Poems, circa 1930, an anthology of English Poetry, calligraphic manuscript handwritten on vellum, in black ink, with titles supplied in red, and initialled in gold or black, 41 leaves, with text to rectos and versos, blanks at end, top edge gilt, contemporary full vellum gilt (by Slimn, Binder, Sheffield), some light marks and minor soiling, large 8vo Together with a handwritten letter from Lady Olivia 'Birdie' Bentinck to Lady Ottoline Morrell, dated Underley Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, 21.12.32, presenting the volume to Lady Ottoline, in memory of her husband Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, who had died in October 1931, who was the brother of Lady Ottoline. Also enclosed in the volume is a coloured photograph of Lady Olivia seated in the garden with her dogs. The poems selected include Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Blake, Emily Bronte, Matthew Arnold, D.G. Rossetti, W.E. Henley, Browning, Yeats, Kipling, R.L. Stevenson, and others. Given the selection, as well as the calligraphic style of the manuscript, the production may date from the early years of the 20th century. Provenance: From the library of Lady Ottoline Morrell, thence by descent. (1)
Poems, circa 1930, an anthology of English Poetry, calligraphic manuscript handwritten on vellum, in black ink, with titles supplied in red, and initialled in gold or black, 41 leaves, with text to rectos and versos, blanks at end, top edge gilt, contemporary full vellum gilt (by Slimn, Binder, Sheffield), some light marks and minor soiling, large 8vo Together with a handwritten letter from Lady Olivia 'Birdie' Bentinck to Lady Ottoline Morrell, dated Underley Hall, Kirkby Lonsdale, 21.12.32, presenting the volume to Lady Ottoline, in memory of her husband Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, who had died in October 1931, who was the brother of Lady Ottoline. Also enclosed in the volume is a coloured photograph of Lady Olivia seated in the garden with her dogs. The poems selected include Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Blake, Emily Bronte, Matthew Arnold, D.G. Rossetti, W.E. Henley, Browning, Yeats, Kipling, R.L. Stevenson, and others. Given the selection, as well as the calligraphic style of the manuscript, the production may date from the early years of the 20th century. Provenance: From the library of Lady Ottoline Morrell, thence by descent. (1)
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