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A BOX SET OF FOUR POEMS (LIMITED EDITION) by John Keats, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith and Percy Bysshe Shelly
LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG
London: Paradine Press, 1977
1.) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Grey
2.) The Eve of St Agnes by John Keats
3.) Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelly
4.) The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith
12mo. Each hardback and bound in vellum. Gilt lettering to the spine and a gilt floral illustration to each frontboard. All poems are printed on Invicta legal parchment substitute of 145 gsm. Hand-coloured illustrations throughout each volume. Accompanied by a box set bound in ox-blood cloth with the top and bottom covered in green marbled paper. A floral gilt illustration on handmade paper has been adhered to the front of the box set. Included is a sage green ribbon bound pamphlet with additional information as well as the edition number. This set was printed in homage to the original Essex House Press editions published in the early 1900's. The early editions were lent to Paradine by the University of London to help replicate this edition.
Limited edition of 125 of which this is no. 1.
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