In the Key of Blue and Other Prose Essays

London: Elkin Matthews, 1896 . Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 6". None. The third edition of this lovely collection of prose essays from English poet and literary critic John Addington Symonds. The third edition of this work, which was first published in 1892.This work contains a selection of thirteen essays by Symonds, written over a span of thirteen years, and on topics including mediaeval Norman songs, Romantic drama, Platonic ideas of love, and lyrics from Elizabethan song books.The work of cultural historian John Addington Symonds, who wrote much poetry inspired by his same-sex affairs.With a twenty page publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with extensive gilt detailing. Externally, lovely. Bumping to spine head and tail, with back strip age toned, and light spotting to board perimeters. Head of front hinge a touch strained, but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good