Author: William Cavendish; Margaret Lucas; Douglas Grant [ed.]
Title: The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Addressed to Margaret Lucas and Her Letters in Reply
Description: London, The Nonesuch Press, 1956. First edition. Hardback. A pleasing limited edition of William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. The first edition of this work, limited to 785 copies, this copy being number 250. In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum. With the original glassine.Including William Cavendish's poems addressed to his wife Margaret Lucas, and her letters in reply. Edited by Douglas Grant. Cavendish was an English courtier and supporter of the arts, as well as being a renowned horse breeder and patron of the intellectual group, the Welbeck Circle. Lucas was a prolific English philosopher, poet and fiction writer, with many of her works becoming well known due to her high social status. She published under her own name at a time when most women writers remained anonymous.  In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum binding. Externally, very smart, with sunning to the spine and board edges. With minor shelf wear to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: The Phanseys of William Cavendish Marquis of Newcastle Letters Margaret Lucas Douglas Grant Letters None


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