England’s Helicon, A Collection of Lyrical and Pastoral Poems | 1899 Lawrence & Bullen | Elizabethan Poetry

Published in 1899 by Lawrence & Bullen of London, England’s Helicon is a late-Victorian edition of the celebrated Elizabethan poetry anthology first issued in 1600. This volume is bound in its original dark maroon cloth, richly decorated with an elaborate gilt floral design to both the front board and spine, and finished with a gilt-topped edge.

Edited by A. H. Bullen, this edition presents a curated selection of lyrical and pastoral poems by many of the most important writers of the Elizabethan age, including Edmund Spenser, Sir Philip Sidney, Christopher Marlowe, Michael Drayton, George Peele, Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, and others, alongside anonymous works. Among its most celebrated inclusions is Marlowe’s Come live with me and be my love, one of the most enduring pastoral poems in English literature.

The interior is printed on quality paper and retains its original text block, with light age-toning to page edges. Deckled edges. Binding tight sound. Clean pages. Light rubbing to gilt on spine. 259pp.

Condition: Very Good

Size: Approximately 4 1/2” x 7”

A richly decorative and historically significant poetry volume which reflects the appeal of England’s Elizabethan verse.