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COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR | Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems. London: Rest Fenner, 1817

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June 21, 06:45 PM GMT

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COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR

Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems. London: Rest Fenner, 1817


8vo (8 1/4 x 6 in.; 214 x 130 mm). Errata leaf present, lacking half-title; scattered foxing, loss to bottom B3, not affecting text. Half tan morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments; two small punctures to front cover at bottom right, overall rubbed, corners bumped. 


First edition, academic Charles Eliot Norton's copy. Contains the final version of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" 


PROVENANCE

Charles Eliot Norton (signed front free endpaper) — William H. Painter (booklabel front pastedown)