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Lot 178

GRAY, Thomas (1716-1771). Odes. Strawberry-Hill, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
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GRAY, Thomas (1716-1771). Odes. Strawberry-Hill, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1757. 

4to (250 x 202 mm). Half-title; engraved device on title-page. (Discreet repair to inner blank margin of the first few leaves). 19th-century calf gilt, spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges gilt, stamp-signed by Riviere; morocco-backed slipcase.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with "Ilissus" on p.8 and the comma after "Swarm" on p.16. The first book printed at Horace Walpole's Strawberry-Hill Press. Hayward 174; Hazen, Strawberry Hill, 1; Rothschild 1067. 

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