Thomas Gray — Poems by Thomas Gray

London, Chiswick Press, 1887. Leather. A collection of poetry by Thomas Gray, in an attractive binding with numerous illustrations. Gray came to be known as one of the "Graveyard poets" of the late 18th century, along with Oliver Goldsmith, William Cowper, and Christopher Smart. Gray perhaps knew these men, sharing ideas about death, mortality, and the finality and sublimity of death. Gray also wrote light verse, including Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, a mock elegy concerning Horace Walpole's cat. Containing four engraved plates (collated complete). With Riviere binder's ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Eton College prize copy. In a full calf armorial binding. Externally smart, though with some marks to the boards and some light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, though with some scattered light foxing throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .