- 136
Wade, Thomas
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Three works in one volume.
- Paper, ink, leather
Woman's love; or, the triumph of patience. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1829; The phrenologists: a farce, in two acts. London: J. Onwhyn, 1830; The Jew of Arragon; or, the Hebrew queen. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1830. First editions of second and third titles. 8vo (190 x 120 mm). Later cloth, gilt spine title.
The entire dramatic output of this under-appreciated disciple of Shelley and each an author's presentation. Buxton Forman -- and because of him T. J. Wise as well -- was a great enthusiast of Wade. In 1895 he gathered together a number of Wade's scattered poems from manuscripts and journals, and published them with a long tribute as "Wade: The Poet and His Surroundings," in Vol. I of his Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century. Forman's praise was unstinting: "With the sole exception of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, no nineteenth-century English poet whose merit equals that of Thomas Wade has been so liberally neglected." Buxton Forman was no quite so enthusiastic about the literary quality of The Phrenologists, but he did recognize its scarcity: "If the little book were as excellent as it is rare, it would indeed be a treasure. So hard is it to find that Wade's widow was unable to say if it had ever been published or not."
The entire dramatic output of this under-appreciated disciple of Shelley and each an author's presentation. Buxton Forman -- and because of him T. J. Wise as well -- was a great enthusiast of Wade. In 1895 he gathered together a number of Wade's scattered poems from manuscripts and journals, and published them with a long tribute as "Wade: The Poet and His Surroundings," in Vol. I of his Literary Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century. Forman's praise was unstinting: "With the sole exception of Thomas Lovell Beddoes, no nineteenth-century English poet whose merit equals that of Thomas Wade has been so liberally neglected." Buxton Forman was no quite so enthusiastic about the literary quality of The Phrenologists, but he did recognize its scarcity: "If the little book were as excellent as it is rare, it would indeed be a treasure. So hard is it to find that Wade's widow was unable to say if it had ever been published or not."
Provenance
Buxton Forman (bookplate).