By George MacDonald
London   Macmillan
7.5" by 5.5" viii [1], 2-332pp
The very scarce first edition of Scottish writer George MacDonald's work of criticism on the religious poetry of England.
By George MacDonald

1868 England's Antiphon

London   Macmillan
7.5" by 5.5" viii [1], 2-332pp
The very scarce first edition of Scottish writer George MacDonald's work of criticism on the religious poetry of England.
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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The very scarce first edition of this work from George MacDonald, best known for his fantasy novels such as 'Phantastes' and 'The Princess and the Goblin', which greatly influenced later writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. He also wrote poetry, literary criticism and sermons, and was a popular lecturer.

In his preface, MacDonald writes that 'in this book I have sought to trace the course of our religious poetry from an early period of our literary history'. Its twenty-three chapters begin with sacred lyrics of the thirteenth century, and cover England’s greatest poets through to his own time. 

Illustrated with a frontispiece, vignette portrait title page, and two further plates. Collated, complete.

With the armorial bookplate of English businessman, inventor and manufacturer of pottery Sir Henry Doulton to the front pastedown.

Undated; dated 1868 via Jisc.

Condition

In the publisher's original cloth binding. Minor discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Boards bright. Hinges lightly strained, but firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of light spotting to page perimeters.

Very Good

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