1870 Rare Book - Night Thoughts and The Poetical Works of Edward YoungAuthor: Edward Young. Title: The Poetical Works of Edward Young. With Life. Publisher: Edinburgh and London, Gall & Inglis, [circa 1870s]. Language: Text in English. Size: 7. 5" X 5. 5". Pages: xxiv 502 pagesBinding: Attractive and near fine original Victorian publishers olive green cloth binding, richly decorated in black and gilt on spine and upper board with an urn and shield motif bearing the name YOUNG; blind stamped design with gilt lettering

He is best known for his pen and ink drawings of myths and fables

nice and extensive old ink inscription on the front endpaper - as shown)

The author: Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) is one of Italy's and the world's most revered poets

The illustrator: Alberto Sangorski (1862–1932) was a skilled calligrapher and illuminator known for his work in manuscripts and miniatures

Author: Andrew Moreton (pseudonym for Daniel Defoe)

Estimate: (Scarce with no other copies available for sale worldwide)

Adapted from the German by W

Pages: lxvii-833+(1) pages

again compiled by folklorist Joseph Jacobs

leading to a heartwarming lesson on kindness and virtue

and spent most of his life near the court of the Karakhanid and Seljuq rulers in the period which witnessed the First Crusade

Over the years