Unique Hand-pained Copy of Cowper's Poems.The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Edinburgh: William P Nimmo, 1864. The book is illustrated with engravings. This is the only copy of its kind in the world. The binding has been painted in a unique style. The book has its gilt edges intact. The text is clean and the binding is tight. On the left endpaper there is some bucking from water damage from about 100 years ago. Otherwise the book is in excellent condition.