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Cowper, William. Poems, by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Johnson by R. Carr, 1803. Two octavo volumes. Contemporary half leather over mottled paper boards, spines featuring black morocco gilt lettering and volume labels with gilt ruling. Illustrated with full-page copperplate engravings by Benjamin Tanner after Thomas Stothard. Period ink ownership signature of Sarah Humphreys on title page of volume one, bookplate of Mayflower Inn on front endpaper.

Spines and covers show surface rubbing, scuffing, and wear at edges and corners. Minor leather loss to central spine panels. Internal pages exhibit light toning, scattered foxing, and minor plate offsetting.