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WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850). Yarrow Revisited and Other Poems, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman and Edward Moxon, 1835.
12o. Half-title. Presentation binding of red morocco gilt, edges gilt (a bit rubbed at extremities). Provenance: William Lowther (1787-1872), second Earl of Lonsdale (bookplate); William W. Gay (bookplate, note laid-in).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the publishers "From the Author" on the half-title and in a presentation binding. A fine provenance: sonnets XLII and XLIII (pp.228-9) are address to the volume's recipient: "Lowther! in thy majestic pile are seen Cathedral pomp and grace..." "Wordsworth dedicated his 'Excursion' to the second earl in 1814, subsequently inscribed to him a sonnet upon the Lowther motto 'magistratus indicat virum' and constantly wrote of him to Samuel Rogers and other friends in terms of the highest regard" (DNB). Healey 86.
12o. Half-title. Presentation binding of red morocco gilt, edges gilt (a bit rubbed at extremities). Provenance: William Lowther (1787-1872), second Earl of Lonsdale (bookplate); William W. Gay (bookplate, note laid-in).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the publishers "From the Author" on the half-title and in a presentation binding. A fine provenance: sonnets XLII and XLIII (pp.228-9) are address to the volume's recipient: "Lowther! in thy majestic pile are seen Cathedral pomp and grace..." "Wordsworth dedicated his 'Excursion' to the second earl in 1814, subsequently inscribed to him a sonnet upon the Lowther motto 'magistratus indicat virum' and constantly wrote of him to Samuel Rogers and other friends in terms of the highest regard" (DNB). Healey 86.