Laus Veneris by Algernon Charles Swinburne, with illustrations by John Buckland Wright
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Printed by the Golden Cockerel Press 1948
Number 709 of a limited edition of 750 numbered copies
Designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford of the Golden Cockerel Press, London
With 11 wood engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright including the title page and 4 others that are full page
Very good condition, hard back, top edge gilt, very slight browning to the page edges, very slight ware to the corners
£270
Laus Veneris is the long and passionate poem by Swinburne which contains his own reflections upon the Tannhauser story of the medieval knight who becomes erotically trapped within the kingdom (queendom) of Venus. The highly regarded illustrations by John Buckland Wright (all actual wood engravings) provide very sensual visualisations of the pair, trapped in the ecstasy of their love.
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