Madrigals & Chronicles, Being newly found Poems. (one of only 80 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the editor, the poet Edmund Blunden, illustrator, Radolf Schwabe, and publisher
Book Description
CLARE, John. Madrigals & Chronicles, Being newly found Poems. London: The Beaumont Press 1924. Edited, with a preface and commentary by Edmund Blunden. Illustrations by Randolf Schwabe. With three photographic plates. One of a total edition of 398 copies, this being one of 80 copies, numbered 9 to 88, that have been printed on Japanese vellum, specially bound in quarter vellum with flower and leaf patterned paper boards and signed by the editor, illustrator, and publisher. Fine copy, apart from a small bump at the base of the spine.
Dealer Notes
A fascinating collection of recently found, previously unpublished poems by John Clare held by Peterborough Museum. The vision of the countryside that the poems reveal, where rural labourers and wildlife are at peace in a mid-England landscape that each calls home, are characteristic of Clare's output as a poet of deep environmental awareness. The editor, the poet, Edmund Blunden, was at the forefront of the revival of interest in Clare in the mid-twentieth century. Previously written off as a simple-minded lunatic, Clare is now recognised as the important nature poet and environmental visionary that he was.
Author
CLARE, John.
Date
1924
Binding
Specially bound in quarter vellum with flower and leaf patterned paper boards.
Publisher
London: The Beaumont Press
Illustrator
Illustrations by Randolf Schwabe
Condition
Fine copy.
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