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The Works of Mrs Hemans; with a memoir of her life, by her sister. In seven volumes.
WORKS OF MRS HEMANS
Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & Sons, and Thomas Cadell, 1839.
7 vols., small 8vo 6.75 x 4.25 inches). Full green
morocco, with wide gilt raised bands, gilt lettering
and blind rules framing panels. Boards framed by double
gilt and blind rules. Ornate gilt dentelles, all edges
gilt. Small bookplate and contemporary bookseller's
ticket to front pastedown. Each volume illustrated with
a superb hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and half
title. A very pretty set.
"With twenty volumes and nearly four hundred poems
published in magazines and annuals during her lifetime,
Felicia Hemans was the most considerable woman poet of
the Romantic period. Her work was republished
frequently in Britain and America until the First World
War, almost yearly through the mid-nineteenth century.
Hemans's poetry ranged formally from sonnets and lyrics
to narratives, dramas, and even polemics." (DNB).
£750.00
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