James Thomson — The Castle of Indolence

London, M. M. Holloway; Simpkin Marshall, and Co, 1845. Cloth. James Thomson's influential allegorical Spenserian poem, this is the first edition to have the illustrations of William Rimer. The first edition with William Rimer's illustrations.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and eleven plates.Collated, complete. 'The Castle of Indolence' is an allegorical poem by James Thomson, written in the style of Spenser in Spenserian stanzas. Thomson used this form of verse at a time when it was considered to be outdated. However, this use of the old-fashioned inspired the new Romantic poets greatly, including Byron, Wordsworth, and Keats. The poem is quoted in Washington Irving's tale 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, boards are damp stained. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Spots to the endpapers. internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with a tide mark to the text, heavier to the plates. Good . Ill.: William Rimer. Good .