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London: Frys & Couchman, A New Edition Corrected and Revised, with Additional Notes by the Editor, 1783. Attractive quarter leather binding with gilt titles to a red label and gilt decoration to the spine. New end papers, original end papers not present, all text collated and complete. Gently tanned internally. [xvi], 189, [ii], ix, [iii], 75pp. Phineas Fletcher (1582 1650) was an English poet, elder son of Dr Giles Fletcher, and brother of Giles the Younger. He was born at Cranbrook, Kent, and was baptized on 8 April 1582. The Purple Island, or the Isle of Man, is a poem in twelve cantos describing in cumbrous allegory the physiological structure of the human body and the mind of man. The intellectual qualities are personified, while the veins are rivers, the bones the mountains of the island, the whole analogy being worked out with great ingenuity. The manner of Spenser is preserved throughout, but Fletcher never lost sight of his moral aim to lose himself in digressions like those of the Faerie Queene. What he gains in unity of design, however, he more than loses in human interest and action. The chief charm of the poem lies in its descriptions of rural scenery. The Piscatory Eclogues are pastorals, the characters of which are represented as fisher boys on the banks of the Cam, and are interesting for the light they cast on the biography of the poet himself (Thyrsil) and his father (Thelgon). Approximately 8 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles on red label, six gilt bands, six compartments with gilt decoration. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition marbled. Page edges good condition all page edges darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Paste downs good condition new. End papers good condition new. Title good condition tanned with foxing. Pages good condition tanned and foxed. Binding very good condition attractive. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1783 Binding: Hardback. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-1584386845225
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