Swinburne, Algernon Charles

[Swinburne, Algernon Charles- Fairfax Murray Copy] Under the Microscope

London: D. White, 1872.

First edition. Three-quarter green polished calf, marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine. 88pp. Half-title present as the cancel page 41-42. Swinburne’s famed rebuttal of Buchanan’s scathing treatise against Pre-Raphaelitism, “Fleshly School of Poetry.” Fairfax Murray’s copy, noted English painter, dear, collector and benefactor, who was intimately connected with the ‘second wave’ of Pre-Raphaelitism (with his bookplate). Covers very slightly scuffed, else a very good copy of an important and enduring Pre-Raphaelite work.

Price: $850.00   Item #2405