CAMPION, Thomas. Edited by Ernest Rhys.
The Lyric Poems of Thomas Campion.
London: J.M. Dent & Co , .
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"Love me or not, love her I must or dye, leave me or not, follow her, needs must I": First Edition of The Lyric Poems of Thomas Campion
Rare first limited edition of this collection of Campion's poetry, compiled by the founder of Everyman's Library Ernest Rhys. Duodecimo, bound in full vellum, gilt titles and elaborate botanical gilt decorations to the spine and front panel, engraved frontispiece and decorated title page, decorations within text. Limited to 250 copies on handmade paper. In near fine condition. Rare and desirable.
English composer, poet, and physician Thomas Campion wrote over one hundred lute songs and masques for dancing throughout the mid-sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries. Edited by Ernest Rhys, the present volume contains a collection of his best known romantic and religious lyrical poems, including Cherry Ripe, Though art not Faire, Amarillis, When Laura Smiles, What Harvest, and Love me or Not.
The Lyric Poems of Thomas Campion.
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