Author: Thomas Gray; Samuel Rogers
Title: An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard & the Pleasures of Memory
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, c1870. Cloth. Two illustrated copies of these important poems from English poets Thomas Gray and Samuel Rogers. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout with contributions from many great artists. This set contains: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. An elegy in name but not in form, this work embodies a meditation on death, and remembrance after death. Written by Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar widely known for this work. The Pleasures of Memory. An elaborate poem regarded by some as the last embodiment of the poetic diction of the eighteenth century. Written by Samuel Rogers, an English poet celebrated during his lifetime. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small split to the cloth at the joint and board tips. Text block of An Elegy is detached but present while The Pleasures of Memory is firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Elegy Churchyard Gray Pleasures Churchyard Rogers Not Stated
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Title: An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard & the Pleasures of Memory
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, c1870. Cloth. Two illustrated copies of these important poems from English poets Thomas Gray and Samuel Rogers. Two volumes. Illustrated throughout with contributions from many great artists. This set contains: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. An elegy in name but not in form, this work embodies a meditation on death, and remembrance after death. Written by Thomas Gray, an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar widely known for this work. The Pleasures of Memory. An elaborate poem regarded by some as the last embodiment of the poetic diction of the eighteenth century. Written by Samuel Rogers, an English poet celebrated during his lifetime. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with the odd small split to the cloth at the joint and board tips. Text block of An Elegy is detached but present while The Pleasures of Memory is firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and minor age toning to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: Elegy Churchyard Gray Pleasures Churchyard Rogers Not Stated
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 952T81
- Book number: 952T81
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