The Complete Works of C.S. Calverley

£150 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Charles Stuart Calverley (1831-1884) was an English poet with a gift for parody, and an aptitude for classical languages. Despite declining health in later years, he produced excellent translations and verse such as Theocritus translated into English Verse. His parodies of other poets are considered benchmarks of their type. Later printing; 8vo (195 x 140mm); marbled endpapers, illustrated frontispiece in b w, title, a small number of pages unopened; half bound in vellum, green cloth boards, gilt title to spine in leather caption, gilt-tooled florid decoration to spine with three small inlaid flowers, very good; [xxxv], 514pp.

• Printing: later
• Binding: Hardcover

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