Various — Some Old Love Songs
London, Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1892] . Cloth. A charmingly illustrated nineteenth-century collection of old love songs by a variety of acclaimed authors. An uncommon work. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Illustrated in colour throughout by Alice Havers, an English painter and illustrator of the nineteenth century. Including a collection of love songs, with titles such as 'Rosalind's Complaint', 'The Manly Heart', 'The Nymph's Reply', and 'Encouragements to a Lover&apos. By a variety of authors including Shakespeare, Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckling, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Christopher Marlowe In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge cracking and tender. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Removed bookplate to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light age toning. Very Good . Ill.: Alice Havers. Very Good .