Christmas Tyde. [A Series of Sacred Songs and Poetical Pieces, suited to the season.] de [Coleridge, Sara, attributed to] - 1849

London: William Pickering, 1849. Cloth. Good. 7" by 5". Raffaele. First Edition illustrated collection of Christmas songs and poems, from the library of Ottoline Morrell. First Edition uncommon collection of sacred songs and Christmas themed poems by various authors, including William Shakespeare, John Milton, William Drummond, and more.Includes an engraving title page depicting a painting by Raffaello Sanzio da Urbina (Raphel). Edited by Sara Coleridge, the daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Inscribed personal message from previous owners to the verso of the front endpaper. 'To Lady Ottoline, with love from Bob & Kyrle'. Gifted to Lady Ottoline Morrell from Robert (Bob) Gathorne-Hardy and Kyrle Leng, members of the English aristocracy and elite in the early twentieth century. Morrell was the first cousin twice removed of Queen Elizabeth II, and was largely involved in the Bloomsbury Group, providing inspiration for many fictional characters in the works of Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence… Leer más