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WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850) and Samuel Taylor COLERIDGE (1772-1834). Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems. London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800.
Second edition of volume one, first edition, first issue of volume two. A finely bound set of a landmark of English literature, volume one containing for the first time Wordsworth’s famous ‘Preface’ which sets out his principles in poetry. Whereas the first volume reprints, with the addition of one, the poems in the first edition of 1798, the second volume adds 41 entirely new works. ESTC T146537; Wise, Wordsworth, 5.
2 volumes, octavo (157 x 95mm). (Wanting the blank c8 in vol. 1, a few spots in vol. 2 heavier in quire D). Early 19th-century straight-grained purple morocco, sides with blind-tooled borders within double-fillet gilt frame.
Second edition of volume one, first edition, first issue of volume two. A finely bound set of a landmark of English literature, volume one containing for the first time Wordsworth’s famous ‘Preface’ which sets out his principles in poetry. Whereas the first volume reprints, with the addition of one, the poems in the first edition of 1798, the second volume adds 41 entirely new works. ESTC T146537; Wise, Wordsworth, 5.
2 volumes, octavo (157 x 95mm). (Wanting the blank c8 in vol. 1, a few spots in vol. 2 heavier in quire D). Early 19th-century straight-grained purple morocco, sides with blind-tooled borders within double-fillet gilt frame.
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