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1847 The Poets' Pleasaunce: Garden of All Sorts of Pleasant Flowers, which Our Pleasant Poets Have, in Past Time, for Pastime, Planted
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Description
First Edition, Leather Binding, Rebound, Signed Binding
A sweeping work illustrating the best of British poets' work dedicated to the beauty of flowers, compiled by Eden Warwick. The first edition beautifully rebound in full calf with gilt detail by Riviere & Son. With decorative margins to the leaves.
Including poets ranging from fourteenth century to the late eighteenth century, such as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Skelton, Sir Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare, John Milton, &c.
Condition
In full calf binding by Riviere & Son, with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine and extremities, marbled endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear, lightly rubbed to joints and extremities of the boards. Gift inscription to front blank leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Previous ownership inscription obscured to title page, barely visible, and minor pencil marginal annotations to the occasional leaf. Light foxing to endpapers, affecting only the occasional page with few odd spots scattered throughout, otherwise the pages are clean.
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