Item #004573 The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. [vol. 3] [provenance: Rachel Bassett Hoopes]. William Hayley.
The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. [vol. 3] [provenance: Rachel Bassett Hoopes]

The Life and Posthumous Writings of William Cowper, Esq. [vol. 3] [provenance: Rachel Bassett Hoopes]

Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, and Robert Johnson, 1805. Hardcover. Vol. 3 only: 210 p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full free calf; black leather label on spine with gilt-tooled title "Life of Cowper" and green leather label with gilt-tooled "Vol. 3." Gilt-tooled decoration on remainder of spine. All page edges are marbled. Inscription on front free endpaper: "Rachel Bassett presented by her Brother Wm. Marot." The recipient, Rachel Bassett (1808-1888), was the second wife of Joshua Hoopes (1788-1874), the Quaker teacher and botanist of West Chester, Pa. William Marot was married to her sister Deborah Bassett. Early American Imprints (Shaw & Shoemaker), Ser. 2, 8596. In Very Good Condition: rubbed; minor loss at spine ends; foxing; otherwise, clean and tight. Very Good. Item #004573

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