Author: SIDNEY. Sir PHILIP.
Title: THE LYRIC POEMS. Edited by Ernest Rhys.
Description: J. M. Dent and co. London. No date 1895. FIRST RHYS EDITION. 8vo. (6 x 4.2 inches). xxvi, 175pp. Illustrated with an etching of Penshurst ( the Sidney family home since 1552) for the frontis and engraved decorative title page in red and black. Finely bound in original publishers delux full limp vellum binding with yapp fore edge. The spine and front board are fully decorated and lettered in gilt with an attractive Art Nouveau design by Herbert Granville Fell. Decorative endpapers. Red silk page marker. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Lacking the silk ties to the fore edge of the binding but otherwise a fine and bright copy of this beautiful edition.

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