Psyche, with Other Poems [first American edition] by Tighe, Mrs. Henry [Mary] - 1812

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Printed for Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, 1812. 4th edn. 8vo (9 x 5¾ ins). Contemporary full calf, raised ribbed spine gilt tooled in six compartments, boards with matching gilt and blind tooling, boards gilt tooled at edges and returns, marbled edges (lightly marked at head of spine and upper board - otherwise VG). Pp. [iv] + xv + [1] + 311 + [5] blank, illus with engraved frontispiece (previous owner's armorial bookplate on front paste-down and faint inscription in contemporary hand at top edge of front prelim).

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1812. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. A beautiful fourth edition of Mary Tighe's popular collection of verses with a gorgeous and exceptionally bright hidden foredge painting of Cupid and Psyche. First appearing in 1805, this was Mary Tighe's magnum opus and is an allegorical poem writing in Spenserian stanzas. It gained renown following her death in 1810, and the author was paid tribute in verses by the likes of John Keats and Felicia Hemans.The work retells the folk story of Cupid and Psyche as narrated in Apuleius' 'The Golden Ass'.Written by Anglo-Irish poet Mary Tighe.The fourth edition of this work, published two years posthumously.Bound by Waylor and Hessew.With a splendid and bright foredge painting depicting four cherubs, making this an especially lovely example of this popular collection. In a contemporary full straight grain morocco binding. Externally generally smart; a little rubbed to the head and tail of the spine, the extremities… Read More