Patmore, Coventry & Garnett, Richard [editor] — Florilegium Amantis

George Bell & Sons 1879 1st edition. Cloth, G+. viii+230pp+1pp publishers adverts, cloth faded, head of spine worn with a little loss, paper spine label a little chipped, Bookplate of St Augustine's College Library on the endpaper & their blind stamp to the half title, a good copy. 1st edition, second state - p57-58 is a cancel. Collection of the verse of one of the least known, but best regarded Victorian poets - Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore [ 1823 - 1896 ]. His life was marked by personal loss, two wives & two children died before him, and this is reflected in his work.