A Poetic Romance
A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Endymion A Poetic Romance
The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.
First edition. 4to. Limited edition, number 193 of 400 copies printed on Arnold's hand-made paper, from a total edition of 500. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in quarter vellum over buckram boards, with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt. Wood-engravings by John Buckland-Wright. A near fine copy, with just some offsetting causing browning to one page.
This exquisite production of Keats's epic poem is usually accepted as the artist's masterpiece. "His wood engravings for this book have a romantic beauty that could hardly be surpassed and, as there are not less than fifty-eight of them, they make it a particularly sumptuous volume."
Cockalorum 175 Reid A47, p23.
Stock ID: 44960
£1,750.00
