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Click here to subscribeCa. 300 BC. Interesting pair of Celtic, Iron Age, la tene type bow brooches. Expertly cleaned and conserved with smooth green patina. Size: 28-33 mm; 20 grams Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK and European art market. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca. 300 BC. Interesting pair of Celtic, Iron Age, la tene type bow brooches. Expertly cleaned and conserved with smooth green patina. Size: 53-60 mm; 20 grams Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK and European art market. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
CA. 300 BC. Celtic Iron Age votive figurine set of cast bronze horse and horse rider. Good condition, cleaned and conserved. Size: 45-50mm; 50 grams. Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca. 300 BC. Interesting pair of Celtic, Iron Age, la tene type bow brooches. Expertly cleaned and conserved with smooth green patina. Size: 39-40 mm; 15 grams Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK and European art market. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
Ca. 300 BC. Interesting pair of Celtic, Iron Age, la tene type bow brooches. Expertly cleaned and conserved with smooth green patina. Size: 35-37 mm; 12 grams Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK and European art market. All Items sold by Pax Romana Auctions come with professional Certificate of Authenticity and FREE domestic and international shipping.
A 17th century style Spanish carved walnut vargueno on stand, 19th century, the front carved with a mythological scene of gods and figures of the ocean, the sides with cartouches, with gilt iron lock plate, handles and mounts, the fall enclosing an interior of eleven drawers with heart shaped handles, on an oak stand carved with two portrait roundels on spiral turned and fluted legs, the top 47.5cm H x 93cm W x 43cm D, size with stand 138cm H x 93cm W x 55cm D (2) CONDITION REPORT: General age wear patina throughout and a little grubby. The top has a hair line crack which is none threatening. The lock and hinges have a gilt finish which has age wear rubbing. Base with general age wear through use. The stand is probably English. The top is continental.There is evidence of old worm damage to the back of the top, back of the sides and to a much lesser extent to some of the drawer fronts, and a few minor holes here and there to the base.
Rare and Good Quality 34-Bore Percussion Holster Pistol by William Paris of Derby c.1790, drum converted from flintlock, swamped barrel engraved Derby in script, Tower private proof marks, open sights with silver inlaid fore-sight, gold inlaid breech band, lock signed in script, sliding rear segment safety catch, capstan screw adjustable set trigger, elaborately engraved iron furniture including trigger guard with 2 pineapple finials, iron trigger guard with spiral carved flared tip, figured walnut stock nicely carved shell behind barrel tang, flared chequered butt with flattened sides. Barrel 23cms, overall 35cms. Good untouched condition, excellent age patina.
16-Bore Percussion Holster Pistol breech converted from flintlock, octagonal barrel re-engraved Wogdon London, standing rear sight, stepped lock engraved WOGDON, walnut half stock, horn fore end cap, engraved iron trigger guard with pineapple finial, finely chequered rounded butt, silver escutcheon and barrel wedge plates, brass tipped wooden ramrod with brass capped worm. Barrel 22cms, overall 35cms. Basically good condition, age worn overall, ramrod pipe detached but present.
10-Bore Indian Military Flintlock Musket, lock engraved with the EIC blade mark dated 1798, and the maker GOFF, full stocked, regulation brass mounts, small brass rearsight, iron sling swivels, ramrod and triangular socket bayonet stamped W ROCK with inspector’s mark. Barrel 106.5cms, overall 147.5cms, bayonet blade 43cms. Good condition, age worn overall.
Indian 15-Bore Military Percussion Carbine of Enfield Type, open rear sight, regulation style lock and iron mounts including 2 screwed barrel bands, iron sling swivels and ramrod, fullstock with regular holes drilled under fore-end. Barrel 60cms, overall 99.5cms. Good condition, age worn and re-stocked.
6x Assorted Antique Bullet Moulds, comprising 4 x pincer type iron moulds for 300, 84, 60 and 16 bores; another for a long approx. 60-bore bullet with steel cut-off (expertly restored) and Indian markings; and a twin cavity bronze mould for 2 approx. 50-bore flat nosed bullets. Average good condition, with some age wear and a little damage.
Good Quality Contemporary Scale Model of a Waterloo Period Cannon and Limber, early 19th Century, comprising bronze barrel with turned reinforces, swollen muzzle, vent platform cut and pierced with adjustable bronze rearsight, on its iron shod mahogany block trail with elevating screw, port fire cutter, iron framed side seat with foot bar and chains, hinged iron T-bar and stay; complete with matching limber with a pair of ammunition boxes, dished spoked wheels, wooden trace. Barrel length 24cms, overall on trail 48cms, and with limber 62cms (excluding removable trace). Good condition and patina overall, some age wear; ammunition box lids, cap squares and some small pieces missing.
Scarce Ottoman Turkish Iron Horse’s Head Defence Chanfron, Second Half of the 16th Century, embossed with 6 vertical flutes which divide around the forehead, embossed eye and ear positions, slightly flared towards the muzzle, engraved with the ‘St Irene’ tamga, a short inscription just below the eyes with a longer one at the muzzle, further engraved with 4 symmetrical devices, borders pierced for retaining (missing) extra pieces using mail. Good condition for age. Maximum 55cms.
Very Rare Ottoman Turkish Shield Kalkan, 17th Century, Taken as Booty from the Second Siege of Vienna in 1683, made from coiled fig withies bound together and painted brick red with cream-coloured painted geometric decoration, central iron boss painted with sun-burst device with a star between each point, leather bound brim, blue cotton cloth lining and knuckle pad, woven leather arm straps and grips. Good condition for age. Diameter 50cms. Provenance: Ex European aristocratic collection taken as booty from the second siege of Vienna in 1683. Sotheby’s 24 April 2012.
Good Quality Persian Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistol, early 19th century, flared damascus twist barrel finely chiselled with cartouches containing flowering foliage, lock with engraved decoration, engraved iron furniture, iron belt hook. Good condition, cock repaired, good age patina. Overall 47.5cms.
Indian Sword Kirach, 19th century, earlier single edge wootz blade silver damascened at the forte and with silver damascened reinforces along back edge and for the first 13cms of the cutting edge, iron hilt with silver damascened with flowering foliage, in its brown leather covered scabbard with embossed silver mounts. Good condition, some age wear overall, section of leather missing, damascene to disc pommel well worn. Blade 73cms.
Indian Sword Kirach, 18th Century, straight single edge polished firangi blade with false edge and cut with a pair of shallow fullers and with traces of etched inscriptions, iron hilt covered with silver foil damascene and gold damascened flower heads, swollen quillon finials and knuckle bow, in later leather covered scabbard. Good condition, some age wear overall. Blade 76cms
Unusual Indian Sword Tulwar with Pierced Iron Pommel, 17th Century, broad straight single edge Firangi blade cut with 3 narrow fullers, iron hilt, broad layered pommel disc pierced with geometric design, fluted swollen grip, quillons with shaped finials, pierced langet finials, in its leather-covered scabbard. Blade 83cms, overall 95cms. Good untouched condition and age patina, some leather missing from end of scabbard.
Heavy Indian Gauntlet Sword Pata, 17th or 18th Century, broad straight double edge blade cut with short fullers stamped struck with European style inscriptions, marks and the ‘bite mark’, iron gauntlet hilt chiselled with a diaper pattern of flower heads in relief, beaded reinforced cuff and ridges, langets chiselled with flowering foliage, iron arm strap chiselled en-suite. Good condition, hilt age worn. Overall 125cms.
Unusual Indian Katar from Tanjore, 17th Century, curved double edge wootz steel blade cut with a narrow central fuller, swollen tip, iron hilt, blade mount chiselled with flowering plant, hilt chiselled with flowers, foliage and geometric decoration, twin swollen grip bars. Blade 29cms, overall 43.5cms. Good condition, age worn overall.
Rare Indian Mughal All-Iron Dagger Khanjar c.1620, curved double edge blade with raised central rib, integral hilt comprising swollen octagonal grip, roof-shaped pommel with stylised animal head finials one retaining a small iron loop for a tassel, knuckle bow with horse head finial emanates from an elephant’s trunk, whorled pommel button, traces of gold damascened decoration overall. Good condition for age, rusted overall and requires careful cleaning. Overall 34.5cms.
Rare Indian Combination Dagger Bichwa and Katar of Riveted Construction, possibly Mysore 19th century, thick loop-shaped copper grip chiselled with a shaped panel containing flowering foliage in relief, 2 bud-shaped finials, iron katar blade with thickened point, recurved iron bichwa blade with slightly thickened point. Good condition and age patina. Maximum 30cms
Good Early 19th Century Indian Axe, possibly from Bhuj, iron crescent shaped head with brass sides nicely engraved with scrolling and flowering foliage overall en-suite with the hollow brass stem, the square shaped peen is surmounted by a brass ankus, and the swollen lotus bud-shaped pommel unscrews to real a 26cm dagger blade. Crescent head 14cms, overall 54cms. Good untouched condition with good age patina.
Indian Iron Shield Dhal from Punjab, 19th century, applied with for iron bosses, single crescent and with an unusual iron sun-in-splendour device, the bosses, central roundel, borders all decorated with gold and silver damascened flowers and geometric ornaments, reinforced brim, inside with cotton grip and kapok padding (fabric mostly perished). Good condition, some age wear overall. Diameter 40cms.
Massive Indian Matchlock Rampart Gun Torador, Probably 17th or 18th Century, 2.7cms bore diameter, slightly swollen muzzle, breech struck with an assortment of armoury inscriptions (not translated) integral pan, open rearsight, iron swivel bracket of rowlock type, wooden stock with iron sides; together with a contemporary Indian 2 wheeled mounting to facilitate moving the gun. Good condition with some age wear. Overall length 133cms.
^ Good 16-Bore Indian Matchlock Gun Torador from Rajasthan, 18th or 19th Century, barrel finely chiselled with repeated lotus blossom design and foliage, the breech partly gilt and chiselled with Durga astride lion, muzzle fully gilt with stylised animal’s head within flowering foliage, wooden fullstock with some ivory inlay including stringing, pair of ducks, flower heads, inlaid foliage at butt, ebonised block behind breech with row of flower heads, chained pricker and pan cover, steel foliate trigger and stock sides, one deeply pricked with a long inscription (not translated), iron ramrod. Good condition, some age wear. Overall 184.5cms.
^ Good Congolese Poto Tribal Knife, 19th century, broad double edge blade swollen towards the tip with incised decoration, subsequently stamped 666 on both sides, pierced iron root, crosspiece covered with sheet iron with punched decoration, grip with iron windings (loose), large pommel covered with leopard skin. Blade 41cms, overall 60cms. Good condition and age patina.
Italian Halberd, 17th Century, iron head with square-section top spike swollen at base, pierced rear spike and crescent-shaped blade pierced with horse bit design (?), turned baluster vase-shaped central device, tapered socket, on later velvet-covered and brass studded wooden haft. Overall 200cms. Good condition, head age worn and varnished.
Rare Pair of Sergeants Halberds for the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, 18th century of regulation pattern, spontoon heads unscrew to release the broad lateral blades which are engraved COLDSTREAM 1/5 and COLDSTREAM 5/3 (the latter inscription worn and unclear), spontoon-shaped head of shallow diamond section, blades each with maker’s stamps and setting up marks, and one punched with initials H.P. all concealed by the sockets, turned balusters and reinforcing rings, on their original iron mounted ash hafts with long iron straps and conical iron shoes. Overall 252cms and 245cms (max. 229cms with heads dismantled). Good untouched condition, age wear overall. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards was the regimental title from 1670-1817.
Spanish Left Hand Dagger, 17th Century, tapered thick diamond section blade with a depression for the thumb forged at the forte, iron hilt, sail-shaped guard with turned over edges, wide quillons with baluster finials, copper wire bound grip with turned baluster pommel. Blade 45.5cms, overall 56cms. Good condition with good age patina.
^ Irish Presentation Infantry Officer’s Sword Spadroon of the 3rd Royal Dublin Volunteers, 1797, straight diamond-section blade, iron hilt, sideguard pierced and engraved with crowned Irish harp supported by a pair of cannon on carriages, side loop and quillon terminal both with decorative applied studs, facetted pommel, chequered ivory grip with large silver ‘cigar band’ engraved in script ‘Presented to Captn. H.A.Woodward by the Genn. of his Compy as a Small Token of their respect and Esteem for him’ and on the reverse ‘3rd Regt of Royal Dubn Volu. or Barrack Devis,n and 4th Comp.y Dec,r 7th 97’. Overall 97cms, blade 81cms. Generally good untouched condition, blade and hilt lightly pitted and age worn with a few small pieces missing from edges of blade.
Collection of eight boxed TV & gaming related models/figures to include Tomy sonic the Hedgehog Sonic & Tales, Jonny Lightning 1:24 Batmobile diecast model, Pop Movies 109 Ghostbusters Stay Puff Marshmallow Man, Funko Marvel Avengers Age of Ultron No. 16 Iron Man and No.14 Captain America, Funko Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No.07 Leonardo, No.19 Donatello, No.10 Raphael
A Chelsea Red Dragon pattern fluted circular saucer dish, painted in the Kakiemon palette with two ferocious Dragons in iron red, the centre with a Chrysanthemum blossom and green leaves, 12cm diam, stilt marks to verso, c. 1753 Condition Report: Chipped loss to rim. Some surface rubbing and light scratches from wear commensurate with age. Loss to footrim but standing well and stable. Contemporary firing stresses, pitting, etc. Chip on rim. Chip to base rim. Crack to side which doesn't go all the way through and looks to have been there since firing. Small pitting marks. Please see additional images.
A German Luftwaffe design Captain's (Hauptmann) uniform. Dress tunic with insignia denoting rank including silver wound epaulettes and collar, silver wound Luftwaffe eagle to pocket. The buttons are marked both C.TH. DICKE and RZM stamped. 1939 Iron Cross 1st class and Luftwaffe Pilot's badge. The pocket label is worn and indistinctly makers marked and written on. Together with trousers, later shirt and tie. Buyer to determine age
Derek Lloyd FWCB/The Peacock Chair/ a wrought iron rocking chair, the shaped back pierced with foliate stems and tendrils, the scroll arms with peacock heads, the sides with pierced bars to emulate quills, the seat and back upholstered in pale blue moiré silk/Note: In 1941, at the age of five, Derek Lloyd was evacuated from Birmingham to Worcestershire where his new home was opposite a blacksmiths shop. He started to assist there and when older undertook a 4-year apprenticeship. After serving in the army, he established his own blacksmithing business and also taught at what is now the National School of Blacksmithing in Hereford. A farrier all his life, Derek has shoed thousands of horses including winners of the Grand National and Cheltenham Gold Cup. /This chair was designed and created as an entry in the 1993 Ornamental Ironwork National Championship. It is a completely traditional piece of work, meaning that all the assembly was carried out by riveting or forge welding by hand. The chair was entered into all the major UK championship shows during 1993 and won every event but one, thereby becoming the overall winner.
A 19th century copper cooking pot and cover, each with twin bronze handles, the base stamped 'Temple & Crook Iron mongers, 34.5cm diam (size not including the handles) CONDITION REPORT: 23cm high. The lid fits ok. Highly grubby and tarnished throughout, general age wear surface scratches etc. There is an engraved 'W' to the top of the lid. The lug handles may be bronze.
* Bell & Howell 16mm cine projectors. Bell & Howell Filmo Showmaster 16mm cine film projector with Exessalite 2 inch f/1.6 lens, Serial Number 588019, 115V, mains transformer, original box and User Manual included, untested but in good cosmetic condition, together with Bell & Howell 16mm sound projector, Model 640 SX with separate Bell & Howell 631 speaker and G.B. cast-iron projector stand with 4 legs stored underneath, mains transformer, some paint has peeled from the case, untested, Bell & Howell 16mm Filmotion viewer with instructions, untested, Zeiss Ikon Moviscop 16mm viewer with instructions , untested, Aldis slide projector with 150mm f/3.2 lens with instructions, untested , Leitz Pradolux 24 slide projector with Elmaron 85mm f/2.8 lens with instructions, mains cable, original box and some Nebro slide holders, untested, Sanyo MR-212 portable reel-to-reel tape recorder , original box and instructions, untested, plus Siemens and Ensign film splicers, Zeiss Ikon and Sportico film winding tools, various attachments and other miscellaneous projection accessories. (Qty: 5 cartons)This photographic equipment was all the working property of the legendary adventurer, photographer and mariner Alan Villiers, and is consigned to auction by his family.Born in Melbourne, Australia, Villiers first went to sea at age 15 and sailed on board traditionally rigged vessels, including the full-rigged ship Joseph Conrad. He commanded square-rigged ships for films, including Moby Dick and Billy Budd. He also commanded the Mayflower II in 1957 on its voyage from the United Kingdom to the United States.He wrote 44 books, and served as the Chairman (1960-1970) andPresident (1970-74) of the Society for Nautical Research, a Trustee of the National Maritime Museum, and Governor of the Cutty Sark Preservation Society. He was awarded the British Distinguished Service Cross as a Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve during the Second World War. Villiers also trained as a pilot, 1937-38, and sailed with Arab dhows in the Persian Gulf, 1938-39.He settled in England and when he died on 3 March 1982 at Oxford he was survived by his wife and three children.
English royal crest. Exquisitely inlaid gold and silver on iron, 19th century neo-romantic plate. Most likely from Zuloaga workshops.Attributed to the work of the Zuloaga family, who brought the art of damascening back into the forefront of fine metalworking during the mid 19th century, and were frequently commissioned by noble and royal houses throughout Europe. No clearly extant marks survive, but a pair of faint numbers or letters can be found underlined on the bottom center of the plate. Dimensions: 11.5"D X 1"HCountry of Origin: England Condition: Tarnish consummate with age; silver work displaced in areas.
Ɵ John Maxwell Coetzee, Works, first and limited editions, signed by the author [most UK and South Africa, 1974-2013]a group of 29 volumes, comprising: Dusklands (1974, first South African edition, booklabel to front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, dust-jacket slightly chipped at head and tail of spine, spotted), In the Heart of the Country (1977, dust-jacket creased and a bit rubbed), Waiting for the Barbarians (1980, first American edition, paperback copy), Waiting for the Barbarians (1981, first South African edition, dust-jacket spine faded), The Life and Times of Michael K (1983, first South African Edition), The Life and Times of Michael K (1983, first South African Edition, dust-jacket spine a little faded), Foe (1986, first South African edition), Age of Iron (1990), The Master of Petersburgh (1994), Boyhood (1997), Disgrace (1999), Disgrace (1999), The Lives of Animals (1999, first American edition), Youth (2002), Elizabeth Costello (2003), His Man and He (2004, number 8 of 75 copies bound in cloth), Slow Man (2005), Slow Man (2005, first South African edition), Slow Man (2005, number 75 of 100 limited edition copies, original half morocco, slip-case), Inner Workings, essays 2000-2005 (2007), Diary of a Bad Year (2007, uncorrected proof copy, original printed wrappers), Diary of a Bad Year (2007), Diary of a Bad Year (2007, first Australian edition), Dusklands (2008, number 111 of 160 limited edition copies), Summertime (2009), Here and Now (2013, number 56 of 100 limited edition copies, original half morocco, slip-case), The Childhood of Jesus (2013, number 36 of 100 limited edition copies, original morocco, slip-case), all signed by the author, first English editions unless specified, original cloth and dust-jackets where applicable, some volumes in custom-bound slip-cases to form sets, 8vo Please note there are 27 items in this lot, as listed in the description Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
Ancient Cypriot Bichrome Ware, c, 700 BC and later, comprising: An amphora decorated with a geometric pattern, Iron-Age, 68 cm high, c/w a copy of a 1958 Export Licence; an Iron Age II (Cypro Archaic) jug, 15 cm high; a large conical bowl with two handles for hanging (?), 36 cm diam x 12.5 cm high; two dishes, 25 cm & 12 cm diam. (excluding handles); a small geometric amphora. 11 cm high; a geometric bowl, Iron Age I, c. 900BC, 9.5 cm high x 14 cm; two black on red miniature wares and one other (10)Provenance: English private collection c. 1950'sLarge amphora - Broken overall and repaired. Some losses, particularly to the rimIron Age II jug - small hole in body25 cm dish - cracked and reglued
A small Cypriot Iron Age black on red ware amphora, the body decorated with concentric circle motifs and encircling bands, 14.4cm high; an Iron Age pottery single-handled bowl with concentric decoration in umber on cream, 13.6cm max diam and a Cypriot terracotta standing figure with upraised arms, one missing, with a tall headdress, 17cm high, circa 800 - 475 B.C. (3),Provenance: From the collection of the late Elizabeth Attridge 1934-2018. Collected from 1980's onwards. .
A Victorian copper coal receiver, with wrought iron bale handle, the cylindrical body with rivet type decoration, height 29.5 cm, diameter 34.5 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The body has numerous small dents and knocks, to be expected of something this age. There is no solder beneath the rim. The metal is a good gauge. There are no holes evident. This item is ready to be used.
An interesting 19th century Afghan belt and 3 pouches, of brown cloth covered leather, “church window” embroidered panelled pouch with sheet iron corners and stud fastener, small plain iron mounted pouch with stud fastener, and pouch (damaged) for 8 cartridges with simple engraved iron band to front, elaborate iron buckle/clasp for belt. Basically GC for age (dark patina overall).
Interesting Iron Age Enammelled Pendant shaped as moon crescent with large loop. Very nice qulity enamel insert, divided by a stylised snake motif. - 42mm, 9 grams - ca.100 BC-100AD - From a private collection, acquired in London in the 1970s. - All items come with Free International postage, accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity .
Southey, Robert Wat Tyler A Dramatic Poem. In Three Acts. Printed for Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1817. 8vo, full calf; pp. [i-v (seemingly lacking iii-iv)], vi-xi, [1 (blank], [1]-70, [38 (inserted blanks with laid-in extracts from contemporary newspapers on the affair)]; provenance: ''Ex bibliotheca Car. I. Taboris'' (bookplate on upper pastedown of the surgeon SIr Thomas Anwyl-Davies (1891-1971) who was a lecturer in venereal diseases at St. Thomas's). Pirated first ed. Robert Southey was in 1817 a Respectable Man of politics, a Tory and Poet Laureate his voice was the voice of Christian Family Values. It was then something of an embarrassment to him, and to the government of which he was a mouthpiece, when Radical publishers Sherwood, Neely and Jones produced a pirated edition of young firebrand Robert Southey's dramatic poem on Wat Tyler, the very slightly controversial leader of the Peasants' Revolt. Against a backdrop of politically motivated domestic spying, the suspension of Habeas Corpus, pilloried publishers, and penal suppression of Radical ideologies this embarrassment quickly became farce after the Hon. William Smith, Member for Norwich, demanded government action on this seditious literature. With literary war being waged between the Edinburgh Review (Whig) and the Quarterly Review (Tory), and injudicious support offered by fellow Radical apostate Coleridge, Southey sought to head off the entire affair with a swift literary injunction. This seemingly cast-iron control mechanism would only serve to make the entire affair worse. The injunction was an author's only real defence against piracy at the time, owing to the tenuous status of copywrite under the Statute of Anne. By intention, an injunction was only a temporary hold until legal status as ''property'' could be proved. The cost of such proceedings was generally such that defendants simply ceased publication, making the injunction a de facto judgement. However, the law allowed no action in defence of works deemed to be injurious to the State - no one should profit from their crimes, least of all sedition. The delightful irony of the entire legal case was to ensure there was no legal bar whatsoever to Radical publications of the poem (similar situations would ensue from Byron's Cain and Shelley's Queen Mab). The deprivation of literary property rights did not in fact, shockingly enough, prevent people from publishing, much to the court and government's dismay. Not least injurious to the Tory faction was the serious blow to Southey's reputation from a dismissal by his own government, represented by the presiding Lord Chief Justice, Lord Eldon. The case, and the poem, highlighted the difference between Southey the Poet and Southey the Poet Laureate (not missed by Byron in the ''Dedication'' to Don Juan). The Poet Laureate held his authority not from the Muses, nor from the popular acclaim of the crowd, but from the Crown. The position's aspects as poet-for-hire and channel for Royal attitudes were laid bare - here was the Poet Laureate Southey decrying the Poet Southey whose verse had won him the position. Southey effectively wiped himself out, abnegating his own identity to better inhabit his current role. In the end, the quality or significance of the verse itself was unimportant. This pirate edition laid bare hypocrisies at the heart of the Tory party and the governmental system they espoused; it branded Southey for ever a literary turncoat, a traitor to his Muse; it revealed the failure of the mechanisms of literary suppression; and it exposed serious fault lines between the Romantic poets in age and in youth.. Binding worn with cracking joints, upper board loose but still attached, internally some bleed-through from printing but generally clean else.
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