Lyrical Ballads, With Pastoral and Other Poems … Vol I. Third Edition … [… Vol II. Second Edition]

  • [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250 pp. 2 vols. 8vo
  • London: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees ... by Biggs ad Cottle, 1802
By Wordsworth, W[illiam and Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
London: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees ... by Biggs ad Cottle, 1802. Third edition. [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. 19th-century half red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered. Rubbed, with some scuffing to spines. Contemporary ownership signatures to front paste-down. Bookplate. Third edition. [iv], lxiv, [2], 200, [4]; [iv], 250 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. The rare second two-volume edition of Lyrical Ballads. With several important changes from the 1800 edition — the Preface is expanded by 20 pages, Coleridge's "The Dungeon" and Wordsworth's "A Character" and "Lines Written Near Richmond" are withdrawn, and the appendix on poetic diction is included for the first time. Healey 12 & 13; Tinker 2332

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