Buy this book on-line White, Henry Kirke : The Poetical and Prose Works of...With Life by Robert Southey, LLDGall & Inglius, Edinburgh & London, N.d. [ca. 1880]
8vo., publisher's red ribbed cloth over beveled boards, blocked in gold, green and black, with a varnished paper cut-out centerpiece blocked in gold and green ink, depicting a flowering plant in an attractive ewer, recessed within a more-or-less oval panel. The front cover and spine are elaborately decorated; the rear cover is stamped in blind. A.e.g., part of the publisher's series: THE LANDSCAPE SERIES OF POETRY. For a nearly identical binding see: Ruari McLean's Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings, p. 146 [on Montgomery's Poetical Works].The text is set within narrow, alternating pictorial borders, printed in a succession of different colors [green, purple, brown, black, etc.], adding to the over all effect. Henry Kirke White (1785-1806), although praised by Byron, and under the protectorship of Southey (who wrote a memoir of him), little survives of his work except one or two hymns ("Oft in danger, oft in woe.").A superb example (in WONDERFUL CONDITION) of an elaborate style of Victorian book-binding utilizing recessed panels. See also: Daniels, Morna. Victorian Book Illustration. Figs. 5 & 6 (full color illustrations). Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of White, Henry Kirke : The Poetical and Prose Works of...With Life by Robert Southey, LLD. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, libri rari, collectables, atlases and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |