The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, by the Rev. George Gilfillan

8vo., in full calf gilt, with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine, all edges marbled plus marbled endpapers; [vii] + 254pp. Neat ink gift inscription dated 1857 to early blank within an engraved device that includes the Eton College motto. Foxing to endpapers, to the first and last few pages, plus some occasionally throughout., a few small marks to boards, edges a little rubbed. VG overall.