The Poetical Works of Mrs. F. Hemans
- Hardcover
- Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1885
Edinburgh: Gall & Inglis, 1885. Hardcover. Near fine. Illustrated with full page engravings on steel. Full green morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt and with red leather lettering labels, gilt. Gilt rules on the board borders, All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers, and with the original decorated cloth cover as the front pastedown. A couple of pages at beginning and end with very light foxing, else this is a fine copy.
With a foredge painting of a sailing ship under the gilt.
Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835) was a prolific poet of the Romantic Era. Her most famous poem, Casabianca, about a young boy on a burning ship during battle, in included. Her poetry used vivid imagery as it explored various themes, such as patriotism, domesticity and the emotional lives of women.
"The boy stood on the burning deck. Whence all but him had fled;
The flame that lit the battle's wreck. Shone round him o'er the dead."
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Details
Title
The Poetical Works of Mrs. F. Hemans
Author
(Foredge Painting) Hemans, Mrs. F.
Binding
Hardcover
Condition
Near Fine
Publisher
Gall & Inglis: Edinburgh
Date
1885