Thomas Gray — Poems

London, Privately Printed for Eton College in the Riccardi Press Fount of the Medici Society Limited, 1928 . Vellum. A vellum bound privately printed collection of credited writer and scholar Thomas Gray's poetry for Eton College, signed by the head master. A collection of poetry by Thomas Gray.In full vellum binding. This copy is signed by the headmaster Claude Aurelius Elliott, and was printed specially as a presentation volume for students at Eton.Thomas Gray was a student at Eton, and came to be known as one of the "Graveyard poets" of the late 18th century, along with Oliver Goldsmith, William Cowper, and Christopher Smart.Although only publishing 13 poems in his lifetime, Gray was a critical figure in eighteenth century literature, paving the way for the second generation of Romantic poets. Wordsworth famously critiqued Gray's "Sonnet on the Death of Richard West" in the preface to the 1798 Lyrical Ballads. This volume includes works such as "Ode on the Spring", "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", a fragment from "Agrippina" and four translations into English verse. In full vellum. Externally, very smart. Marks to boards, and light spotting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .