Ove Abildgaard Translator (1 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A very scarce copy of this illustrated verse from English poet John Donne, limited to one thousand copies. Translated into Danish. Danish. Limited to one thousand copies of which this is number five hundred and forty-eight. Illustrated throughout. A charming edition of The Ecstasy, written both in English and Danish side-by-side. A metaphysical poem exploring the transcendent power of love and the relationship between the body and the soul. Written by John Donne, an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Translated by Ove Abildgaard, a Danish poet and translator. Illustrated by Povl Christensen, a Danish painter and illustrator who joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and minor sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine. Povl Christensen (illustrator). book.…