Arnold Sir Edwin Fine Binding (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 4th Edition. 8vo, [viii], 295pp., all edges blocked in gilt, gilt decorated floral endpapers, with previous owner's pictorial bookplate to upper pastedown, good quality contemporary full polished morocco, finely decorated inner gilt dentelles, spine lettered in gilt. A near fine bright clean copy. Sir Edwin Arnold KCIE CSI (1832 1904) was an English poet and journalist. He is best known for his 1879 work, The Light of Asia, an exploration of Buddhist philosophy through the life of Prince Gautama, earned him widespread acclaim. He attempted to emulate it's triumph with The Light of the World, a long poem on Jesus Christ and a tale of the founding of Christianity.…