Elegant extracts : or, useful and entertaining pieces of poetry, selected for the improvement of young persons

New edition, revised and enlarged. 2 title vignettes.
Contemporary full marbled havana calf bindings. Smooth spines richly decorated with Greek key and other rolls. Red morocco title label. Boards decorated with 3 enclosing rolls. Interior frieze. 3 corners slightly bumped. Small tears to headcaps. Rubbing. Elegant English binding, despite some flaws.
The extracts are divided into four books or sections: Sacred and moral poetry (Pope, Gray, Dryden...); Didactic and descriptive poetry; Dramas (Shakespeare, Johnson...); Lyrical and sentimental poetry (Milton, Spenser, Tasso, Smith...).