Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of The Seventeenth Century by Herbert J. C. Grierson

Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of The Seventeenth Century

Donne to Butler

Edited by Herbert J. C. Grierson

Oxford University Press, 1947, deckled edges, hardcover, dustjacket

Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners inscription to front endpaper, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping, discolouration to edges and covers, some small insect holes to jacket (see photographs)

“Here arranged in three groups, Love Poems, Divine Poems, and Miscellanies, is a veritable “golden treasury” of the choicest verse of the “conceited” school from Donne, its leader, to Butler… To all who have come under the peculiar spell of the metaphysical lyric, this selection, made with fastidious taste and set out with scrupulous exactness in textual detail, will be highly welcome.”