THE POETS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

 

WILMOTT, Robert A., (editor).  THE POETS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

                                                                                                                                            

London: George Routledge, 1857. 4to. Publisher's decorated cloth, all edges gilt. xv, (i), 398, (1) pages. First edition.

An elaborate production that Gleeson White calls "as fine as the (Moxon) Tennyson," this book is notable for containing the first book illustration by Ford Madox Brown.  Other contributing artists include Arthur Hughes and J. E. Millais.  Millais lovely drawings firmly established his reputation.  The book was printed by the Dalziel Brothers.  The elaborately gilt binding by John Sleigh bears the binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants.  A fine, bright copy.

 

  $485.00