The poetical works of John Keats / with a memoir, by Richard Monckton Milnes.
John Keats (1795-1821)
Category
Books
Date
1858
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3069417
Summary
Bibliographic description
xlvii, [1], 301, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 8vo. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Gilt stamp on rear pastedown: 'Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London.'. Binding: Twentieth-century Cosway-style binding: full dark sea-green morocco; gilt fillets and rolls (including Greek key pattern) to form an outer border on boards; gilt stamped cornerpieces on boards: palmettes; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: monogram 'JK' in gilt wreath; gilt stamped centrepiece on lower board: lyre in gilt wreath; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt tooled spine, lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Poems of Keats'; double gilt fillet on board edges; gilt rolled turn-ins; red morocco pastedowns; miniature of John Keats under glass on front pastedown in gilt metal frame with gilt rolled border; three pearls set above and below the miniature within gilt tooled sprays of leaves; pattern of gilt tooled leaves and flowers (with inlaid blue morocco) on front pastedown; cornerpieces of gilt tooled leaves and flowers (with inlaid blue morocco) on rear pastedown; gilt textblock edges; ivory watered silk free endleaves. Gilt stamp on rear pastedown: 'Bound for Chas. J. Sawyer, Ltd. London.'. Gilt stamped monogram on rear pastedown: 'S&S' [i.e. Sangorski & Sutcliffe]. In blue cloth-covered box with gilt lettered spine: 'Poems of Keats'.
Makers and roles
John Keats (1795-1821), author Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, 1809-1885, author