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 handsome 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 270.In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum binding. 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 and used her works to advocate women's education. In the publisher's original decorative paper vellum binding. Externally, very smart, with sunning to the spine and slight shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound with only the odd spot, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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


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