Cupid Turned Volunteer

PARK, Thomas.  CUPID TURNED VOLUNTEER.                          

London: E. Harding, 1804. 4to. Straight grained morocco. Frontispiece, (16) leaves of text, 11 plates. First edition.

Printed by W. Bulmer, Park's poems are illustrated after drawings by Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), one of George III's fifteen children.  The illustrations are quite charming.  The binding is attractively gilt.  Scarce.  OCLC cites five copies world-wide, four of which are in the United States; we could find no copy for sale at auction during the past thirty years.

 

$1,725.00