Samuel Waddington — The Sonnets of Europe

London, Walter Scott, Ltd, 1888. Leather. A leatherbound copy of this collection of translations of important European sonnets. A volume of translations. A collection of the important sonnets of Europe, translated into English. With contributions from authors including: Dante Alighieri, Lorenzo de Medici, Michael Angelo, Francesca Coppetta, Torquato Tasso, Pierre Ronsard, Joachin du Bellay, Wolfgang von Goethe, Lope de Vega, Luis de Camoens, Gustaf Rosenhane, and more. Selected and arranged with notes by Samuel Waddington, a British civil servant, traveller and poet. Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, sound with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. A 2" crack to the front joint. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Good . Ill.: None. Good .