The poetical works of Robert Southey collected by himself. In Ten Volumes.

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First edition. Ten volumes. Octavo ( 165mm. ) Pp. [5] vixxxiii [3], [1] 2 - 346 ; [7] viii - xviii, [2], [5] 6 -284 ; [7] viii - xv, [2] 3 - 321 ; [9] x - xvi, [3] 4 - 440 ; [11] xii - xxi, [2], [3] 4 - 453 ; [13] xiv - xxiv, [3] 4 - 295 ; [7] viii - xvi, [1] 4 ( pagination in error ) - 285 ; [11] xii - xxv [1], [1] 2 - 339 ; [9] x - xxiv, [1] 2 - 406 ; [5] vi - xxi, [6], [3] 4 - 264. All volumes with a tissue guarded frontispiece and extra engraved title page all by Finden, all of which are spotted. Dusty in the head margins.Contents - Volume One: Joan of Arc; The Vision of the Maid of Orleans. Volume Two: Juvenile and Minor Poems, vol.I Volume Three: Juvenile and Minor Poems, vol.II Volume Four: Thalaba the Destroyer. Volume Five: Madoc. Volume Six: Ballads and Metrical Tales, vol.I Volume Seven: Ballads and Metrical Tales, vol.II Volume Eight: The Curse of Kehama. Volume Nine: Roderick, the Last of the Goths. Volume Ten: Waterloo; Carmen Nuptiale; A Vision of Judgement. Contemporary goatskin rubbed, corners bumped. The spines with five raised bands, lettered direct some volumes chipped and frayed at the head and toes. Two volumes mis-numbered on their spines. Armorial bookplate of William Charles Cotton an all front pastedowns. A near very good set. Volume VI includes a ' Tale of Paraguay ' , a poem on which Southey had laboured at intervals for several years. ' The result, however, justified the exertion ; the piece is amongst the most elegant and finished of his works ' - ODNB. Lowndes Vol.V,2458/. N° de ref. del artículo 000591

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