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SOUTHEY, Robert (1774-1843). The Minor Poems of Robert Southey. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815.
3 volumes, 12° (181 x 105 mm). Half-titles volumes 1 and 2, 2pp. advertisements volume 3. (Scant spotting.) Original grey boards, printed paper labels on spines, uncut (some wear and chipping, a few joints starting.) Provenance: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) English poet (presentation inscription from the author on half-title volume one, signatures on flyleaves); Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) British historian and bishop of the Church of England (bookplates on pastedowns); Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) English novelist (armorial bookplates and Brackenburn bookplates in each volume); F. Westley (small stamp on lower pastedown vol. 1).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SOUTHEY: “William Wordsworth from the Author.”
SIGNED BY WORDSWORTH IN EACH VOLUME: “Wm. Wordsworth Rydal Mount.”
Wordsworth met Southey, Coleridge, and Joseph Cottle for the first time in 1795 during a stay at in Bristol en route to Racedown. In 1803, at the urging of Coleridge, Southey and his wife moved to the Lake District in 1803. They settled in with Coleridge and his family at Greta Hall in Keswick; Coleridge moved out in 1804, and Greta Hall would be the Southey family home for forty years. Wordsworth, who lived in nearby Grasmere, was a frequent visitor, and he moved to Rydal Mount in 1813. “A small number of people stand out as those whose friendship meant a great deal to Wordsworth, irrespective of how often they met…. Robert Southey did not endear himself to Wordsworth when they were both young, but over the years Wordsworth came to value Southey's steadiness and courage in adversity” (DNB). AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY LINKING TWO OF THE GREAT ROMANTIC FIGURES.
3 volumes, 12° (181 x 105 mm). Half-titles volumes 1 and 2, 2pp. advertisements volume 3. (Scant spotting.) Original grey boards, printed paper labels on spines, uncut (some wear and chipping, a few joints starting.) Provenance: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) English poet (presentation inscription from the author on half-title volume one, signatures on flyleaves); Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) British historian and bishop of the Church of England (bookplates on pastedowns); Hugh Walpole (1884-1941) English novelist (armorial bookplates and Brackenburn bookplates in each volume); F. Westley (small stamp on lower pastedown vol. 1).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY SOUTHEY: “William Wordsworth from the Author.”
SIGNED BY WORDSWORTH IN EACH VOLUME: “Wm. Wordsworth Rydal Mount.”
Wordsworth met Southey, Coleridge, and Joseph Cottle for the first time in 1795 during a stay at in Bristol en route to Racedown. In 1803, at the urging of Coleridge, Southey and his wife moved to the Lake District in 1803. They settled in with Coleridge and his family at Greta Hall in Keswick; Coleridge moved out in 1804, and Greta Hall would be the Southey family home for forty years. Wordsworth, who lived in nearby Grasmere, was a frequent visitor, and he moved to Rydal Mount in 1813. “A small number of people stand out as those whose friendship meant a great deal to Wordsworth, irrespective of how often they met…. Robert Southey did not endear himself to Wordsworth when they were both young, but over the years Wordsworth came to value Southey's steadiness and courage in adversity” (DNB). AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY LINKING TWO OF THE GREAT ROMANTIC FIGURES.