Lowell, James Russell. The Old English Dramatists (Large-Paper Edition). Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1892. Limited Edition. [10988]
Half blue morocco with gilt & blue floral boards, the same floral paper as end papers, six panels to spine with raised bands, spine decorated in gilt, top page edges gilt. Binding is edge-worn; 9 x 6 1/2 inches. Portrait of Lowell. [vi], 132 clean pp., printed on lined paper. Good. Hardcover.
No. 208 of 300 copies printed.
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), b. Cambridge, Massachusetts; educated at Harvard's University, Law School and College. He was associated the the "fireside poets" of New England, and was also an editor, critic, and diplomat. He was, during his day, a highly influential man of letters. An ardent abolitionist, he contributed about 50 articles to the press on that subject in the 1840s and 1850s. He succeeded Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as Smith professor of modern languages in Harvard University in 1855, holding that position for the next twenty years. He became the editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1857-1861, and was co-editor of the North American Review (1864-1872). In consideration of his writings in favor of the Union cause he was made ambassador to Spain (1877-188)), and to Great Britain (1800-1885).
"Lowell won great popularity in England's literary and political circles and served as president of the Wordsworth Society, succeeding Matthew Arnold." - Encyclopedia Britannica.
