8vo. [2], xv, [1], 408pp. With half-title. Nineteenth century gilt-tooled half calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Lightly rubbed and marked, some surface loss to corners. Inked ownership inscription of Robert Williams to head of half-title. Heavy spotting to endpapers, occasional lighter spotting throughout.

The second edition of Aids to Reflection (1825), in which Coleridge justified traditional conservative positions on hierarchy and organic society, criticism of materialism and the merchant class, and the need for 'inner growth' that is rooted in a traditional and religious culture.

From the recently dispersed country house library at Bridehead, Dorset.