1863 Golden Leaves from The Works of the Poets and Painters
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Description
Decorative Binding, Fine Binding, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Uncommon
Uncommon.
In full morocco binding with abundant gilt decoration and gilt fore edges. Marbled pastedown and marbled free endpaper at the front and rear of the work. Illustrated throughout with 66 monochrome vignettes replicating the work of several celebrated artists, including J. M. W. Turner, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Thomas Stothard, George Barrett Sr., and David Roberts. Collated complete.
Printed by R. Clay, Son and Taylor. Richard Clay I's son and partner in the printers Charles John Clay played an important part in the history of Cambridge University's printing and press. This is a discerning anthology of poetry which brings together the work of more than 150 poets, with its golden leaves featuring excerpts from Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Marriage of Patient Grissel', Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'Song of the Pixies', John Donne's 'A Lecture upon Shadows', John Milton's 'L'Allegro', Lady Mary Wortley Montague's 'The Lover', three of William Shakespeare's sonnets, Percy Bysshe Shelley's 'The Cloud', and Alfred Tennyson's 'Break, O Sea'. Edited by Robert Bell.
Condition
In decorated full morocco binding. Externally very smart with good colour to the binding on the boards barring a touch of browning to the spine; gilt decoration and edges bright. The odd wormhole to the front and rear boards. Slight rubbing to the front board and to the bottom edge. Slight bumping to the corners and to the head and tail of the spine. Slight loss of marbling on the front and rear free endpapers at the hinge. Hinges strained. Internally, firmly with generally bright and clean pages. Some toning and spotting throughout, First front free endpaper blind stamped with 'James Davies Bookseller Bath'. Richard Clay printer's mark on front blank. One minor closed tear to the first free rear endpaper, not impacting text.
Very Good Indeed
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