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Hesperides by robert herrick6/1/2023 ![]() Heperides: or, the Works both Humane & Divine. Only the second such title we have encountered in 15 years. On January 16, Grant sent his thanks to the committee responsible for raising the funds for the gift: "Yours of the 1st¿announcing that a collection of books has been sent to me by Gentleman of Boston is received.Through you, permit me to return my thanks¿The kind expression of confidence conveyed on the note announcing this valuable and substantial present will be preserved by me as possessing an extrinsic value beyond that of goods which can be bought with money." Copies of books bearing these Grant's bookplates are much sought after and quite scarce. January 1 1866." At the end of Civil War, to show their appreciation of his military service, Boston gave a large collection of literary works to Grant with this bookplate inserted in each volume, and an endorsement of his political career. Grant.Both volumes bearing the gift bookplate, incorporating the seal of Boston: "Lieut. Gilt lettered black spine labels Marbled paper covered boards. 16mo, Gilt lettered and decorated spines. His best known works include Crowhurst Place and Old Surrey Hall, both in Surrey, England, and the design of Westbury House (built 1904?10 additions constructed in 1915?16), at Old Westbury Gardens, in Long Island, New York, for John Shaffer Phipps (the heir to a steel fortune).Crawley rebuilt Crowhurst Place in Surrey, firstly as a home for himself and subsequently for Consuelo Vanderbilt.He subsequently designed additions to Old Surrey Hall, a listed building in Dormansland, Surrey, England."Shelf 1078. "George Abraham Crawley (1864?1926) was a British artist, designer and purveyor of English taste. ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION complete in 2 volumes.Previously owned by George Abraham Crawley.Beautifully bound works of British poetry, full calf leather ruled in gilt, raised spine bands, elaborately stamped in gilt on spine, morocco spine labels titled in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers.Bright and clean.Slightly rubbed at extremities and spine corners rubbed, handwritten names on bookplates on front pastedowns of George Abraham Crawley and May Crawley, touch of foxing to title pages. Spine and board edges toned, minor shelf wear to bottom edge, light scuffs and marks to boards, small ink mark to head of first blank else contents clean and bright, single gathering unopened, a very good copy. O'Kane, printed in Caslon Old Roman type. Rubrication and initials printed in red from designs by H. Original plain cloth-backed grey boards, titles in black to paper label to spine. ![]() Gertzman, Fantasy, Fashion and Affection: Editions of Robert Herrick's Poetry for the Common Reader, 1810-1968, 1986, #56. Johnson, Notes on the History of the Elston Press (1997) Jay A. This edition demonstrates the Elston Press "successfully working their way beyond the initial Kelmscott Press influence toward fully developing a unique style of its own, with O'Kane's illustrations and decorations now infused with a new artistic maturity, displaying a confident knowledge of renaissance bookmarking" (Johnson). was first published in 1648 and was viewed by Herrick as his "definitive life's work" (ODNB). Herrick's Hesperides, or, The Works both Humane & Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. Her designs "complement Hesperides beautifully and reflect the qualities of equanimity, sweetness, delicacy, and youthful idyllic enjoyment of nature for which the period admired Herrick" (Gertzman, p. This finely produced edition of Herrick's poems features striking woodcuts designed by the co-runner of the Elston Press Helen Marguerite O'Kane. First edition thus, one of 260 copies only, printed on Mayday 1903.
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