DOBSON, Austin "Vignettes in Rhyme" [Henry Holt, 1883]

DOBSON, Austin. Vignettes in Rhyme and Other Verses.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1883. 7.375" x 5.5", xviii + 278pp. Green cloth with gilt titling and black/gilt floral patterns. All edges gilt. Hinges both starting. Upper right fore edge of several pages in the Introduction mildly crushed. Cloth rubbed at extremities. Very Good-.

Henry Austin Dobson was an English poet and essayist best known for reviving 18th-century verse forms such as the rondeau, triolet, and ballade. His light, urbane poetry - rich with historical allusion and polished technique - made him a leading figure in the late-Victorian movement toward French-influenced lyrical forms.