The Rape of the Lock and Its Illustrations, 1714-1896 Tapa dura - 1980

Clarendon Press, 1980. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0198120982

Oxford University Press, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1980-09-18. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1980. hbk 160pp color frontis 6 color plates 68 in b/w dj price-clipped and very slightly shelfworn now in protective sleeve otherwise a very good clean tight unmarked text

Oxford University Press, 1980 8vo (24.5 cm), color front., XVI, 160 pp, 6 plates in color. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free leaf. From the blurb: "When Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" was published in 1714 its six full-page engraved plates showed that illustrations can elucidate, modify, and supplement text. During later periods, as taste and sensibility changed, the poem's illustrations reflected contemporary attitudes towards Pope's masterpiece. It was often illustrated in th 18th century, by among others Walker, Wale, Stothard, Burney, Hamolton, and above all by Fuseli, who also inspired three of his pupils to emulation. C. r. Leslie used the poem as the subject of a large, brilliant painting. Finally, in 1896, Aubrey Beardsley 'embroidered' a set of nine drawings for an edition of the poem that is the most famous of all. Robert Halsband's book, the first devoted to the subject, deals with all known… Leer más