Lot 824 James Thomson. The Seasons. With the life of …

The Seasons. With the life of the author by Patrick Murdoch. Edited by Bolton Corney. Mit zahlreichen Textholzstichen von John Bell, C. W. Cope, Thomas Creswick, J. C. Horsley, J. P. Knight, R. Redgrave, Frank Stone, C. Stonhouse, Frederick Tayler, H. J. Townsend und Thomas Webster. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842. XLV, 320 S. Dunkelgrüner Chagrin-Lederband mit reicher Deckel-, Rücken-, Stehkanten- u. Innenkantenvergoldung, dreis. Goldschnitt sowie goldgepr. Krone auf beiden Deckeln (sign.: Haydar). (RGelenke etwas berieben).

Literatur des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts – Erste Ausgabe mit diesen Illustrationen. - Lowndes IV, 2671 - Reich illustrierte Ausgabe dieses ersten großen englische Naturgedichts, ein Schlüsselwerk, das die europäische Aufklärung mit der beginnenden Romantik verbindet, da es Naturerhabenheit feiert und die starren Regeln der klassischen Dichtung aufbrach. Die Illustrationen fangen sowohl idyllische Naturszenen als auch die damals beliebten, dramatischen und emotionalen Erzählmotive des Gedichts ein. Die detailreichen Holzstiche wurden dabei nicht als isolierte, ganzseitige Tafeln gedruckt, sondern stattdessen direkt in den Text integriert. - Aus dem Besitz des Archälogen und Historkers Graf A. Sergejewitsch Uwarow (1825-1883) mit seinem Exlibris auf Innendeckel. - Vorsätze etwas gebräunt, letzte Bll. mit leichter Knickspur, insgesamt gutes, dekorativ gebundenes Exemplar.

Literature of 17th to 19th Century – Dark green chagrin leather binding with lavish gold gilding on the covers, spine, headband, and inner edges, three-sided gold edging, and a gold-embossed crown on both covers (signed: Haydar). (Binding joints slightly worn). First edition with these illustrations. - Lowndes IV, 2671 - A richly illustrated edition of this first great English nature poem, a seminal work that bridges the European Enlightenment and the dawn of Romanticism, as it celebrates the sublimity of nature and broke with the rigid rules of classical poetry. The illustrations capture both idyllic natural scenes and the dramatic and emotional narrative motifs of the poem, which were popular at the time. The richly detailed woodcuts were not printed as isolated, full-page plates, but were instead integrated directly into the text. - From the collection of the archaeologist and historian Count A. Sergeyevich Uvarov (1825-1883), with his bookplate on the inside cover. - Endpapers slightly browned, last pages with a slight crease, overall, a fine, decoratively bound copy.

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