1930 Beautiful Zaehnsdorf Binding - The Testament of Beauty by Robert Bridges.
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Author: Robert Bridges.
Title: The Testament of Beauty. A Poem in Four Books.
Publisher: Oxford, At the Clarendon Press, 1930.
Language: Text in English.
Size : 9 " X 7 ".
Pages: 173 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good, near fine, burgundy half morocco leather binding with raised bands, elaborate gilt titles and decoration to spine, and marbled paper over boards. Upper edge gilt (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. A very nice deluxe binding by Zaehnsdorf binders!
Content: Very good, near fine, content (bright, tight, and clean, gift note of a previous owner on the second blank - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the nice frontispiece portrait of Robert Bridges.
The book: Attractive volume. A fine example bound by Zaehnsdorf. Containing the long philosophical poem The Testament of Beauty (1929), for which Robert Bridges was appointed to the Order of Merit.
The author: Robert Seymour Bridges OM (23 October 1844 – 21 April 1930) was Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930. A doctor by training, he achieved literary fame only late in life. His poems reflect a deep Christian faith, and he is the author of many well-known hymns. It was through Bridges’ efforts that Gerard Manley Hopkins achieved posthumous fame.