Author: Charles Cotton; Claud Lovat Fraser [ed]
Title: Poems from the Works of Charles Cotton
Description: London, The Poetry Bookshop, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The illustrated first edition of this selection of the works from seventeenth century English poet Charles Cotton. The first edition of this work, with decorative title page and illustrations to each of the fourteen poems present. This edition was printed by Harold Curwen at the Curwen Press on the 14th March 1922, and is printed on handmade paper.A selection of poems from seventeenth century poet and author Charles Cotton, best known for his translations of the work of Michel de Montaigne.English artist, designer and author Claud Lovat Fraser made his own selection of Cotton's poems, transcribed them into a notebook and added decorations. A note from the publisher explains that these 'seventy-five drawings were done slowly and deliberately, and with the greatest enjoyment&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Some light marks to rear board, light discolouration to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Claud Lovat Fraser. Very Good Indeed .

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