Description: THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS. WITH A MEMOIR BY RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES. ILLUSTRATED BY 120 DESIGNS, ORIGINAL AND FROM THE ANTIQUE, DRAWN ON WOOD BY GEORGE SCHARF LONDONEDWARD MOXON1854. DESCRIPTIONZaehnsdorf Binding(ii) + xl + 375pp + (iv)Book measures 210mm x 145mm approximately.Most beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crimson-red calf. Spine with five gilt-ruled raised bands with elaborate and exquisite decoration to gilt-boxed compartments. Title and author in gilt plus ‘London 1854’ in gilt to foot. Double gilt fillet borders and superb intricate gilt decoration plus deep inner gilt work to inners on both boards. Marbled end-papers and paste-downs. Top page edges in gilt, remainder uncut. Illustrated throughout with a variety of classical engravings and wood-cuts.CONDITIONBinding is holding very tight and firm. Leather retains a deep rich lustre. Spine in near-fine condition. Boards exhibit very minor wear to top of rear hinge, some very minor surface scratches and a couple of darker marks and one small dent to front board edge, with minor bumping to board corners. Some feint older possible water marks part way across mid-boards but very discernible to be fair.Clear evidence that two front end-papers, possibly including a half-title have been removed. Internally the pages are generally in good clean condition throughout although with some sections (approximately 15% of total ) including first 12 pages or so much heavier age-toned / browned. Occasional spots and marks, plus random small patches of foxing.A superb example of workmanship by one the most famous bookbinders. Also happens to contain the works of John Keats, one of the most famous of the Romantics. A wonderful combination! Please always refer to photo images for a clearer indication of condition.We are always happy to provide further photo images if required.INTERESTING John Keats (1795 to 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were indifferently received in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death. By the end of the century, he was placed in the canon of English literature, strongly influencing many writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Keats had a style "heavily loaded with sensualities", notably in the series of odes. Typically of the Romantics, he accentuated extreme emotion through natural imagery. Today his poems and letters remain among the most popular and analysed in English literature.
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