“It was in the late summer of 1817, on the Hampstead Road, that Brown first met Keats, and ‘inwardly desired his acquaintanceship, if not his friendship'. Keats was twenty-one; he was drawn to the wise and genial man of thirty. They were soon 'very thick'; and, in the summer of 1818, they left together on a walking tour of the Lake District and Highlands.”
Richardson’s album is not only an engaging picture-book, it is an essential companion for the serious reader. It is perhaps the most original contribution to be made to Keats studies since the publication of Fanny Brawne's letters in 1937.
Richardson, Joanna. Keats and his Circle: An Album of Portraits. Cassell, 1980. 127pp.
First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Small quarto.
Very good condition copy with mild edge wear, crushing at spine ends, and small damp-stain at foot of front board, in very good condition dust jacket with edge wear—in new protector.
