{"product_id":"cowper-poetical-works-illustrated-london-117666","title":"The Poetical Works of William Cowper,","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003eFine edition with steel-engravings and gauffered edges\u003c\/h4\u003eA charming edition of the poems of Englishman William Cowper, who was known for his contribution to naturalistic and introspective poetry. He was also a significant figure in the anti-slavery movement, and in some of his poems he condemned the dehumanisation of enslaved Africans. Not unlike other social reformers of the 18th century, he adopted evangelical christianity.However, after experiencing a religious crisis in the 1770s, he attempted to distance himself from his earlier beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12mo (170 x 110 mm); 20 steel-engraved plates including portrait frontispiece and vignette to title, minor spotting to plates; red pebble grain morocco, covers panelled in blind, centrepieces in blind, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt and gauffered, extremities slightly rubbed, otherwise very good; [xii], 492pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"COWPER, William; STANDFEST, G. (illustrator)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57052861301111,"sku":"117666","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/117666.jpg?v=1780912812","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/cowper-poetical-works-illustrated-london-117666","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}