THE POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS
London: Methuen & Co., 1896. Cosway Style Binding. Very good. Item #533
COSWAY STYLE (BAYNTUN)
THE POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS
London Methuen & amp; Co. 1896
PORTRAIT MINIATURE BY WILLIAM MINEARD BENNET
xlvi, 667 pp. With frontispiece portrait. 21x13.6 cm;) bound by Bayntun in full
crushed Morocco with elaborate decorative rule in gilt, green, and red, with inset color
portrait of Robert Burns, raised bands, spine tooled in gilt; all edges gilt, inner panels
ruled in gilt, silk moiré endpapers,
custom full straight grain morocco clamshell with padded white moiré silk lining.
An exquisitely bound collection of Burns & 39; poems and songs.
William Mineard Bennet (1778–1858), was an English miniature-painter, singer and composer. While apprenticed to the engraver Abraham Ezekiel in the city, he learned Hebrew and became enthusiastic about music. Following the expiration of his apprenticeship he moved to London and set himself up as miniature painter. He studied under Sir Thomas Lawrence, and gained a considerable reputation as a painter of portraits and miniatures. He mixed with many of the most distinguished literary men of that day, among whom his wit and talents made him a great favorite.
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