Author: Thomas Gray
Title: Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard
Description: New York, The Heritage Press, 1951. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Gray's popular poem, being a meditation on death. Illustrated with thirty-two wood engravings. Collated complete. First published in 1751, the poem was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. Becoming popular among London literary circles, the poem is an elegy in name but not in form, and embodies a meditation on death, as well as remembrance after death. Written by Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar. Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker, a Scottish engraver, illustrator and painter in oil and tempera. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original paper covered slip case is smart with light rubbing and sunning to the extremities. Minor loss to the paper at the board tips. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Agnes Miller Parker. Fine .
Keywords: Elegy Country Church Yard Gray Country Agnes Miller Parker
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Title: Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard
Description: New York, The Heritage Press, 1951. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Gray's popular poem, being a meditation on death. Illustrated with thirty-two wood engravings. Collated complete. First published in 1751, the poem was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. Becoming popular among London literary circles, the poem is an elegy in name but not in form, and embodies a meditation on death, as well as remembrance after death. Written by Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar. Illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker, a Scottish engraver, illustrator and painter in oil and tempera. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original paper covered slip case is smart with light rubbing and sunning to the extremities. Minor loss to the paper at the board tips. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Agnes Miller Parker. Fine .
Keywords: Elegy Country Church Yard Gray Country Agnes Miller Parker
Price: GBP 75.00 = appr. US$ 107.10 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 948T53
- Book number: 948T53
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