COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834). A group of uniformly bound 19th-century works by Coleridge, comprising:

Specimens of the Table Talk. L: John Murray, 1835. 2 volumes. Lithographic frontispieces. FIRST EDITION. -- The Poetical Works. L: William Pickering, 1835. 3 volumes. Later edition. -- Aids to Reflection. L: William Pickering, 1848. 2 volumes. Sixth edition. -- Notes and Lectures upon Shakespeare. L: William Pickering, 1849. 2 volumes. FIRST EDITION. -- A Dissertation on the Science of Method; Or, the Laws and Regulative Principles of Education. London and Glasgow: Richard Griffin and Company, n.d [but advertisements dated November 1859]. Seventh edition. -- Osorio a Tragedy. L: John Pearson, 1873. FIRST EDITION. -- Anima Poetae from the Unpublished Note-Books. L: William Heinemann, 1895. FIRST EDITION. -- Hints Towards the Formation of a More Comprehensive Theory of Life. Seth B. Watson, editor. L: John Churchill, 1898. Later edition.

Together, 8 works in 13 volumes, various 12mo and 8vo sizes (198 x 121 mm, or smaller), half-titles to most volumes. (Slight mostly marginal toning, some occasional light spotting, a few leaves with short tears not affecting text.) Uniform contemporary blue polished calf, sides gilt-ruled, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt in 2, the rest gilt-decorated, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Riviere & Son (a few hinges or joints starting, slight wear to extremities and sides with a few scuffs, spine cover at the head of vol. II of Lectures detaching).

Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio