One Thousand Gems of Genius in Poetry and Art by Frederick Saunders

Hardcover. Condition: Good//Good-. 1899. Thompson & Thomas. Heavily illustrated.

Experience the beauty and complexity of human creativity with this stunning collection of one thousand poems and works of art, curated by editors Minnie K. Davis and Frederick Saunders.

Featuring numerous poems and illustration from the kings and queens of thught and including many prose selections, a biographical index of authors, and more. Illustrated by one hundred and ten portrait of authors, numerous autograph stanzas in facsimile, and many other pictures by eminent artists and engravers. 

Pages before frontispiece are detached, some light wear to cover and edges as expected with age. Else generally good condition , clean copy.