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Fine Art Sale Lot 652

WORDSWORTH (W) [and S T Coleridge] LYRICAL BALLARDS WITH OTHER POEMS two vols

WORDSWORTH (W) [and S T Coleridge] LYRICAL BALLARDS WITH OTHER POEMS two vols, 8vo, second edition, later crushed dark red morocco by Riviere & Son, raised bands, gilt dentelles, aeg, 1800 (2)Provenance: Julia Nesham (1779-1861) (signature on title of vol II); the bibliophileC H Wilkinson (1888-1960) Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford (armorial bookplate) The second and best edition of the first volume and the first edition of the second containing Wordsworth's famous Preface, regarded as the manifesto of the Romantic movement.

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