[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce, Early Anthology of Romantic Poetry, 1799/1800

[Charles Agvent]

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(BYRON,  Lord);  (COLERIDGE, Samuel  Taylor);  [SOUTHEY,  Robert -
editor]  et.  al. THE ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY in two volumes. Bristol:  Biggs
and  Co.  1799 & 1800. First Edition. Two volumes (4" x 6-1/2")  bound
in  recent  half  brown morocco with matching  corners  retaining  the
original  marbled  boards,  all edges marbled. Leaf B8  (pages  31-32)
lacking  in first volume, as usual; C3 in second volume in uncancelled
state,  with  word "wicked" present on page 37, line 9. [Tinker  1953;
Wise,  Coleridge, 15]. Contributions by Samuel T. Coleridge (27 poems,
some  previously  unpublished), Poet Laureate Robert Southey,  Charles
Lamb,  Robert  Lovell, Humphry Davy, Amelia Opie, and others. A  third
volume  was advertised but never published. A remarkable and important
collection   of  early  Romantic  poetry,   here  in  unusually   nice
condition. Near Fine, handsomely bound.                       $2500.00

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