c1910 POEMS OF SHELLEY Caxton JESSIE M. KING (8 Plates) Art Nouveau Covers VGC

POEMS OF SHELLEY

Selected and Introduced by John Churton Collins

With 8 plates Illustrated by Jessie M. King

London: Caxton, undated, circa 1910. Hardback, blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. One of 'The Golden Poets' series, edited by Oliphant Smeaton. B&w frontispiece and decorated title page, 8 plates (b&w with touches of pink, grey and gold) by Jessie M. King (collated).

SECTION HEADINGS
Introduction; Longer Poems; Dramas; Miscellaneous Poems; Lyrics; Sonnets; The Witch of Atlas; Early Poems; Notes; Appendix: Original Preface to 'Adonais'; Index of First Lines.

CONDITION
Very good.Cloth binding is good. All contents present and pages clean throughout. All illustrations present and in lovely condition. Overall very good.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death and he became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets including Robert Browning, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats.[5] American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as "a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem."
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Jessie Marion King (20 March 1875 – 3 August 1949) was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children's books. She also designed bookplates, jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery. King was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls.

King was made Tutor in Book Decoration and Design at Glasgow School of Art in 1899. She continued to teach until her marriage to E. A. Taylor in 1908, and she chose, against the grain, to keep her maiden name.

King was influenced by the Art Nouveau of the period, and her works correspond in mood with those of The Glasgow Four. Despite the influence of Art Nouveau, she was inspired to create unique designs where she did not literally translate the real world. "I would not copy designs," she said, "but insisted on drawing out of my head." During her early period, she created detailed pen and ink illustrations on vellum.