Product code: 1897 Poems offers by Robert Browning Illustrated by Byam Shaw Antique Book
1897 Poems by Robert Browning Illustrated by Byam Shaw Published by George Bell and Son 377 pages 8” 5.5” x 1.5” This rare & famous illustrator book is in fair to good condition. The cover is so unique! There is wear and discoloration to cover. The endpages have discoloration. The title page illustration tissue has caused spotting. Nineteen poems by Robert Browning include "My Last Duchess," "Porphyria's Lover," "Fra Lippo Lippi," and "Love among the Ruins." Robert Browning (1812 – 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings & challenging vocabulary & syntax. Byam Shaw (1872 – 1919) was a British offers painter, illustrator, designer and teacher. Shaw worked competently in a wide variety of media including oils, watercolour, pastels, pen and ink and deployed techniques such as dyeing and gilding. He was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites.
1897 Poems by Robert Browning Illustrated by Byam Shaw Published by George Bell and Son 377 pages 8” 5.5” x 1.5” This rare & famous illustrator book is in fair to good condition. The cover is so unique! There is wear and discoloration to cover. The endpages have discoloration. The title page illustration tissue has caused spotting. Nineteen poems by Robert Browning include "My Last Duchess," "Porphyria's Lover," "Fra Lippo Lippi," and "Love among the Ruins." Robert Browning (1812 – 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose dramatic monologues put him among the Victorian poets. He was noted for irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings & challenging vocabulary & syntax. Byam Shaw (1872 – 1919) was a British offers painter, illustrator, designer and teacher. Shaw worked competently in a wide variety of media including oils, watercolour, pastels, pen and ink and deployed techniques such as dyeing and gilding. He was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites.