[Joseph Cundall] — Songs, Madrigals and Sonnets

London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Co. 1849 . First edition. Leather. Lovely full-calf poetry collection with colour Italian-inspired borders. First edition.In red full-calf binding.With an illustrated title page and decorative colour borders to each page. The preface reads, "As Madrigals and Sonnets are of Italian origin, borders of an Italian character of design have been thought the most appropriate decoration."Compiled by significant Victorian publisher Joseph Cundall. Author not stated, authorship confirmed from a copy held by the British Library. Lovely pocket collection from various eminent writers, the likes of Donne, Milton and Shakespeare. The poems were selected as the "most familiar and the most pleasant" according to Cundall. In red full-calf binding. Externally, very smart with noticeable rubbing and marking to boards. Internally, generally firmly bound. Binding tender towards the front and rear of the text block with a loose page, "On Echo and Silence", towards rear. Pages feature sporadic spotting, heavier to first and last few pages, otherwise generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .