Gems, principally from the antique, drawn and etched

by Richard Dagley ... with illustrations in verse by the Rev. George Croly by Richard Dagley

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First edition

London: Hurst, Robinson, 1822. First edition, 12mo, xx & 52pp., 22 finely drawn copper-engraved plates of sculptured signets, principally classical in nature; very good, sound copy in orig. purple cloth, paper label rubbed on spine. Dageley, whose Gems selected from the Antique 4to, London 1804 brought him to the public eye, was an accomplished painter and engraver see DNB . Item #6745

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