$125.00
The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans (c.1880)
Excelsior Edition — Illustrated
Published by The American News Company, New York, c.1880s
A richly decorative Victorian edition of The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans, celebrated for her lyrical verse exploring patriotism, nature, and the domestic spirit of the Romantic age. This Excelsior Edition features a detailed memoir and notes, with fine steel engravings throughout the text—each capturing the grace and sentiment that defined Hemans’s poetry.
Beautifully bound in a brick-red cloth with an intricate gilt, black, and olive-green floral design to the cover and spine. Gilt page edges. The interior includes charming typographic flourishes, red page borders and engravings that complement Hemans’s verse.
An early inscription on the front endpaper, dated Christmas Day, 1882, adding provenance and personal history. Binding tight, gilt edges bright, and illustrations crisp. Beveled edges boards. minor rubbing to corners and spine edges.
Condition: Very Good+
Size: 5” x 7 1/2”
A beautifully preserved and highly decorative Victorian volume—an exquisite example of 19th-century poetic publishing and design.