robert herrick humbert wolfe (4 résultats)

Hardcover. Limited edition 463/750. Octavo, Four volumes. In Good minus condition with a Good slipcase. Slipcase in multicolor cloth, toning to fore edge and top panel. Spines are cream with gold print. Boards in cream paper. Light toning to spines, slight warping. Text blocks have has gilt top edge, deckle edges, uncut pages, tanning/spotting to endpapers. Each volume contains a handcolored pochoir frontispiece. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Hesperides (lxxxix, 89 pages) - Vol. 2. Hesperides (xiv, 174 pages) - Vol. 3. Hesperides (xv, 178 pages) - Vol. 4. Noble Numbers : and Additional Poems (xii, 144 pages). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates]. NOTE: Shelved in Room X, atop one of the bookshelves. 1371553. FP New Rockville Stock.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Slipcase: Good. Albert Rutherston (illustrateur). Limited Edition. Moderate age/use wear including scuffs on slipcase; books have just light wear/marks and faded spine strips. Limited edition of 750 copies, of which this is number 296. Complete 4 volume set in slipcase - preface by Humbert Wolfe, decorations by Albert Rutherston. Volume I - Preface and Herrick's work "Hesperides". Volume II and III - Hesperides continued. Volume IV - Noble Numbers and additional poems. Book.

Hardback. Etat : Near Fine. Albert Rutherston (illustrateur). First edition. A particularly smart, beautifully presented, limited edition set of Robert Herrick's poetry. Held in the original scarce slipcase. First thus, the first edition of this imprint. Numbered 94 of 750 sets that were handset and printed in Fell type on mould-made paper at the University Press Oxford. Illustrated, with coloured frontispieces and several vignettes to all volumes by Albert Rutherston. Rutherston was a famous painter of landscapes and figures. He also designed posters and theatre sets. The Italian-born British poet Humbert Wolfe wrote the preface to these works. Robert Herrick wrote his poetry during the seventeenth century. A Cavalier, he wrote over 2,500 poems. Most of these are found in his large poetry collection, 'Hesperides'. 'Hesperides' fills volumes I-III of this set. Volume IV contains his 'Noble Numbers and Additional Poems'. 'Hesperides' earned Robert Herrick his reputation and is regarded as his magnum opus. It falls in the 'Carpe Diem Genre' of poetry and this poem revived the genre. In the original paper vellum boards and held in the original slipcase. Externally, generally smart. Boards remain bright with just a few light marks and spots to boards and spines. Slipcase is smart with just some minor shelfwear to the edges. Internally, all volumes are firmly bound. Minor offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is in a NEAR FINE condition. Near Fine. book.

Vellum. Etat : Very Good Indeed. Albert Rutherston (illustrateur). First edition. A beautifully illustrated four volume Limited Edition set of the poetry of Robert Herrick. In full vellum bindings, and with a colour frontispiece to each volume from Albert Rutherston. The complete four volume first edition thus of this beautifully illustrated edition of the works of seventeenth century English poet, Robert Herrick. A Limited Edition work, this set is number 52 of 750 sets produced.Illustrated with a hand printed colour frontispiece to each volume, and a small number of further vignette decorations, all the work of British artist and illustrator Albert Rutherston.These volumes contain a wealth of Herrick's works, including his most famous work, 'Hesperides' first published in 1648. In the publisher's original full vellum bindings. Discolouration to back strips, with the odd light marks or area of discolouration to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. A significant number of leaves unopened to each volume. Very Good Indeed. book.