Lot 41
Symonds (John Addington) [Collected works], 17 vol., finely-bound, 1860-1902
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Symonds (John Addington) [Collected works], 17 vol., comprising The Escorial. A Prize Poem, Oxford, 1860; Sketches in Italy and Greece, half-title, scattered spotting, 1874; Renaissance in Italy. The Age of Despots, 2 vol., half-titles, some spotting, 1875; Many Moods. A Volume of Verse, 1878; Sketches and Studies in Italy, half-title, frontispiece, 1879; Animi Figura, half-title, 1882; Italian Byways, half-title with ink inscription to head, 1883; Vagabunduli Libellus, 1884; Wine, Women, and Song, half-title, 1884; Webster & Tournier, frontispiece, 1888; Essays Speculative and Suggestive, 2 vol., half-titles, 1890; Blank Verso, half-title, title in red and black, 1895; A Problem in Modern Ethics, half-title, 1896; Studies of the Greek Poets, 2 vol., third edition, half-title, 1902, first editions unless where mentioned, handsome brown crushed half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with floral and foliate devices, 8vo.
Description
Symonds (John Addington) [Collected works], 17 vol., comprising The Escorial. A Prize Poem, Oxford, 1860; Sketches in Italy and Greece, half-title, scattered spotting, 1874; Renaissance in Italy. The Age of Despots, 2 vol., half-titles, some spotting, 1875; Many Moods. A Volume of Verse, 1878; Sketches and Studies in Italy, half-title, frontispiece, 1879; Animi Figura, half-title, 1882; Italian Byways, half-title with ink inscription to head, 1883; Vagabunduli Libellus, 1884; Wine, Women, and Song, half-title, 1884; Webster & Tournier, frontispiece, 1888; Essays Speculative and Suggestive, 2 vol., half-titles, 1890; Blank Verso, half-title, title in red and black, 1895; A Problem in Modern Ethics, half-title, 1896; Studies of the Greek Poets, 2 vol., third edition, half-title, 1902, first editions unless where mentioned, handsome brown crushed half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with floral and foliate devices, 8vo.