Thomas Love Peacock — Gryll Grange

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1896. Cloth. A lovely illustrated copy of the seventh and final novel by Thomas Love Peacock, with illustrations by F. H. Townsend. Illustrated edition, with a frontispiece and thirty-nine plates by F. H. Townsend (1868-1920), a British illustrator and art editor for 'Punch' magazine. This is a nicely illustrated copy of 'Gryll Grange' which was the seventh and final novel by Thomas Love Peacock. This work originally appeared in serial form in 'Fraser's Magazine', and was written after Peacock's retirement from the East India Company. This work follows a man named Gregory Gryll who is the descendant of one of the men who the goddess Circe turned into pigs. Gryll decides to adopt his niece as an heir since he never married himself, but she turns down several suitors which is worrying to the future of Gryll Grange.Contents include 'The Squire and his Niece', 'The Duke's Folly', 'The Seven Sisters', and 'A Symposium&apos. With an introduction by George Saintsbury (1845-1933), an English critic and wine connoisseur. T. S. Eliot dedicated his work on John Dryden to Saintsbury in 1924.Four pages of publisher's adverts to rear of text. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minimal bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Light fading to the spine, with a few marks. Paste downs and endpapers are age-toned with light spotting. Internally, firmly bound, with binding loosening towards the middle of the text. Pages are lightly age-toned to the margins, but remain bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: F. H. Townsend. Very Good .