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John Keats, 1820
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Lamia, Isabella
John Keats, 1820
KEATS, John (1795-1821). Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820.
First edition in the original boards of Keats's last and finest volume of poetry. The Bemis-Silver-Berland copy. It contains, besides the poems named in the title, works such as his “Ode to a Nightingale,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “To Autumn,” that would cement his posthumous reputation as one of the greatest ever English poets. Published in July 1820, when Keats was seriously ill and soon to depart for Italy, it received warmer reviews than either of his previous publications, including a sympathetic notice from Francis Jeffrey at the Edinburgh Review, who said of his poems: “it is impossible to resist the intoxication of their sweetness, or to shut our hearts to the enchantments they so lavishly present.” Grolier English 72; Hayward 233; MacGillivray 3.
12mo (177 x 105 mm). Half-title with imprint on verso, advertisement leaf, 8-page publisher's catalogue at end (an occasional light spot). Original paper boards, uncut (neatly rebacked preserving most of the original backstrip and printed spine label, rear hinge slightly cracked, rubbed); red morocco silk-lined clamshell case. Provenance: S.F. Lloyd (pencil signature dated 1850 on front flyleaf) – Frank Brewer Bemis (bookplate) – Louis H. Silver (bookplate, sold in the sale of Newberry Library duplicates from the Silver accession, Sotheby's, 8 November 1965, lot 186) – purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 20 May 1966 – Abel E. Berland (Christie’s, New York, 8 October 2001, lot 74). Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 58.
John Keats, 1820
KEATS, John (1795-1821). Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems. London: Taylor and Hessey, 1820.
First edition in the original boards of Keats's last and finest volume of poetry. The Bemis-Silver-Berland copy. It contains, besides the poems named in the title, works such as his “Ode to a Nightingale,” “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and “To Autumn,” that would cement his posthumous reputation as one of the greatest ever English poets. Published in July 1820, when Keats was seriously ill and soon to depart for Italy, it received warmer reviews than either of his previous publications, including a sympathetic notice from Francis Jeffrey at the Edinburgh Review, who said of his poems: “it is impossible to resist the intoxication of their sweetness, or to shut our hearts to the enchantments they so lavishly present.” Grolier English 72; Hayward 233; MacGillivray 3.
12mo (177 x 105 mm). Half-title with imprint on verso, advertisement leaf, 8-page publisher's catalogue at end (an occasional light spot). Original paper boards, uncut (neatly rebacked preserving most of the original backstrip and printed spine label, rear hinge slightly cracked, rubbed); red morocco silk-lined clamshell case. Provenance: S.F. Lloyd (pencil signature dated 1850 on front flyleaf) – Frank Brewer Bemis (bookplate) – Louis H. Silver (bookplate, sold in the sale of Newberry Library duplicates from the Silver accession, Sotheby's, 8 November 1965, lot 186) – purchased from John F. Fleming, New York, 20 May 1966 – Abel E. Berland (Christie’s, New York, 8 October 2001, lot 74). Exhibited: Grolier Club, 'This powerfull rime,' 1975, no. 58.
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