HANDSOME SET OF THIS CLASSIC WORK
CRABBE, George
The Works of The Rev. George Crabbe.
London: Murray, 1823
5 volumes, 8.5 inches tall. A finely bound set with wide gilt raised bands, labels, and both gilt and blind tooling, very typical of the period, on the spines.
Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes is based on The Borough. Byron, an avowed admirer of Crabbe's poetry, called him "Nature's sternest painter, yet the best".
£300.00
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