An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883.
The Artists' Edition.
Quarto. 47 pp., including several black and white illustrations. Printed in rectos only. Brown publisher's cloth over beveled boards, spine and front cover elaborately decorated in silver, brown, and gilt, all edges gilt. Lovely hand-painted satin ribbon bookmark laid in, with offsetting opposite. Minor wear to corners and head and tail of spine, still a very good copy.
A beautifully illustrated edition of this beloved poem.
Although one of the least productive poets of his day, Gray (1716-1771) was highly respected and admired, and was even offered the post of Poet Laureate in 1757 (which he refused). His “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard†(first published 1751) is considered a masterpiece, and is one of the most famous poems in the English language.
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