Ros Rosarum ex horto poetarum: dew of the ever-living rose Gathered from The Poets' Gardens of many Lands by "E. V. B.".
London.
Elliot Stock, 1885.
First edition.
8vo.
xxvi, [2], 224, 223*-224*, 225-274pp, [2]. With a half- title. Exquisitely bound by the Atelier Bindery (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled burgundy morocco, replete with delicate floral devices, T.E.G., marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. Housed in custom red cloth cover and slipcase.
A resplendent Atelier binding, incredibly well- preserved, appropriately bedecked with floral motifs sympathetic to Eleanor Vere Boyle's (1825-1916) 'Feast of Roses', a Rosaceae related potpourri of verse to which Tennyson and Bulwer-Lytton contributed.
£ 625.00
Antiquates Ref: 28898
