Cottle Joseph, Signed (1 results)

Leather. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The scarce inscribed illustrated first edition of Cottle's controversial exposure of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, with two volumes bound in one. The first edition.Two volumes in one.Inscribed by the author to the half title page: 'with the author's respects'.In a half brown calf binding, with marbled boards.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, and 4 plates to volume I. Collated, complete.A work by Joseph Cottle, an English publisher and author who started business in Bristol and published the works of Samuel Taylor ColeridgeandRobert Southeyon generous terms.Cottle's recollections are an exposure of Coleridge that were, at the time, severely criticised and generally condemned. In a half calf binding. Externally, very smart. Slight fading to spine, with the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting and age toning to the front and rear. Author's ink inscription to half title page. Very Good Indeed. signed by author. book.