The Cavalier Spirit 1925 Edition
The Cavalier Spirit — Cyril Hughes Hartmann | 1925 First Edition
Full title: The Cavalier Spirit and Its Influence on the Life and Work of Richard Lovelace (1618–1658)
Author: Cyril Hughes Hartmann, M.A., B.Litt.
Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London
US Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co., New York
Publication year: 1925
Edition: Original 1925 edition
Pages: xv + 158 pages
Format: Hardcover, 8vo
Illustrations: Includes portraits, with a frontispiece portrait of Richard Lovelace
Language: English
Subject: Richard Lovelace / Cavalier poets / English Civil War / 17th-century English literature
Description
An attractive 1925 literary and historical study of Richard Lovelace (1618–1658), one of the celebrated Cavalier poets of seventeenth-century England.
In The Cavalier Spirit, Cyril Hughes Hartmann explores Lovelace’s life, poetry and political world, placing his writing within the turbulent period surrounding King Charles I and the English Civil War. The book examines Lovelace not simply as a poet, but as a figure shaped by the Cavalier ideals of loyalty, honour, courtly culture and devotion to the Royalist cause.
Lovelace is remembered particularly for poems including “To Althea, from Prison” and “To Lucasta, Going to the Warres.” Hartmann’s study combines biography, literary discussion and historical context, making this an appealing volume for collectors and readers interested in seventeenth-century poetry and British history.
About this edition
Published in London by George Routledge & Sons Ltd. and in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co. in 1925, this copy belongs to the book’s original year of publication. Library records describe the volume as containing xv + 158 pages with portraits and measuring approximately 23 cm.
The book is bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. It contains a striking monochrome frontispiece portrait of Richard Lovelace, reproduced from a portrait by an unknown artist held at the Dulwich College Picture Gallery.
Condition
Vintage/antiquarian condition. The original cloth binding displays considerable age-related fading and discolouration, particularly to the spine, together with rubbing and wear around the edges and corners. The gilt spine lettering remains visible. Interior pages show expected age toning and occasional spotting/foxing.
The photographs form an important part of the condition description.
Collector’s Note
Now approximately 100 years old, this is an appealing period copy for collectors of Cavalier poetry, English literary history and books relating to the English Civil War. The original 1925 publication was listed at 7 shillings and 6 pence, providing an interesting piece of contemporary publishing history.