DOVES BINDERY: ARNOLD, Matthew.

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Poems. First edition in the publisher's "Eversley Series" in an attractive binding by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at his Doves Bindery. Tidcombe identifies this binding as pattern 463, and first used for the three volume edition of Arnold's Poems in December 1896.The volumes bear the bookplate of legal author Francis Beaufort Palmer (1845-1917). Described as "a noted company lawyer", his obituary in The Times stated "there was not a set of barristers' chambers or a solicitor's office in England in which his famous books were not to be found; and in Lincoln's Inn, where he had practised for many years, he was known as a draftsman without rival". A member of the Burlington Fine Arts club, he collected "many rare works of art, including a collection of old tapestry and Tanagra ware".

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