"THREADED THROUGH WITH GLOWING IMAGES AND TENDER BEAUTY"
GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Traveller, The Deserted Village, and Other Poems. London: John Sharpe, 1822. Small octavo, 20th-century full brown morocco gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. $350.
Early printing of this collection of Goldsmith's poems, with six engraved plates after drawings by Richard Westall, very handsomely bound.
"All Goldsmith's work is like a tapestry… threaded through with glowing images and tender beauty" (Kunitz & Haycraft, 228). This edition includes some of Goldsmith's most famous poems such as "The Deserted Village," "The Traveller," "The Hermit," and many more.
Marginal stain from paperclip in introductory essay, interior otherwise fine; handsome binding with some loss to gilt on edges of text block.