3V EPIC POETRY Quint Murrin Kirkwood Renaissance

Henry Etienne Dumaige (French, 1830-1888), "Calliope", fourth quarter 19th century, patinated bronze, the Muse of epic poetry depicted with her usual attributes of a stylus and writing tablet, cast si

1600 Silius Italicus PUNICA Second Punic War Rome Epic Latin Poetry PLANTIN The only surviving book of the epic Roman poet Silius Italicus is ‘Punica’, a fascinating work on the Second Punic War.

Very Rare first French-Italian parallel addition ! 1669 Works of PETRARCH Francesco Renaissance Poetry Petrarch was a 14th-century Italian humanist known for his discovery of the letters of Cicero a

1888 VIKINGS Frithjof’s Saga Norse Mythology Epic Swedish Poetry Iceland English Frithjof’s Saga is a classic Norse mythology tale following the story of King Beli of Sogn and his Viking friend Th

Gilded Renaissance Lady Poetry Muse French Spelter Figurine on Onyx Plinth Approximately 7 3/4 inches tall; on 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches base.

1549 1st ed Italian Renaissance Carmina Poetry Flaminio Pietro Bembo Castiglione ‘Carmina’ is an important 16th-century collection of Renaissance, Neo-Latin poetry. First published in 1548 by Vinc

1865 Robert Burns Scottish Poetry Songs 3v Leather Set Scotland Poetical Works Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist. Regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic Movement, he is widely regarded as t

DESCRIPTION: Sixty-five leather bound collector's edition books. Genres include plays: tragedy and comedy, poetry, prose, epic poems, mythology, and religion. Easton Press: Norwalk Connecticut, Alfred

1798 Joshua Reynolds ART of Painting Sculpting Poetry Mythology 3v SET “Imitation is the means, and not the end, of art”– Joshua Reynolds Joshua Reynolds was an important 18th-century English pa

1532 1ed Italian Renaissance Luigi Alamanni Poetry Mythology Narcissus Sonnet Latin Luigi Alamanni was a 16th-century Italian poet, and, to some, considered the greatest Italian poet for centuries bas

1778 Paradise Lost John Milton English Poetry Illustrated Allegory 3v French ed “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” ― John Milton, Paradis

Silius Italicus Gaius De Bello Punico libri septemdecim Lugduni: apud Seb. Gryphium, 1547 Size 3 by 5" (118x66 mm). 430 pp 18th century leather binding with gilt title to the spine Very good interior

An exceptional Renaissance Revival 4-tile panel by Jules Loebnitz (1836-1895) for Maison Pichenot, 82 x 109 cmDepicting an allegorical figure of poetry, presented in a matching Renaissance-style frame

1851 SCOTLAND Allan Ramsay SCOTTISH Poetry Gentle Shepherd Edinburgh Poems 3v Allan Ramsay was an early 18th-century Scottish poet and playwright known for his pastoral poems and plays in verse. One s

1967 Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien Fellowship Two Towers Return of the King 3v Perhaps the best known, modern epic is none other than J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings; a work that has become one

1977 Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien Fellowship Two Towers Return of the King 3v Perhaps the best-known modern epic is none other than J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings; a work that has become one o

1801 Robert Burns Works Scottish Poetry & Scotland Poems English Illustrated 3v “My love is like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June: My love is like the melody That's sweetly played in tune

1965 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien Middle Earth Hobbit Fantasy 3v SET Perhaps the best known, modern epic is none other than J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings; a work that has become one of the

The Kirkwood by Royal Doulton, multicolor transferware, a fruit and flower pattern made between 1948 - 1960. Includes 3 graduated sizes of oval platters, a 12 3/4" round platter, an 11" square handled

1680 Poetry & MUSIC Henriette la Suze Mythology French Letters Elegies 3v RARE Henriette de La Suze was a French author and poet whose poems appear in ‘Receuil de Pieces Galantes’ with verses of p

1619 1st ed Works of Torquato Tasso Italian Poetry Rhymes Rinaldo Bidelli Torquato Tasso was a 16th-century Italian poet most-known for his epic poem ‘Jerusalem Delivered’. However, Tasso was popu

1965 Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien Middle Earth Hobbit Fantasy 3v SET +DJs Perhaps the best known, modern epic is none other than J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings; a work that has become one o

1929 Thomas Norton Ordinall of Alchemy Old English Occult Poetry Chaucer Yeoman Thomas Norton was a 15th-century English alchemist best known for his book The Ordinall of Alchemy. In this epic poem, N

1773 The Chase HUNTING Hobbinol Olympicks Illustrated Somervile English Poetry William Somervile was an English poet who is best remembered for his 1735 epic poem ‘The Chase’. Like the original ge