COLERIDGE FAMILY COPY
Poems by sir henry wotton, sir walter raleigh, and others.
London.
William Pickering, 1845.
First edition.
16mo.
lxxv, [1], 136pp. Original publisher's burgundy cloth, Rubbed, heavily sunned. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP: 'J. T. Coleridge / Park Crescent / Febry. 2. 1856'. Armorial bookplate Bernard Lord Coleridge to verso of half-title.
An early Victorian selection of the verse of Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639) and Sir Walter Raleigh (c.1552-1618), edited (with extensive introductory notes) by the English schoolmaster and clergyman Rev. John Hannah (1818-1888), Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, and later Archdeacon of Lewes.
The once-copy of Sir John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876), Judge and nephew of the Romantic poet, and bearing the bookplate of his grandson in turn.
£ 75.00
Antiquates Ref: 32927
The once-copy of Sir John Taylor Coleridge (1790-1876), Judge and nephew of the Romantic poet, and bearing the bookplate of his grandson in turn.