Comus/ Arthur Rackham/ 1921
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First U.S. trade edition of COMUS, authored by John Milton and illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 22 tipped-in color illustrations and numerous black and white line drawings within the text. Publushed by Doubleday, Pace & co., New York, NY and Wm. Heinemann, London, England in 1921. The Original full title of Milton's work is: "A Maske Presented At Ludlow Castle 1634: On Michelmasse Night".
Comus is a masque—a form of festive courtly entertainment and first performed in 1634. It is essentially a moral allegory presented as a lyrical drama, centering on the eternal struggle between temperance (virtue) and sensuality (vice). The story follows three siblings, a young woman (referred to simply as The Lady) and her two brothers who become lost in a dark, sprawling forest while traveling to their father’s castle.
Complete and in very good condition with green cloth covered boards, the front board with vignette and lettering in gilt. Light edge wear to boards and upper corner tip bump to front board. Top edge of text block in gilt. Illustrated end pages clean and text block straight and square. There are no loose, torn or missing pages, binding is firm and no writing, foxing or other foreign markings noted. Some pages still uncut. The 22 tipped-in color illustrations by Rackham have no corner bends and are all protected by their captioned tissue guards. A very clean copy.
10 1/8" x 7 1/2" with 76 text pages as called for. Free shipping and insurace via USPS priority mail.
Comus is a masque—a form of festive courtly entertainment and first performed in 1634. It is essentially a moral allegory presented as a lyrical drama, centering on the eternal struggle between temperance (virtue) and sensuality (vice). The story follows three siblings, a young woman (referred to simply as The Lady) and her two brothers who become lost in a dark, sprawling forest while traveling to their father’s castle.
Complete and in very good condition with green cloth covered boards, the front board with vignette and lettering in gilt. Light edge wear to boards and upper corner tip bump to front board. Top edge of text block in gilt. Illustrated end pages clean and text block straight and square. There are no loose, torn or missing pages, binding is firm and no writing, foxing or other foreign markings noted. Some pages still uncut. The 22 tipped-in color illustrations by Rackham have no corner bends and are all protected by their captioned tissue guards. A very clean copy.
10 1/8" x 7 1/2" with 76 text pages as called for. Free shipping and insurace via USPS priority mail.
Item id: RL-1052Item type: Antique
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