Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.
HEANEY, Seamus.
Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables.
First Edition of Robert Henryson The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables; Signed by Nobel Prize-Winning Poet Seamus Heaney
London: Faber & Faber, 2009.
$350.00
In Stock
Item Number: 4179
* Custom Clamshell Boxes are hand made by the Harcourt Bindery upon request and take approximately 90 days to complete
First British edition of Heaney’s translation of Henryson’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Seamus Heaney on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Hand lettering and illustration by Seb Lester.
"The Testament of Cresseid is a beautiful, rare work, unique in the history of literature for [the ‘recognition’] scene alone. Heaney has done us all a generous and graceful service" (Ruth Padel, Financial Times).
