Maroon cloth binding with gilt title and green and cream floral decoration on the spine and front board. Westbourne school, Sheffield on the back board

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A handsome copy of a very pleasing book, the binding strong and very well preserved, the tips and edges all in good order, the text-block and plates all clean. A very pleasant copy. FIRST EDITION, VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND, of a very charming volume whose purpose “is to trace the relations of poets with the aspects of their ain countrie” or with the scenes where they built their homes, or pitched their transient camps. The work includes ” geographical biographies ” (one might say) of
Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Byron, Coleridge, Scott, Shelley, Milton, and a generous handful of others. The colour plates add greatly, are very expertly accomplished in vivid colours and include beautiful landscapes, country and village scenes, and iconic buildings and homes. A very pleasing book in many respects.