Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Specimens of Table Talk. John Murray, London, 1835.

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Description: London - John Murray, 1835. Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD.plus First edition. A first edition of the recorded discourse of the English poet and critic. Table talk is a particular literary genre: it consists of the sayings of a particular author and personality, recorded for posterity. It has its roots in classical literature, where the comments and thoughts of thinkers as expressed at partiuclar symposium would be recorded. Samual Taylor Coleridge was, along with WIlliam Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic movement in poetry. He was one of the so called 'Lake Poets'. His most famous works include The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Kahn 2 volumes 8vo in the original blue cloth recased neatly by Alan Grace of Surrey UK and the Grace Bindery. in fine folding chemises all mounted in a 1/2 deep blue morocco and buckram slipcase. handsome set. with the 4 pages of ads at the end of volume one. Details: 2 vols. pp. lxxvi, (ii), 267; xi, 364, 4 of adverts. Specimens Of The Table Talk Of The Late Samuel Taylor Colerdige

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