The Poets' Pleasaunce: Garden of All Sorts of Pleasant Flowers, which Our Pleasant Poets Have, in Past Time, for Pastime, Planted

Eden Warwick

Verlag: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, 1847

Beschreibung

First edition of this charming work illustrative of the best poets' homages to flowers in their work, in a beautiful full calf binding by Riviere & Son. 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. 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. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 817A7

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Poets' Pleasaunce: Garden of All Sorts ...

Verlag: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1847

Einband: Leather

Illustrator: None

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book