1945 Hengivelsen

Description

Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

Danish. Limited to one thousand copies of which this is number five hundred and forty-eight. Illustrated throughout. A charming edition of The Ecstasy, written both in English and Danish side-by-side. A metaphysical poem exploring the transcendent power of love and the relationship between the body and the soul. Written by John Donne, an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Translated by Ove Abildgaard, a Danish poet and translator. Illustrated by Povl Christensen, a Danish painter and illustrator who joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters.