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Lives of Northern Worthies. Lives of Northern Worthies.

COLERIDGE, Hartley. Lives of Northern Worthies. A new edition, with the corrections of the author, and the marginal observations of S.T. Coleridge. 3 vols. Edward Moxon. 1852
Half titles, final ad. leaves. Orig. olive green cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; some light damp-staining to boards, spines faded to brown, spine vol. I chipped at head. A decent internally clean copy.

¶First publication of the full text, edited by his brother, Derwent. Includes Roger Ascham, Richard Bentley, Lady Anne Clifford, William Congreve, Captain James Cook, Lord Fairfax, John Fisher, Andrew Marvell, William Mason, William Roscoe, &c., extending the original publication under the title Biographia Borealis. Samuel Taylor Coleridge annotated and criticised his son's work which was praised by Southey & Wordsworth.
Stock #23969
£95


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