 SUBJECT(S) Poetry PLACE OF ORIGIN England | United Kingdom AUTHOR(S) William Mason, M.A. (English, 1724-97) | Thomas Gray (English, 1716-71) MONOGRAM / INSCRIPTION Owner's signature PERIOD George III (1760-1820) | Late 18th century DATE 1775 DIMENSIONS Width 9 Depth 1.75 Height 11 inches CONDITION Note: rebacked.