28th Jan, 2020 10:00

Books & Works on Paper

 
  Lot 25
 
Lot 25 - Hugh (Leigh)  The Months, Descriptive...

Hugh (Leigh)  The Months, Descriptive of the Successive Beauties of the Year, FIRST EDITION, half title, first and last leaves reinforced at gutter with white tape, occasional light browning, some spotting and dust soiling, 12 ink drawings in a good contemporary hand above chapters’ heads, depicting allegories of the months, rebound in modern half grain morocco, new endpapers, [MacGillivray J30; Mitchell 24], 8vo, C. & J. Ollier, 1821. *** This work first appeared as a series of articles in 'The Examiner' in 1819 and is said to have influenced John Keats's poem ‘To Autumn’. The drawings are inspired by the quotations opening the chapters and show mythological references.

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