Imaginary Conversations, [Consisting of Classical Dialogs and Dialogs of Literary Men and Statesmen]

Landor, Walter Savage Introduction by J.P. Mahaffy

Published by Blackie and Son, London, England, 1909

About this Item

Sumptuously bound in red leather, 5 raised bands, marbled end papers. Red silk book mark, gilt edges. Binding and text are in near fine condition. Publisher's gilt device on front board, author's signature laid in on a slip of paper. Previous owner's ex-libris (R.V. Crowder) on front paste down. The Imaginary Conversations were begun when Landor, aged 46, had settled down with his family at Florence in 1821 where he had rooms in the Medici Palace and later rented the Villa Castigilione. The roots of the compositions lay in his childhood as he wrote later "When I was younger. [a]mong the chief pleasures of my life, and among the commonest of my occupations was the bringing before me such heroes and heroines of antiquity, such poets and sages, such of the prosperous and unfortunate as most interested me. [and e]ngaging them in conversations best suited to their characters". This is a very special volume, beautifully rendered with the author's signature laid in.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imaginary Conversations, [Consisting of Classical Dialogs and Dialogs of Literary Men and Statesmen]
• Publisher: Blackie and Son, London, England
• Publication Date: 1909
• Language: English
• Binding: Full-Leather
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Issued Without a Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)