London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1823, 1823. First edition. 8vo (222x135mm). pp. x, 148. Olive-brown straight grained morocco, ruled in blind and gilt to the covers with rococo devices in gilt. Spine with raised bands and compartments, decorated and lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Bookplate of Charles George Milnes Gaskell to front pastedown. This is a lovely copy in a beautiful binding. This is Moore's final, long-form poetic work. It is said to have been an amalgam of rabbinical and old folk tales, and describes three fallen angels who find themselves falling in love with human women. The moral essence of the poem is its focus on the moral decline of the soul.

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Bookseller: Voewood Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2973
Title: The Loves of the Angels. A Poem
Author: MOORE, Thomas
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1823
Date Published: 1823

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Simon Finch has been a Rare Book Dealer since 1980. He has had shops in Notting Hill Gate, Mayfair and Holt, Norfolk. His firm has handled a wide variety of material from the First Folio of Shakespeare to the wilder shores of the counterculture and everything in between. In 1998, Simon bought Voewood, one of the finest Arts and Crafts and houses and brought it back to life with an eight-year programme of renovation and restoration. Voewood Rare Books, which operates from Voewood, is the continuation for Simon of a long career in the book trade. It also represents an important link with the House. Voewood is always beautiful, surprising, mysterious and perhaps a little disorientating and we aim to bring something of this spirit to the bookshop. Whilst our focus in on the visual arts, literature and the counter-culture, we deal also in a broad range of antiquarian and modern rare books across all subject areas. Our collection can be found here at Biblio and on our website. We are open by appointment and can always be contacted by email.

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