L i t e r a t u r e 18 Exquisitely Bound And Illustrated “Artists’ Water Color And Hand Illuminated Edition” Of The Complete Works Of John Keats, With Beautiful Hand-Colored Plates Signed By The Artist, One Of Only 26 Lettered Copies 17. KEATS, John. The Complete Works… Edited by Nathan Haskell Dole. London and Boston, 1904-05. Four volumes. Royal octavo, contemporary full blue morocco gilt, floral red morocco inlays. $9500. Extraordinary, deluxe “Artists’ Water Color and Hand Illuminated Edition,” one of only 26 large-paper lettered copies (this copy unlettered), sumptuously bound and splendidly illustrated with tissue-guarded plates in three states, one of which is expertly hand-colored; all of the scenes are signed in pencil by the artist, Frank T. Merrill. Additionally illustrated with vividly hand-colored and illuminated initials, head- and tailpieces. Includes Keats’ complete works, edited by Nathan Haskell Dole, and based with some revisions upon the edition of H. Buxton-Forman. This beautiful edition was created to be the first “edition de luxe” of Keats’ works, beautifully printed on fine paper with wide margins. “No expense has been spared to make this… in every respect perfect.” Frank Thayer Merrill was a popular and prolific American illustrator whose designs adorned many books around the turn of the past century. Occasional foxing (chiefly to tissue guards). A splendid set in fine condition.
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