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[BINDING]. FRERE, John Hookham (1769–1846). The Works of… Collected by his nephews W.E. and Sir Bartle Frere. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1872. 2 volumes, royal 8vo (248 x 157 mm). Half–titles, engraved frontispieces in both volumes on india paper (proofs before letters), numerous head– and tail–pieces, and initial letters (offsetting to title–pages from plates). Full contemporary morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt–lettering in two compartments, remainder gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles, gilt stamp–signed by F. Bedford. FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 25 copies on hand–made paper (see publisher’s watermark). This work on hand–made paper was superseded and never issued such was also the case with Frere’s National Poems (London: Pickering, 1867), also issued in only 25 copies on hand–made paper. See Pickering & Chatto’s 1902 Illustrated Catalogue of Old and Rare Books, No. 2108. From the private library of a distinguished Chicago book collector.