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A poem written by Thomas Gray. The poem's narrator contemplates death and thinks about the remembrances that come after death while in a churchyard. Very popular in its time. Published in London: printed for R. Dodsley in Pall-Mall. This copy sold by…

Descriptive Information: Flat white pottery shards with the stamp of Maddock’s Lamberton Works Royal Porcelain on them. The shards are smooth to the touch but some of the glaze is beginning to flake off. I cannot tell what object this pottery shard…

Statue of Byron from left profile, wearing a long cape and seated with left foot leaning on a broken column, holding 'Childe Harold' in his left hand. Pedestal has skull at base and Greek imagery on sides: the owl of Minerva, the eagle of Jupiter,…

A comedic novel, the last of the picturesque novels written by Tobias Smollett. Written as a collection of letters. First edition. 3 Vols. 12mo, contemporary full tree calf, later labels. With the erroneous date “MDCLXXI” on the title-page of…

Translation based on the standard Middle English text, The Bestiary: B. M. Arundel 292, in Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250, edited by J. Hall, 1920. Includes bibliography.