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Wordsworth, William
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- Wordsworth, William
- Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: for J. & A. Arch, 1798
- Paper, ink, leather
12mo (158 x 93 mm). Red morocco, gilt by Riviere.
the earliest obtainable edition of the collection of poems which inaugurated the romantic movement. The earlier Bristol issue of the same year is listed by Healey in 13 copies, but there are thought to be none remaining in private hands.
Except for the title page, the London issue does not differ from the Bristol issue. A case can also be made that this issue was the first published issue. The Bristol issue was prepared in anticipation of publication by Longmans, an event which never materialised, leading Dorothy Wordsworth to write in September 1798 that the book had been "printed, not published." (See also D.F. Foxon, "The Printing of Lyrical Ballads, 1798", in The Library, Fifth Series, Vol.IX, No.4, December 1953.)
contributed four poems including "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," published here for the first time.
the earliest obtainable edition of the collection of poems which inaugurated the romantic movement. The earlier Bristol issue of the same year is listed by Healey in 13 copies, but there are thought to be none remaining in private hands.
Except for the title page, the London issue does not differ from the Bristol issue. A case can also be made that this issue was the first published issue. The Bristol issue was prepared in anticipation of publication by Longmans, an event which never materialised, leading Dorothy Wordsworth to write in September 1798 that the book had been "printed, not published." (See also D.F. Foxon, "The Printing of Lyrical Ballads, 1798", in The Library, Fifth Series, Vol.IX, No.4, December 1953.)
contributed four poems including "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," published here for the first time.
Provenance
Roderick Terry (bookplate); A. Edward Newton (bookplate)
Literature
Wise 4; Cornell 4; Hayward 202 (the Bristol issue, lent by Lord Rothschild, not in boards), Grolier Hundred 66