The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe (1873) – Vermont Poet – Leather

Description

John Godfrey Saxe, The Poems of John Godfrey Saxe Complete in One Volume. Highgate Edition. (James R. Osgood: Boston, 1873). 38th edition.

Duodecimo. 491 pages. Bound in half calf with boards covered in hand marbled paper, English case bound. with  gilt decorated spine and hand marbling on all three edges of text block.

Condition: VG+ some shelf wear to bottom and back edges of binding, some darkening to top edge of text block. Hinges solid, gilding bright. Super copy overall.

^{Saxe was a Vermont born poet. “John Godfrey Saxe I (June 2, 1816 – March 31, 1887) was an American poet known for his re-telling of the Indian parable “The Blind Men and the Elephant“,[1] which introduced the story to a Western audience. He also said “Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made.“” – Wikipedia}