A Century of Roundels
Algernon Charles Swinburne
1883
Chatto & Windus
First Edition
Description:
First edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's A Century of Roundels, a collection of one hundred short lyrics in the roundel, a form Swinburne adapted from the French rondeau and made his own. Each poem is a small, intricately rhymed piece of eleven lines in which the opening words return as a refrain.
Condition:
Good Condition. Clean blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding is firm and contents are clean. Boards have fraying to spine ends with some chipping to corners.
A Century of Roundels
Algernon Charles Swinburne
1883
Chatto & Windus
First Edition
Description:
First edition of Algernon Charles Swinburne's A Century of Roundels, a collection of one hundred short lyrics in the roundel, a form Swinburne adapted from the French rondeau and made his own. Each poem is a small, intricately rhymed piece of eleven lines in which the opening words return as a refrain.
Condition:
Good Condition. Clean blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Binding is firm and contents are clean. Boards have fraying to spine ends with some chipping to corners.
