THOMAS WYATT: THE HEART'S FOREST

First edition. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles and borders to the spine, in dustwrapper. With 23 black and white illustrations and 26 colour plates throughout. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh, with a tiny bump to the bottom edge of the upper board. The contents are clean throughout, and without inscriptions or stamps. The closed text block has a very small light brown mark to the fore-edge. Complete with the near fine, lightly rubbed dustwrapper, with just a touch of bleed from the cloth to the underside, and a light stain to the tail of the lightly faded spine (not visible to the printed side). Not price-clipped (£30.00 to the lower front flap).

A comprehensive biography of 16th-century English politician, diplomat, and poet Sir Thomas Wyatt, credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature and rumoured to have been romantically involved with Anne Boleyn prior to her marriage to King Henry VIII.