Lot 133•
WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) [AND SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE] Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 2 vol., second edition of volume 1, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of volume 2, 1800
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WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) [AND SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE]
Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 2 vol., second edition of volume 1, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of volume 2, volume 2 with leaves O1 and O2 uncancelled, and short tear neatly repaired in upper margin of errata leaf (P2), crushed blue morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, the covers with triple gilt fillet borders, gilt turn-ins, the spines gilt in 6 compartments divided by raised bands, titled in gilt in 2 compartments and dated at the foot, the other compartments decorated in gilt with central acorn tools within fillet frames with floral corner-pieces, g.e., upper joint of volume 1 weakened [Wise, Wordsworth 5], 8vo, T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800
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The first complete edition of one of the foundation stones of English romantic poetry. Lyrical Ballads was first published anonymously in 1798, containing eighteen poems by Wordsworth and four longer ones by Coleridge, most notably 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. The second edition followed two years later, this time attributed to Wordsworth, and was expanded into two volumes with the addition of volume one's famous Preface ("the revolutionary manifesto of the romantic poets of the next generation", PMM) and forty-one new poems in volume two.
Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey bookplate; Christie's, Library of William Foyle, 13 July 2000, lot 758; Geoffrey Bond, bookplate.