{"product_id":"1910-edinburgh-booklet-rabbi-ben-ezra-poem-by-robert-browning","title":"1910 Edinburgh booklet Rabbi Ben Ezra poem by Robert Browning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1910 First Edition of Scottish printing of Robert Browning's poem Rabbi Ben Ezra. Four superb colour illustrations by master W. Russell Flint. Nice illustration on soft cover. Printed on thick paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003cspan\u003eT. N. Foulis Edinburgh \u0026amp; London. \u003c\/span\u003ePublisher's catalogue at back. #VI of their \u003cspan class=\"main-heading\"\u003eFriendship Booklets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFair condition. Cover detached from pages. Some foxing spots on first few pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e52 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e7 ¼” 3 ¾”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--StartFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSir William Russell Flint \u003c\/strong\u003e(1880–1969) was a Scottish-born British illustrator, painter, and master watercolourist,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSir William Russell Flint was one of the most recognizable illustrators and painters in the UK during the early–mid 20th century. Though Scottish by birth, he built his career in London and is widely grouped with major British illustrators of the period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--EndFragment --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Browning’s “Rabbi Ben Ezra”\u003c\/strong\u003e is a dramatic monologue published in 1864, spoken in the imagined voice of the medieval Jewish scholar Abraham ibn Ezra (1092–1167). Browning wasn’t trying to write a biography; instead, he used ibn Ezra as a symbolic figure to explore faith, aging, purpose, and the meaning of human struggle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003eThe poem opens with one of the most quoted lines in Victorian literature:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e“Grow old along with me!\u003cbr\u003eThe best is yet to be,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chadbourne Antiques \u0026 Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49827390521590,"sku":"CA-5780","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/7290\/files\/IMG_4045rsz.jpg?v=1766723550","url":"https:\/\/chadbourneantique.com\/products\/1910-edinburgh-booklet-rabbi-ben-ezra-poem-by-robert-browning","provider":"Chadbourne Antiques \u0026 Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}