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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1894. Title page dated 1894. Collection of verses from the Elizabethan period from such authors as Shakespeare, Drummond, Carew, Herrick, Marlowe, etc., illustrated with black and white tissue-protected plates. Three quarter teal blue-green grained leather binding by Blackwell over marbled boards, raised spine bands with gilt decorated compartments, top edge gilt, about 7.5" tall. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities, with a partial "coffee cup" stain to a small area of the front cover, sound binding, clean pages with some foxing to outer edges of frontis plate and title page, small chip from bottom of half-title, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1891. Limited Edition. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good, No Dust Jacket As Issued. Limited edition. Number 99 of only 225 copies printed on Japan paper. Illustrated with 21 full-page photogravure plates, including 6 in sepia, from watercolors by Garrett. There are 4 smaller photogravures in the introduction, and 65 decorative head/tailpieces throughout. Boards bound in Japan vellum with gilt decoration. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. Evidence of removed library markings: Residue from removed bookplate on front paste-down; Scuff on the spine; residue on rear end pages. Top edge gilt. 8vo; 9.75 inches tall; xxi, [i], 178pp. The illustrations reproduced from photogravure, are from watercolor paintings. Six of them, decorative and emblematic figures, are printed from sepia. They represent six characters, - Grace, Love, Harmony, Revel, Sport, and Laughter.. A beautiful example of late 19th century book binding and… Read More