The Chace. A Poem.

William Summerville

Verlag: G. Hawkins, 1757

Beschreibung

The Chace. A Poem. by William Summerville, 1757 Printed in London for G. Hawkins. The Volume is in Good Condition bound in half calf over marbled boards, with the spine divided into six compartments by five raised bands, with a red morocco letter piece in the second compartment from the top. Externally the leather is off the corners, showing vellum underneath, with splits to the hinges and some chipping to the spine, and the board corners bumped slightly. Internally, there is a loose blank before the preliminaries, and the rest of the volume is clean, well margined, with some faint toning at the plates, some creasing and scarce foxing, with little else in the way of staining or tears. The Volume is Complete in All Respects with frontispiece and seven plates. The volume is paginated as follows: [xvi], 128, [4], vii, [1], 3-78. The volume collates as follows: A-I, A-E8, F4. The volume measures about 19 cm. By 13 cm. By 2 cm. Each leaf measures about 185 mm. By 120 mm. William Somervile was the eldest son of a country gentleman, and was born at Edstone, in the parish of Warren, Warwickshire in 1677. He was educated at Winchester College and at New College, Oxford, where he studied law. While in school he did not show any hint of great knowledge of literature or seem to have a knack for writing poetry. His love of poetry did not come until he was of middle age. He was a part of the Whig Party. After his father's death in 1705 he lived on his estate. He was known to be very hospitable and convivial. This however plunged him into debt, which carried a heavy burden and consequently put him into the habits that ultimately shortened his life. He was not someone one would expect to become a poet, he rather enjoyed sports including horseback riding and hunting. While he lived on the estate left to him by his father in 1705. He devoted himself to field sports, which supplied the subjects of his best-known poems. His publications were The Two Springs (1725), a fable; Occasional Poems . (1727); "The Chace" (1735); Hobbinol, or the Rural Games (1740), a burlesque poem describing the Cotswold Games; and Field Sports (1742), a poem on hawking. While he wrote many types of poetry he never became very famous because of it. It is said that he "writes very well for a gentleman." The Chace is perhaps his most famous poem which is in blank verse and due to his knowledge of sports he was able to write this poem with great enthusiasm. It passed through many editions. It was illustrated by Thomas Bewick (1796), by Thomas Stothard (1800), and by Hugh Thomson (1896), with a preface by RF Sharp. He died on 19 July 1742 and was buried at Wotton, near Henley on Arden. He was 66. When he died his estate passed on to James Lord Somervile under an arrangement in which Lord Somervile lent him money when "his circumstances became embarrassed." His mother, who lived to be ninety, received a pension of £600 charged against the estate. More Images and/or Binding Spin Available. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1546442386451

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Chace. A Poem.

Verlag: G. Hawkins

Erscheinungsdatum: 1757

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good