COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (contributor). The Annual Anthology . Edited by Robert Southey. Bristol: Biggs and Co. for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799-1800. 2 volumes, 8 o (169 x 105 mm). Pp.31-2 cancelled in vol. I as usual. Wove paper, watermarked "LLOYD 1795." (A few leaves clumsily opened.) Original white paper-backed drab boards, uncut (light wear to spines); quarter morocco slipcases. Provenance : J.W. Windsor, Bath (contemporary ownership signatures) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1969. FIRST EDITION. The cancelled leaf contained Southey's "War Poem" and was deleted because of the lack of patriotism it expressed. The work contains no fewer than twenty-seven poems and epigrams by Coleridge, as well as contributions by Charles Lamb, Charles Lloyd and Robert Southey. A third volume was contemplated, but not published. Ashley I, pp.199-200; Wise Coleridge 15. FINE COPY IN BOARDS. (2)
COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (contributor). The Annual Anthology . Edited by Robert Southey. Bristol: Biggs and Co. for T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1799-1800. 2 volumes, 8 o (169 x 105 mm). Pp.31-2 cancelled in vol. I as usual. Wove paper, watermarked "LLOYD 1795." (A few leaves clumsily opened.) Original white paper-backed drab boards, uncut (light wear to spines); quarter morocco slipcases. Provenance : J.W. Windsor, Bath (contemporary ownership signatures) -- purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 1969. FIRST EDITION. The cancelled leaf contained Southey's "War Poem" and was deleted because of the lack of patriotism it expressed. The work contains no fewer than twenty-seven poems and epigrams by Coleridge, as well as contributions by Charles Lamb, Charles Lloyd and Robert Southey. A third volume was contemplated, but not published. Ashley I, pp.199-200; Wise Coleridge 15. FINE COPY IN BOARDS. (2)
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