Books and Manuscripts · Lote 2513
[Commonplace book]. Anonymous (1st half 19th cent.). "This is a volume in whose leaves No sentiment is traced, That virtue in her gravest mood Would wish to be effaced."
Commonplace book of an English lady, n.pl., ±1835, ±90 unnumb. lvs., containing numerous poems, written in pen and ink in a few different hands (occas. monogrammed and dated between 1834-1837), partly by the owner herself, partly by family members or friends, partly copied from poets (i.a. Byron), num. mounted/ tipped-in (handcol.) prints, a few mounted drawings (i.a. of Berkhamsted Rectory), a few loosely inserted paper cuttings, in contemp. gilt and richly embossed dark blue mor., a.e.g.
- Lote
- 2513
- Subasta
- Auction 85, 23-27 Nov 2026
- Estimación
- 200 € – 300 €
- Fotos
- 3 fotos
Estado
Binding sl. rubbed, affecting gilt on covers.
Notas
Typical romantic album, its contents shrouded in unfulfilled longing and deeply felt sentiments. The poems mostly exuding loneliness, sadness, (virtuous) disappointment in love, the value of happy memories (as opposed to the stillness of the present), hope etc. etc.
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