Richard Monckton Milnes SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY 1868 RARE Florence Nightingale

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Richard Monckton Milnes, a.k.a. Lord Houghton, 1st Baron Houghton, FRS. A signed presentation copy of his selected poems dated June 1873, but this copy printed 1868.

Lord Houghton was a poet and politician very closely associated with Alfred Lord Tennyson, Florence Nightingale, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Keats, William Makepeace Thackeray, Henry Adams, Henry James, William Gladstone, Emperor Napoleon III, King Louis Philippe, Walt Whitman, Carlyle, and Elizabeth Gaskell. He is largely remembered for his contribution to the advancement of women’s rights through the 1870s.

He was a persistent suitor of Florence Nightingale and one of Elizabeth Gaskell’s best friends. It is fascinating to think that this book could have been gifted to any one of these hugely famous people. Unfortunately, the inscription is without a name. However, he kept his circle to the upper echelons of British and American society and it’s likely this was a presentation copy of his poems given to a friend of his. It’s nice to think that it could have been given to any of the aforementioned famous poets for them to look over.

An incredible piece of Victorian history associated with some of the most famous people of the 19th century.

Condition: Very Good (VG)

Spine rubbed but with bright gilt. Boards faded to edges with two black marks to the rear board. Rear and bottom page edge foxed but none to top edge. Minor damage to corners. Hinges slightly rubbed with near fine joints. Boards securely attached. Heavy foxing to preliminaries up to and including the title page after which the text block is very clean. This book lacking the frontispiece otherwise complete. Signed by Lord Houghton to the half title page.

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