Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Keats, John. Unpublished poems To His Sister Fanny April, 1818.

With engr. impressum and engr. title by W. H. W. Bicknell, signed. 2 leaves, leaves VIII to X and XIX to XII, 4 leaves facsimile. Printed on vellum. Small 4to. Contemp. full calf with double gilt fillets around boards and gilt letterd spine. Top edge gilt. – Boston, The Bibliophile Society, 1909.

One of 489 copies printed for the members of the Bibliophile Society. With introduction by Charles E. Hurd. The engr. title show portraits by Keats and his sister Fanny, the last four leaves show the facsimile of Keat’s autograph. The Bibliophile Society often collaborated with the American artist William Harry Warren Bicknell (1860-1947), who did the engravings for their limited de luxe publications. A few copies only, like the present, seem to be signed by the artist on the title page. – Bookplate Willard S. Morse on inner front board. Calf rubbed in places. Clean copy. – Best.-Nr. 26935